Hwang Seon-hong, who faces Japan, an opponent he must beat, aims for another victory.
The U-23 national team, led by coach Hwang Seon-hong, will face Japan in the final match of Group B of the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup held at Al Rayyan Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar at 10 p.m. on the 22nd (Korean time)
With both Japan and Korea having confirmed their advancement to the quarterfinals with two wins, today’s game is expected to be more of a ‘de facto final’ than a first place match.
In the Asian Cup held in June 2022, Saudi Arabia defeated Uzbekistan and won the championship, and Japan took third place. Korea, which produced top scorer Cho Young-wook (3 goals), lost 0-3 to Japan in the quarterfinals.
The members who brought our country to its knees at the time are the current U-23 members of Japan. At that time, Japan used a team of 21-year-olds with the goal of competing in the Paris Olympics, and looked two years ahead of time.
All of Japan’s players are excellent players, but we especially need to watch out for No. 17 Matsuki Kuryu (FC Tokyo), who boasts outstanding goal-scoring ability. In addition to passing passes that penetrate the space under his feet, he also showed mastery of handling diagonal crosses in the game against China. In the match against China, he scored with a fantastic volley.
In Korea, Lee Young-Jun (Gimcheon) is the opponent. Lee Young-Jun, who showed a ‘one-man show’ in the last game against China, has scored in both group stage games so far. However, as his defensive tactics exposed many insecurities to China, backdoor crackdowns are more important than offense in this game as well.
If Japan and Korea draw and the game ends without a single warning, Korea and Japan will decide the winner through a penalty shootout.
Will Korea be able to not only take first place in the group but also achieve a refreshing victory over a difficult enemy called Japan? The game is scheduled to take place at 10 PM on the 22nd.
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