오세훈·손흥민·배준호 골…쿠웨이트 3-1 완파Sonny scores in return as S. Korea beat Kuwait for

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(LEAD) Sonny scores in return as S. Korea beat Kuwait for 4th consecutive win in World Cup qualifying

오세훈·손흥민·배준호 골…쿠웨이트 3-1 완파

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Yoo Jee-ho Sports 01:21 November 15, 2024 Yonhap News

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By Yoo Jee-ho
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SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- Captain Son Heung-min marked his international return with a goal, as South Korea defeated Kuwait 3-1 for their fourth consecutive victory in the ongoing World Cup qualification round in Kuwait City on Thursday.
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Son converted a penalty that he had drawn himself at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium during the teams' Group B match in the third round of the Asian qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Son Heung-min of South Korea (L) celebrates with teammate Lee Jae-sung after scoring a penalty against Kuwait during the teams' Group B match in the third round of the Asian World Cup qualification at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City on Nov. 14, 2024. (Yonhap)
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It was Son's 50th international goal, which put him in a tie for second place on the all-time South Korean list with former striker Hwang Sun-hong. Son is now eight behind the leader, Cha Bum-kun.
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Son had missed South Korea's two World Cup qualifiers in October due to a hamstring injury.
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Forward Oh Se-hun opened the scoring with a 10th-minute header, his second international goal in as many matches. Son's replacement in the second half, Bae Jun-ho, scored the 3-1 goal in the 74th minute, after Kuwait had cut into the South Korean lead at the hour mark.
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South Korea improved to 13 points with four wins and a draw, as they continued to lead Group B at the halfway point of the third round. After starting the third round with a goalless draw against Palestine on Sept. 5, South Korea have won four matches in a row, by a combined score of 11-4.
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The top two teams from each of the three groups in this phase will punch their tickets to the 2026 World Cup. South Korea have played at every World Cup since 1986.
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Next up for the Taegeuk Warriors will be Palestine on Tuesday. Palestine will be the home team but the match will take place in Amman as the neutral venue. Palestine will play their home matches in a neutral site until further notice, due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
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Oh Se-hun of South Korea (L) celebrates with teammate Lee Jae-sung after scoring against Kuwait during the teams' Group B match in the third round of the Asian World Cup qualification at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City on Nov. 14, 2024. (Yonhap)
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Son returned to the national team after missing the two previous World Cup qualifiers in October due to a hamstring injury. It also cost him a few matches with his Premier League club, Tottenham Hotspur, but the talisman came back earlier this month to log three appearances before traveling to Kuwait.
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And the skipper showed no signs of rust in the early going, as South Korea quickly established control and never relinquished it in a dominant first half.
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Oh put South Korea on the board with a header goal set up by Hwang In-beom's cross in the 10th minute. Defender Hasan Hamdan tried to box out Oh, but the towering South Korean striker jumped over the Kuwaiti player to score in his second consecutive international match.
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Some seven minutes later, Son was taken down by Sami Al-Sanea in the box, after receiving a quick feed through the middle of the box from Lee Jae-sung at the tail end of a nifty passing play.
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Son stepped up and found the bottom left corner with his right-footed shot to reach the half-century mark in goals.
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Son nearly doubled down in the 27th minute when his right-footed effort sailed just over the top right corner of the target.
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Oh Se-hun of South Korea (R) scores a header against Kuwait during the teams' Group B match in the third round of the Asian World Cup qualification at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City on Nov. 14, 2024. (Yonhap)
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South Korea threatened to extend their lead about 30 seconds after the restart, with Hwang In-beom feeding Lee Kang-in just in front of the goalmouth. The pass was deflected before reaching Lee, whose redirection attempt went wide right of the net.
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The momentum swung the other way at the hour mark, when Kuwait cut the deficit in half on Mohammad Daham's goal.
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Substitute Youssef Majed's cross found Daham through multiple defenders on the right side of the box, and the midfielder, after a clean first touch, fired the ball to the top left corner to make it a 2-1 match.
Kuwait, buoyed by the goal in front of their partisan crowd, kept pressing for an equalizer, but South Korea scored the next goal to give themselves some breathing room in the 74th minute.
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Bae Jun-ho of South Korea (L) scores against Kuwait during the teams' Group B match in the third round of the Asian World Cup qualification at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait City on Nov. 14, 2024. (Yonhap)
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Hwang reprised his role as the playmaker, threading a pass through a sea of bodies to find Bae Jun-ho on the left side of the box. Bae, who had replaced Son in the 64th minute, calmly corralled the ball and faked out a defender before firing a right-footed shot for his second international goal.
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South Korea dodged a bullet in the 85th minute when Redha Hani struck the left post with a header set up by Daham's free kick.
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오세훈·손흥민·배준호 골…쿠웨이트 3-1 완파

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'캡틴' 손흥민이 부상에서 돌아온 홍명보호는 FIFA 랭킹 135위인 쿠웨이트를 상대로 경기를 지배했습니다.

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이어서 손흥민이 페널티킥 기회를 얻어냈습니다.

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홍명보 감독은 부상에서 막 회복한 손흥민을 빼고 배준호를 투입했는데, 용병술도 적중했습니다.

후반 29분 왼쪽에서 침투해 들어간 배준호는 황인범의 패스를 받아 수비수를 제치고 쐐기골을 넣었습니다.

쿠웨이트의 프리킥 공격에서 헤더 슛이 골대를 맞으며, 가슴을 쓸어내린 우리나라는 3-1 승리를 거뒀습니다.

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월드컵 3차 예선 10경기 중 반환점을 돈 홍명보호는 4승 1무로 B조 선두를 유지했습니다.

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