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In Asia, the World Cup qualification is already in full swing. 40 national teams were split into eight different groups. Ironically, North and South Korea were assigned to the same group in the draw, which is why explosive duels await us on the Asian continent. The situation between the two hostile fraternal states remains tense.
Although a peace treaty was not signed, nevertheless there were in the last years again and again approximation attempts. North Korea’s rulers Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae In had planted a historic tree in 2018 as a symbol of approaching the buffer zone between North and South Korea. Since then, little has changed in the tense situation of the two brother states.
Since then Kim Jong Un has caused a stir with various missile tests and critical statements. Now his nation will have to compete in football against the brother state of South Korea. In the World Cup qualifiers, the explosive duel between North Korea and South Korea, where according to odds of the bookmakers the South Koreans are in the favorites role, increases on the third matchday.
Both nations started with two wins in qualifying and share the first two group ranks equal points. The North Koreans have won only one game against South Korea in their entire association history.
North Korea:
The second round of the World Cup qualification is on schedule for the North Korean selection. With two wins from the first two group games, the homework was done. Now it comes to a duel against the brother state of South Korea, where it goes in addition to a lot of prestige for the group leadership. However, the North Koreans have so far won only one match against South Korea in their association history.
Scarce defeats and numerous draws were among the only success stories against the brother state in recent years. North Korea wants to qualify for the third time in the association’s history for a World Cup. The North Korean national team took part in 2010 at the World Cup in South Africa last year, but there was no singing and singing in the group stage.
Since then, there have been few sporting successes for North Korea. In 2010 and 2012, the North Korean selection in the AFC Challenge Cup two times in succession to champion. Three years later, with the third place in 2015 and the fourth place in 2017 at the East Asian Championships, there were minor successes.
After a weak start to the current calendar year, the North Koreans have arrived punctually for the World Cup qualification. After five defeats in a row this year, there have been five wins in a row. In the last four international matches, the North Korean selection was even without a clean sheet.
The recent momentum under new national coach Jong-su Yun is now to be continued against South Korea. With a home win over the hostile fraternal state Yun wants to perpetuate in North Korea. In his current squad, most of the players in the domestic league are active.
However, four legionaries can be found. Kwang-song Han is the most valuable player in the squad of North Koreans. The 21-year-old is active in the youth of Juventus Turin and is the only bright spot in the manageable array of North Korean selection.
If North Korea beat South Korea, lucrative odds will be paid for a home win.
South Korea:
In contrast to North Korea, the achievements of the South Koreans can certainly be seen in recent years. Since 1986, South Korea has participated in every World Cup and is unlikely to miss the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
In the past year South Korea was “only” third in a group with Germany, Mexico and Sweden at the World Cup in Russia. The South Koreans won only the group match against the German national team. Anyway, for the South Korean national team in seven of the last nine World Championships always ended in the group stage. Only at the 2002 World Cup South Korea put a strong run and fought itself to the semifinals.
This year the South Koreans participated in the 17th Asian Championship. With partly mixed performance South Korea fought a quarter-final victory after extra time in the quarter-finals, where the South Koreans had to give up against hosts hosted in 2022 Qatar.
Since then, the South Korean selection has lost no international game. In the last 20 internationals, there was only one defeat against Qatar anyway. In foreign parts, after four games without a win, they have been away three times in succession. South Korea took a 2-0 victory over Turkmenistan in the World Cup qualifier in the last race.
The South Korean squad for the World Cup qualifiers is impressive. Captain and team star Heung-min Son leads the team. The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder is the key player in the South Korean ranks, with 26 goals in 84 international appearances.
From the German leagues, Jae-sung Lee (Kiel), Chang-hoon Kwon (Freiburg) and Seung-ho Paik (Darmstadt) nominated three players for the national team. In addition to team star Son, the South Koreans also focus on the youngster Kang-in Lee. The 18-year-old is one of the most promising talents of the century in South Korea.
With two victories to the qualifying kick-off, South Korea last lived up to its role as a favorite. Now, it is also the brother state of North Korea to record a victory and thus expand the group leadership. South Korea coach Paulo Bento is unlikely to make any major changes to his youngest starting eleven.
North Korea vs South Korea head to head matches
12.12.17 EAC North Korea South Korea 0 : 1
09.08.15 EAC South Korea North Korea 0 : 0
04.11.10 FI South Korea North Korea 1 : 1
01.04.09 WC South Korea North Korea 1 : 0
10.09.08 WC North Korea South Korea 1 : 1