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Lead] The national soccer team, which performed well at the Qatar World Cup and advanced to the round of 16, will return home this afternoon (7th).
It is known that the athletes will have a luncheon with President Yoon Seok-yeol tomorrow.
Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon reports.
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Among the 27 Taegeuk Warriors who competed in the Qatar World Cup, all 24 players and coaching staff, including coach Bento, will return home this afternoon in two flights, excluding Jung Woo-young and Kim Seung-gyu, who are playing in the Middle East, and Jung Woo-young, who is active in Germany.
It is known that the athletes will return home after a brief welcome ceremony at Incheon International Airport, and will have a luncheon with President Yoon Seok-yeol at the Yongsan Presidential Office tomorrow at the earliest.
Afterwards, the European players return to their teams to prepare for a resuming schedule after the World Cup Finals.
Lee Kang-in of Mallorca, Spain, is likely to appear first in Bologna and the cup competition to be held on the 15th, and the English Premier League, played by Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan, will resume on the 26th of this month.
The Italian Serie A of Kim Min-jae and the German Bundesliga of Lee Jae-sung and Jung Woo-young will resume next month.
Players from the K-League and J-League are preparing for a new season that will start next spring.
The Football Association must decide on a successor for Bento, who announced his resignation yesterday.
The next A match period is at the end of March next year, so if a new manager is decided before then, Qatar will enter into preparations for the Asian Cup, which is likely to be held in January next year.