·Some waited years for their chance, while others received it unexpectedly.
·All now share one goal on football's biggest stage South Korea's national football team holds its first training session at Chivas Valle Verde in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Saturday, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
·(Yonhap) The World Cup lasts only a few weeks.
·The journeys that bring players there often take years.
·For a select few on South Korea's roster, the path to football's biggest stage was far from straightforward, marked instead by unexpected twists of fate, long waits for an opportunity and precious family moments put on hold.
