'Immovable Shield Security → Complete Secrecy' Hong Myung-bo's Top-Secret Training... D-2 to the Fateful World Cup Opener [Guadalajara On-Site]

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The South Korean national football team has locked the doors completely ahead of their first group-stage match against the Czech Republic and is intensifying its final preparations. On the fourth day of training, Hong Myung-bo's squad installed banner barriers around the barbed wire fence, entering a state of ironclad security. On the fifth day, all training was converted to a closed-door session.

Coach Hong Myung-bo and the Lee Kkeu-neun (CEO)team conducted a fifth-day closed-door training session at the Chivas Verde Valley training ground, their base camp in Guadalajara, Mexico, on the 9th (local time) to finalize tactics ahead of their first group-stage match.

Regarding today's training, a Korea Football Association official stated, "Today's closed-door training began at 11 a.m. and lasted approximately one hour and 30 minutes," conveying the team's training status.

The official further explained, "Starting with the team's basic warm-up, the players performed simple coordination drills including obstacle zigzag running, forward-and-backward running, and jumping motions. After completing the warm-up with 5-vs-2 or 6-vs-2 rondos (pass-and-steal drills), they focused intensively on offensive and defensive tactical training and set-piece training."

As previewed the previous day, today's training was conducted in a perfectly closed structure without any media interviews for the press corps. While training had been held without banner barriers for the first three days after arriving in Guadalajara, the team decided to completely block out external attention as the match against the Czech Republic approached.

Having completed their warm-up, Hong Myung-bo's squad moved into the core of the closed-door training: detailed, tactic-specific drills. A Korea Football Association official stated, "They focused intensively on offensive and defensive tactical training and set-piece training to conclude the session." Previously, Coach Hong Myung-bo, goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu, and Hwang Hee-chan had signaled their vigilance against the Czech Republic's tall lineup.

Hong Myung-bo's team is approaching its full strength as the match draws nearer. Led by captain Son Heung-min (LAFC), Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) and others are in good condition with no issues, and right-back Lee Tae-seok (Austria Wien) returned to training after recovering from calf pain in the previous session.

However, Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City), who injured his ankle during the match against Trinidad and Tobago, was excluded from today's training as well.

Having successfully completed a mock match to break through the Czech Republic, Hong Myung-bo's squad will face the Czech Republic in the first match of the North, Central American and Caribbean (CONCACAF) World Cup Group A at Estadio Akron at 11 a.m. (Korean time) on the 12th. Following that, on the 19th, they will play a fateful second match against host nation Mexico, then travel to Monterrey to face South Africa on the 25th in the final group-stage match, aiming to secure a spot in the Round of 32.

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