Go Jae-hyeon, the final goal… Cho Young-wook, attacking points in all matches in the group stage with help
Hwang Seon-Hong-Ho defeated Thailand with Cho Young-Wook (Seoul), who scored points in three consecutive games, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2022 Asian Football Federation (AFC) Under-23 (U-23) Asian Cup.
Korea’s men’s U-23 national team, led by coach Hwang Seon-hong, defeated Thailand 1-0 with Ko Jae-hyeon (Daegu)’s goal in the first half following Cho Young-wook’s help in the third match of Group C at the Pahtakor Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on the 8th. .
After a 4-1 win over Malaysia in the first leg and a 1-1 draw in the second leg with Vietnam, Korea recorded 2 wins and 1 draw, and passed the group stage with 7 points.
Korea will compete for second place in Group D and advance to the semifinals on the 12th.
In Group D, which has been held up to the current match, there is a possibility that the ‘Korea-Japan match’ will be concluded as Japan is in second place.
Korea has never failed to advance to the semi-finals in this biennial event that started in 2014.
Korea, who won the championship for the first time in 2020, will challenge for a second consecutive championship.
Vietnam, led by coach Gong Oh-gyun, won 2-0 once morest Malaysia at the same time, beating Thailand to second place in group (5 points, 1 win, 2 draws) and secured a ticket to the quarterfinals.
Vietnam reached the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time in four years since 2018, when they were runners-up.
At the time of the 2018 tournament, Park Hang-seo, the current head of the Vietnam A team, commanded the Vietnam U-23 national team.
Manager Hwang Seon-hong, who was desperate for victory, made a big change to the offensive lineup.
Sang-bin Sang (Grasshopper), who started in the previous two games, was seated on the bench, and tall striker Se-hun Oh (Shimizu) was started for the first time.
Striker Jo Young-wook also started as a starter for the first time in this tournament.
Oh Se-hun was at the forefront, and Cho Young-wook and Hong Hyun-seok (LASK), Lee Kang-in (Mallorca) and Ko Jae-hyun stood in the second line.
Hyuk-gyu Kwon (Kimcheon) followed, and the fabric consisted of Kyu-hyuk Lee (Jeonnam), Joo-seong Kim (Gimcheon), Sang-min Lee (Asan, Chungnam), and Jun Choi (Busan).
Go Dong-min (Gyeongnam) wore the goalkeeper gloves.
Midfielder Ko Jae-hyeon, who is showing a culmination of goalscoring by scoring the most goals in the Daegu team in the K-League 1 of professional soccer with the fast-paced Jo Young-wook, stirred up the Thai camp in the first half to create a scoring opportunity.
Jo Young-wook and Ko Jae-hyeon also collaborated for the opening goal.
In the 35th minute of the first half, Ko Jae-hyeon received a penetration pass from Cho Young-wook and shot through the goalkeeper’s legs to score.
Go Jae-hyeon’s movement to break through the opponent’s defense line and Jo Young-wook’s pass timing, which accurately predicted it, were outstanding.
With this, Cho Young-wook scored an attack point (3 goals and 1 assist) in all matches in the group stage.
The combination play of Jo Young-wook and Ko Jae-hyun flashed once more following 3 minutes.
Jo Young-wook quickly broke through the right side, and then Ko Jae-hyun finished the cutback with a non-stop shot, but this time it went slightly to the right of the post.
Korea also led the game with Cho Young-wook in the second half.
In the 10th minute of the second half, Cho Young-wook, who received a penetration pass from Lee Kang-in, shook the net directly, but was judged offside and swallowed a disappointment.
Korea, which had conceded a goal at the end of the second half in the previous two matches, faced a crisis of conceding several times this time as the heat wave reached 36 degrees Celsius and their stamina was lost at the last minute of the game.
In the 35th minute of the second half, Koh Dong-min managed to save a shot from Achitpol Kirirom from the left side of the goal area.
Korea struggled to block Thailand’s last-minute offensive and confirmed the quarterfinals.
After the game, Ko Jae-hyun said, “I don’t think there are any easy games.
I prepared for each match with the feeling of a final, but I am happy to make it to the quarterfinals.”
/yunhap news
