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Our national team is worried about Kim Min-jae's injury, but the opposing teams are also seeing injured players one after another.
Portugal, their opponent in the third match, is unlikely to be able to play as their main defender, Pereira, has suffered a serious rib injury.
This is reporter Han Sang-woo of the World Cup.
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the first leg of the qualifier against Ghana, Portugal's Pereira, who played as a central defender, coordinated the pass from the back and served as the starting point for Portugal's build-up football.
He is a so-called multiplayer who can play not only as a central defender but also as a defensive midfielder, but it was reported that he broke 3 ribs during training the other day (26th).
The Portuguese Football Association released news of Pereira's injury and said it was unclear how he would play the rest of the game.
Our national team will meet Portugal without a key defender in the final group stage match on the 2nd of next month.
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The political conflict between the United States and Iran is amplifying as they face each other in the final game over advancing to the round of 16 in Group B.
Controversy is brewing when the U.S. national team erased the Islamic Republic crest in the middle of the Iranian flag while posting rankings on social media.
It is known that the US national team said that it was "a measure to support anti-government protests in Iran" about the background of the deletion of the sentence.
In Iran, anti-government protests have continued since the death of a college student named Mahsa Amini in September this year after being arrested for not wearing a hijab.
The Iranian Football Federation strongly protested and announced its intention to file a complaint against the U.S. team to the FIFA Ethics Committee.