South Korea continues against Kuwait

Continuation of this qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup in Asia with the new victory of South Korea 3-1. Thanks to a goal from Son in particular from the penalty spot, the teammates of Lee Kang-In, holder, dominated Kuwait 3-1 and took the lead in Group B. The Taeguk Warriors now have a 6-point lead over the Jordan.

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For its part, China offered itself a small miracle against Bahrain. For a long time the score remained stuck at 0-0 but Barhein thought he had the victory at the end of the match before seeing his goal canceled. After this first hard blow, a second followed with Zhang's goal in added time (90th + 1). The Chinese took advantage of this to move up to 4th place in Group C, at the same time overtaking their opponents of the day and are only 4 units behind Japan, first in this group.

The results of the 3 p.m. matches:

Barhein 0 – 1 Chine : Zhang (90e+1)

Kuwait 1 – 3 South Korea : Daham (60e) ; Oh (10e), Son (sp 12e), Bae (74e)