Seoul: The South Korean men's national football team will look for a rebound against Paraguay this week in Seoul after getting embarrassed by Brazil at home last week. South Korea, ranked 23rd, will host 37th-ranked Paraguay at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Seoul World Cup Stadium. This will be the first meeting between these two nations since a friendly in June 2022, which ended in a 2-2 draw.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Son Heung-min had one of the two South Korean goals then. He is currently No. 2 on the all-time South Korean male scoring list with 53 goals, five behind former striker Cha Bum-kun. Son failed to add to that total against Brazil last Friday as South Korea endured a 5-0 loss while getting completely dismantled by their superior opponent. South Korea managed just one shot on target.

Before the Brazil match, South Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo had said he was looking forward to the latest test for his back-three formation. And his team failed miserably as highly skilled Brazilian forwards toyed with helpless South Korean defenders all night.

Though Paraguay are ranked 14 spots below South Korea, they will not be a pushover. During their World Cup qualifiers, Paraguay took down giants Brazil and Argentina once each, and finished sixth, just below Brazil, in the regional standings to punch their ticket to the big tournament.

For South Korean defensive backs that were overwhelmed against Brazil last week, Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Diego Gomez and former Newcastle United winger Miguel Almiron will be the ones to watch from Paraguay. Those two had a goal apiece in Paraguay's 2-2 draw against Japan last week.

Before Tuesday's match, the Korea Football Association will hold a special ceremony to recognize Son for becoming the most-capped male player for the country. Son earned his 137th cap against Brazil to break a tie with Hong and Cha.