Hong Myung-bo, who confirmed the number of Son Heung-min No. 7, Lee Kang-in No. 19, and No. 23 Jens, will go on a hunt for the Ivory Coast Hong Myung-bo Team.

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The number of Hong Myung-bo Team's A-match warm-up match in March has been set.

The South Korean men's soccer team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, will play a warm-up match against Ivory Coast at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, at 11 p.m. on the 28th (Korea time).

The Korea Football Association announced the team's uniform number on the day. This allocation will be applied equally to the match against Ivory Coast and the match against Austria on the 1st of next month.

There is no significant change in the overall allocation. Captain Son Heung-min kept the iconic number seven intact. On the offensive side, Oh Hyun-kyu will wear No. 18 and Cho Kyu-sung No. 9 to hunt for points.

Lee Kang-in and Lee Jae-sung, the core of the midfield, were assigned their existing numbers, 19 and 10, respectively. Kim Jin-kyu, who will fill the vacancy of Hwang In-beom, who was excluded due to injury, was given No. 24, Hong Hyun-seok, who joined the national team for the first time in a long time, will play No. 5, Yang Hyun-joon No. 20, and Kwon Hyuk-kyu No. 25.

In the defense, "Pillar" Kim Min-jae continues No. 4. In particular, Jens Castrov, who is classified as a defender and is expected to play the role of wingback in the warm-up match, will wear No. 23. The goalkeepers were confirmed as Kim Seung-gyu No. 1, Cho Hyun-woo No. 21, and Song Bum-keun No. 12.

The match against Ivory Coast is a "final mock test" aimed at South Africa, the opponent of the third Group A match of the 2026 FIFA 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup.

His opponent Ivory Coast is ranked 37th in the FIFA rankings, lower than South Korea (22nd), but his power is higher than that of an ambush. Most of the squads, including Ahmad Diallo (Manchester United), Nicola Pepe (Villarreal), and Odilong Kosunu (Atalanta), are made up of European big league main players.

In particular, the "iron wall defense," which scored 25 points in 10 African qualifying games, is a mountain that Hong Myung-bo Team's offense must overcome.

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