South Korea and Thailand will play their fourth Group C match at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, at 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday (Korea time). South Korea ranks first in the group (seven points) and Thailand is second (four points).
Korea humiliating Thailand at home in the third match. After losing ground to Thailand early in the first half, Korea regained momentum from the middle of the match and pushed the opponent team to the lead, with Son Heung-min scoring the first goal in the 42nd minute of the first half. However, Korea allowed Thailand to take the lead again early in the second half, and allowed Sufanat Muehanta to tie in the 16th minute of the second half, only to be satisfied with one point in the end. Under Hwang Sun-hong, the team's interim coach, the team's lack of concentration early in the second half, which had continued under Jurgen Klinsmann, repeatedly continued.
Now, there is no place to back down. Korea vowed to avenge itself in an away match in Thailand. If the team wins in an away match in Thailand, the Korean team could effectively confirm its advance to the final qualifying round for the World Cup, depending on the outcome of the match between China and Myanmar.
Even so, winning in an away match in Thailand is important. The team aims to secure an advantageous position in the final qualifying round for the World Cup. As the number of participating countries increases to 48, a total of 8.5 berths will be granted to Asian regions. Furthermore, the number of countries participating in the final qualifying round in Asia has increased, and this time the final qualifying round has become a three-team system of 18 countries, rather than a two-team system of 12 countries.
This means that there will be three teams for each port in the final qualifying group. Previously, there were only two teams in the top seed, but this time there will be three teams. Each port will be divided in order of FIFA ranking, but Japan and Iran have maintained the first and second places of Asian countries for a long time, so Korea's third place in the group was an important task to make the final qualifying easier.
However, the score has dropped to fourth place in Asia. Korea lost 7.47 points in the FIFA rankings due to a draw against Thailand. As of the third match, Korea tied with Thailand, which ranks 22nd, and Thailand, which ranks 101st, meaning the score was cut given the power difference. As Australia, ranking 23rd, beat Lebanon 2-0 to score 4.62 points, Korea will be overtaken by Australia, which has 1,558.74 points to date.
If the team wins the match against Thailand, it will be able to rise to third place in Asia at least in this FIFA ranking. Assuming that both teams win, Korea will recover 5.26 points and Australia will recover 4.49. If so, Korea will have 1,564 points and Australia will have 1563.93, which could narrowly beat Australia again.
The remaining schedule is also promising. The combined FIFA rankings of Bangladesh and Palestine that Australia will face is significantly lower than the combined FIFA rankings of Singapore and China that Korea will face. In other words, if Korea secures all the remaining matches, Australia will not be able to overtake Korea in the FIFA rankings.
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