Sonny shines again for South Korea | OneFootball

Heung-Min Son once again led from the front as South Korea made it two wins out of two in the second round of Asian qualifying for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday.

Sonny, skipper of Club and country, scored twice and assisted the third goal as the Taegeuk Warriors beat rivals China 3-0 in Shenzhen. He opened the scoring from the spot after China's Zhu Chenjie was penalised in the box on 11 minutes before doubling the lead just before half-time. Sonny then claimed the assist as Jung Seung-hyun put the issue beyond doubt three minutes from time.

That takes Sonny's tally to 40 goals in 116 caps for his country.

South Korea top Group C of Asian qualifying from Thailand, China and Singapore. The top two teams from nine groups at this stage of AFC qualifying will progress to the third round, where 18 teams are split into three groups of six and the top two from each group qualify for the 2026 World Cup.

South Korea are chasing an 11th consecutive qualification for the World Cup finals.

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