South Korea vs Czech Republic LIVE: FIFA World Cup 2026 Group A – score, radio commentary, text updates & stats

Captain Son Heung-min starts for South Korea in his fourth World Cup and the former Tottenham forward is only three goals away from becoming the country’s all-time top scorer.

Bayern Munich’s Kim Min-jae and Paris St-Germain’s Lee Kang-in also start while Wolves winger Hwang Hee-chan is on the bench.

South Korea XI: Kim Seung-gyu, Lee Han-beom, Kim Min-jae, Lee Tae-seok, Seol Young-woo, Lee Gi-hyuk, Hwang In-beom, Paik Seung-ho, Lee Jae-sung, Lee Kang-in, Son Heung-min.

Subs: Song Bum-keun, Jo Hyeon-woo, Kim Tae-hyeon, Cho Wi-je, Kim Moon-hwan, Park Jin-seob, Jens Castrop, Hwang Hee-chan, Bae Jun-ho, Yang Hyun-jun, Kim Jin-gyu, Eom Ji-sung, Lee Dong-gyeong, Cho Gue-sung, Oh Hyeon-gyu.

Wolves centre-back Ladislav Krejci will lead out Czech Republic who also have West Ham’s Tomas Soucek and a former Hammer – Vladimir Coufal – in their starting line-up. Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick starts up front for Miroslav Koubek’s side.

Czech Republic XI: Matej Kovar, Robin Hranac, Vladimir Coufal, Stepan Chaloupek, Ladislav Krejci, Jaroslav Zeleny, Lukas Provod, Tomas Soucek, Alexandr Sojka, Patrik Schick, Pavel Sulc.

Subs: Jindrich Stanek, Lukas Hornicek, David Zima, Tomas Holes, David Jurasek, David Doudera, Vladimir Darida, Lukas Cerv, Michal Sadilek, Hugo Sochurek, Adam Hlozek, Jan Kuchta, Mojmir Chytil, Tomas Chory, Denis Visinsky.