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The South Korean national football team conducted its first training session on the 6th at Chivas Valle Verde in Guadalajara, Mexico, five days before the 2026 North American World Cup.
Song Beom-geun is conducting goalkeeper training.
Under coach Hong Myung-bo, the team will play a fateful Group Stage match against the Czech Republic on June 12 at 11 a.m. (Korean time) and a watershed second match against host nation Mexico on the 19th at 10 a.m. in Guadalajara.
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