Two October A matches with Tunisia and Vietnam have been confirmed by Klinsmann.
The South Korean national soccer team’s opponents for its two October A matches have been confirmed. Tunisia, ranked 31st in the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), and Vietnam, ranked 95th.
According to the Korea Football Association (KFA) on Wednesday, Jürgen Klinsmann’s squad will face Tunisia (Oct. 13, 8 p.m., Seoul World Cup Stadium) and Vietnam (Oct. 17, 8 p.m., Suwon World Cup Stadium) during the October A matches.
Tunisia, the first of the two October A matches, is an African powerhouse ranked 31st in the FIFA rankings. South Korea, ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings, have met the Tunisians twice before, drawing 0-0 in the first meeting in March 2002 and losing 0-1 in the second in May 2014 to trail the all-time series 1-1.
Tunisia failed to advance to the round of 16 at last year’s World Cup in Qatar with one win and one draw in Group D, but they did pull off an upset with a 1-0 victory over France.
Vietnam, the second opponent in the October A match, is ranked 95th by FIFA, the highest ranking for a Southeast Asian nation.
South Korea leads the all-time series against Vietnam with 17 wins, five draws and two losses. The last time the two teams met was in the second round of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany in September 2004, marking the first time they have met in 19 years.
Klinsmann was looking for an opponent to play a tight defense against in October’s A match, and coincidentally, 카지노사이트넷 Vietnam were drawn in the same group as Thailand in the second round of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in North and Central America.