Our national team beat strong France in the first match of the group stage of the U-20 World Cup held in Argentina.
Four years ago, our national team, which is challenging the runner-up myth again, turned on the green light to advance to the round of 16 by playing efficient counter-attack soccer.
Reporter Sohn Ki-seong assists.
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Lee Young-joon, who took the ball away with forward pressure, fired a powerful shot from the beginning.
Korea, which strengthened the midfield by deploying 5 midfielders, scored a counterattack opportunity in the 22nd minute of the first half.
Kim Yong-Hak, who plays in the Portuguese league, dug into the side at high speed, and captain Lee Seung-Won delivered the final blow.
Kang Seong-jin’s sharp free kick boosted the national team’s momentum, and Lee Yeong-jun’s header goal in the 19th minute of the second half took them one step further.
Lee Young-joon, who accurately predicted where Lee Seung-won, the protagonist of the first goal, would put the ball, jumped up and slightly changed the direction of the ball.
In the second half, when the French counterattack intensified, goalkeeper Kim Jun-hong’s save was brilliant.
In particular, in the 5th minute of the second half, he saved a crisis situation that could have been an own goal.
In the middle of the second half, a controversial decision came out.
Joon-Hong Kim collided with a French striker while attempting to parry a cross and was cautioned.
A situation in which the goalkeeper, not the striker, is cautioned.
In the end, the national team conceded one goal on a penalty kick.
It was likely to be shaken psychologically, but Kim Joon-hong continued to put on a save show and kept a 2-1 victory. [Soundbite] Kim Eun-joong/Head coach of the under-20 soccer team : “I think the most important thing about our team’s outstanding player today is that all 21 players came together and
knew what we had to do and played the game.”
The national team,먹튀검증 which has improved its chances of advancing to the round of 16 by defeating it, will challenge Honduras for a second consecutive win on the 26th.
This is Son Gi-seong from KBS News.