Hwang In-beom leaves Hong Myung-bo Team → Feyenoord is also painful... Ahead of the Ajax match, 'Season Out' was feared, and the coach was also 'Desperate'

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Hwang In-beom (30)'s departure from injury is bad for his team Feyenoord as well as the Korean national soccer team.

The Korea Football Association said on the 19th, "Hwang In-beom decided to exclude the call-up due to a ligament injury in his right ankle." No alternative players are selected separately.

Hwang In-beom started as a right midfielder in the 27th round of the "2025-2026 Netherlands Eredivisie" against Excelsior at Stadion Feyenoord in Rotterdam, Netherlands on the 16th (Korea time). However, he left the ground in the 44th minute of the first half due to a foot injury.

In the 40th minute of the first half, three opposing players pressed Hwang In-beom. In the process, Hwang was strongly stepped on the back of his right foot by a player and collapsed screaming. Hwang In-beom, who barely got up, left the ground after being helped by medical staff without putting his injured foot on the ground. Even while receiving treatment on the bench, he made a painful expression, causing concern.

Hong Myung-bo, head coach of the Korean national team, watched the situation at a press conference to announce the call-up list of the A-match in March on the 16th, saying, "We are waiting for the exact test results." However, Hwang In-beom's joining failed in the end.

Hwang In-beom's frequent injuries are painful to the national team. Hwang In-beom had a hard time with injuries that began in the second half of last season. After being excluded from the A-match call-up in September due to a muscle injury in his left calf at the end of August last year, he was not listed on the call-up list in November due to a recurrence of a right hamstring injury in early November immediately after his return.

Hong Myung-bo Team, which has to play with existing players without alternative selection, is facing the task of reorganizing the midfield combination. Currently, the midfielders include Kwon Hyuk-kyu (Carlsruhe), Kim Jin-kyu (Jeonbuk), Park Jin-seop (storage), Baek Seung-ho (Birmingham), and Jens Kastrov (Mönchengladbach). In addition, the use of multiplayer Hong Hyun-seok (Hent), who can play both center and side, is also expected to be an alternative.

I am worried not only about the national team but also about Feyenoord. According to Dutch AD, coach Robin van Persie Feyenoord expressed deep concern in a post-match interview.

Coach Van Persie said, "Hwang In-beom was in a state where he could not continue playing," adding, "It is difficult to confirm who can play in the next game as the number of injuries in the team continues to increase. We have to watch the situation of injured players such as Hwang In-beom for a few more days," he said.

Feyenoord fan media FR-Fans also raised the possibility of a "season out" in the worst case, saying, "Hwang In-beom was seen on crutches." In particular, he said that the absence of "De Clasico" against Ajax, the league's biggest rival, has become a fait accompli, causing a huge power leak.

Fortunately, the announcement by the Korea Football Association confirmed that it was an ankle ligament injury and avoided the worst, but the absence was inevitable for the time being.

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