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Korea’s Cho So-hyun scores a goal during a 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup group stage game once morest Germany at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday. [YONHAP]
Sohyun Cho scores during Thursday’s 2023 Women’s World Cup group stage match once morest Germany at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. [연합뉴스]
Korea knock Germany out of World Cup in final game, once more
South Korea defeats Germany once more in World Cup final game
Korea JoongAng Daily online article
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023
If there’s one thing Korea does well, it’s turn inevitable World Cup exits into a chance to upset Germany.
inevitable: unavoidable, unavoidable
exit: exit
upset: upset, upset
If there is one thing Korea is good at, it is to turn their inevitable World Cup dropout into an opportunity to frustrate Germany.
Korea ended their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup journey with a 1-1 draw with world No. 2 Germany on Thursday, failing to reach the round of 16 but knocking the two-time world champions out of the tournament for the first time in history in the process.
journey: journey
round of 16: 16강
in the process:
South Korea’s 2023 Women’s World Cup journey ended on Thursday with a 1-1 draw with world number two Germany. Although they failed to advance to the round of 16, in the process, they eliminated Germany, two-time World Cup champions, from the group stage for the first time ever.
Thursday’s result marks the second time in five years that a Korean team on the way out has taken Germany down with them. At the 2018 men’s World Cup, an already-knocked-out Korea beat Germany 2-0 in the final group stage game to knock the European side out of the competition as well.
on the way out: on the way out
take down: to take down
knocked-out: knocked out
group stage: group stage
The results of Thursday’s match saw South Korea knock Germany out of the tournament for the second time in five years on the way to being knocked out of the World Cup. At the 2018 World Cup, the men’s national team was eliminated from the competition, but defeated Germany 2-0 in their final group stage match to knock them out of the competition together.
On both occasions, it was a Tottenham Hotspur player that delivered the killing blow — Son Heung-min in 2018 and Cho So-hyun in 2023.
occasion: when, when
killing blow: final blow
In both cases, it was the Tottenham Hotspur player who delivered the finishing blow. Son Heung-min scored goals in 2018 and Jo So-hyun scored goals in 2023.
This time around, Korea was not technically out of the competition when the match started, but had to beat Germany with at least a five-goal margin on the condition that Colombia defeat Morocco in order to advance to the knockout stage.
this time around:
margin: difference
on the condition:
knockout stage: tournament stage
South Korea were not eliminated from the tournament at the start of Thursday’s match, but needed a five-goal win over Germany and Colombia’s win over Morocco to advance to the round of 16.
Even had Korea managed to get those five goals it would not have mattered in the end, with Morocco beating Colombia 1-0 to ensure both sides advanced to the last 16.
matter: important, problematic
ensure: to ensure
Even if Korea scored 5 goals, it would not have affected their progress to the round of 16. This is because Morocco beat Colombia and both countries (Morocco and Colombia) advanced to the round of 16.
The disappointing results once more this year raise a question of whether Korea should revamp the overall structure of the country’s women’s football.
revamp: to revamp, reorganize
structure: structure
Another disappointing result at this year’s World Cup raises the question of whether Korea needs to overhaul the overall structure of women’s soccer in the country.
The WK League is not only virtually unknown here, but it has not enough intensity that induces players to be at the level on which they are able to compete on the international stage.
WK League: Korean Women’s Soccer League
virtually: in fact, nearly
intensity: strength, intensity
induce: cause, induce
Not only is the WK league virtually unknown domestically, but its lack of intensity prevents players from reaching the level of competition on the international stage.
WRITTEN BY JIM BULLEY AND TRANSLATED BY PAIK JI-HWAN [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr, paik.jihwan@joongang.co.kr]
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