Coach stresses quick transitions in pre-World Cup friendly vs. Ivory Coast

South Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo will look for his players to make quick transitions in their pre-World Cup friendly match against Ivory Coast near London this weekend. South Korea and Ivory Coast are scheduled to square off at 2 p.m. Saturday (local time) at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, northwest of London, or 11 p.m. Saturday (Korean time). It will be South Korea's first match of 2026 and the first of their two tuneup matches this month -- with Austria up next in Vienna on Tuesday. In ord