There was even a possibility of Hwang In-beom's 'season out', local reports said, "He is on crutches."

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Hwang In-beom (30, Feyenoord), a key player in the midfield of the South Korean national soccer team, who recently suffered an injury, is expected to be unable to play in the rest of the game in the worst case. The exact announcement at the club level has not yet been made, but if Hwang In-beom's season out becomes a reality, it will inevitably be a fatal blow to Hong Myung-bo Team.

FR-Fans, who reported the news of the Dutch Feyenoord club, said on the 18th (Korea time), "Hwang In-beom is on crutches after he was injured in the last match against Excelsior," citing local media Alhemen Dachblatt (AD). Another local media outlet, Waterways Sport, also reported on the same day that "Hwang In-beom is likely to be out for the season."

Hwang In-beom started the 2025-2026 Netherlands professional football Eredivisie 27th round home game against Excelsior at Stadion Feyenoord in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the 16th and collapsed after stepping on the back of his right foot in the 40th minute of the first half. Hwang In-beom, who complained of great pain, was eventually replaced by a medical team without putting his injured foot on the ground.

While the extent of Hwang In-beom's injury has not yet been revealed for two days, it is said that he will soon check the exact condition through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Hwang In-beom was out of the lineup due to a calf injury in September last year and a thigh muscle injury in November, and this time he will face his third injury this season alone due to a foot injury.

As a result, Hwang In-beom was virtually unable to play in the warm-up matches against Ivory Coast and Austria in March, and it became impossible to guarantee whether he would play in the World Cup. Earlier, head coach Hong Myung-bo said, "We still have to wait for the results," including him on the national soccer team's March list announced on the afternoon of Hwang In-beom's injury, but the possibility of being excluded from the national team's March list has increased as the possibility of a season out has been raised.

On top of that, since he has been an "irreplaceable" key resource for a long time in the national team's midfield, he may have to prepare for the possibility of a "no Hwang In-beom" 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup in the worst case, depending on his injury condition. However, the possibility of being out of the season has been raised through local media, but the exact degree of injury has not yet been revealed, so it is a situation where we should hope that the actual injury is not serious.

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