On November 28th, at 21:00 GMT, a highly anticipated matchup took place in the second round of the World Cup group stage in Group H. The South Korean men's soccer team faced a relatively weak Ghanaian team in the same group. South Korea is ranked 28th in the world soccer rankings, while Ghana is ranked 60th. Based on the rankings alone, Korea seems to have enough reasons to confidently predict victory.
However, there is always a considerable gap between the ideal and the reality. In the first half of the match, Salisu was the first to break the deadlock amidst the chaos and opened the door for Ghana; followed by Kudus who extended the lead to 2-0 through a header to put Ghana ahead.
In the second half, Ziggy bravely parried a header from Cho Kyu-sung. Cho Kyu-sung's two headers in a three-minute span brought the score to 2-2 for South Korea, but Kudus didn't stop there as he scored again to make it 3-2 and put Ghana back in the lead. In the end, South Korea fell to Ghana, 2-3, and suffered their second consecutive loss at this year's World Cup. With only one point after two matches, South Korea's road to the World Cup has become extremely difficult.
A player of interest to Chinese fans did not get a chance to play in this exciting match. He sat on the bench, ignored by South Korean coach Paulo Bento. He was not called up for the entire match and became a spectator of the Korean team. This player is none other than Sun Junho, a central midfielder who currently plays for Shandong Luneng Taishan in the Chinese Super League.
Son Junho has been called up by the Korean Football Association for this year's World Cup, becoming the second player from the Chinese Super League to be selected for the World Cup. The other player is Cameroon international Basogo, who plays for Shanghai Shenhua. At the critical moment of the title race, the South Korean team transferred the ace player Sun Junho, which is undoubtedly a huge blow to Shandong Luneng, and may even affect Luneng's title race this season.
Perhaps, in people's minds, since the Korean Football Association has called up Son Jungho...
