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[스포츠서울 | 박준범기자] Numerical inferiority took hold of the ankle.
The under-23 (U-23) national team, led by coach Hwang Seon-hong, will play the second round of Group C once morest Vietnam at the 2022 Asian Football Federation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup held at Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on the 2nd (Korea time). 1 was drawn. The national team that secured 4 points maintained their first place in the group, but failed to advance to the quarterfinals early.
The national team started a rotation that day. Jin-yong Lee, Young-jun Ko, Jae-hwan Park, and Jae-hyeon Ko, who did not start as a starter in the first game once morest Malaysia, started the sortie. European players Kang-in Lee and Hyun-seok Hong, who were active in the midfield, started on the bench that day. From the beginning of the national team, strikers such as Park Jung-in, Sang-bin Sang, and Ko Jae-hyeon continued to press forward and tormented Vietnam.
Vietnam launched a strategy of counterattacking following the players expense. The occasional counterattack was powerful. In the 31st minute of the first half, he finished the cross from the left with a shot, cooling the team’s chatter. The national team progressed well until the doorstep, but the finish was disappointing by 2%. The Vietnamese defenders flew to block the national team’s shot. In the 41st minute of the first half, Koh Young-Jun and Sang-Bin Jung attempted a pass from inside the penalty box, but Uhm Ji-Sung was blocked by the Vietnamese goalkeeper’s save.
At the start of the second half, the national team introduced Jo Young-wook and Oh Se-hoon at the same time. In the 9th minute of the second half, Ko Jae-hyeon had a one-on-one chance with the keeper in the counterattack situation, but the chip shot of the keeper went straight to the keeper. In the 14th minute of the second half, coach Hwang changed the midfield by removing Ko Young-joon and adding Hong Hyun-seok. In the 18th minute of the second half, Hong Hyun-seok conceded a pass from inside the penalty box. Jo Young-wook scored the opening goal with a calm right-footed shot following a perfect turn. Cho Young-wook’s third goal in the tournament.
A variable occurred in the second half of the 32nd minute. Midfielder Jinyong Lee, who had received one warning in the first half, was sent off due to accumulated warnings. Vietnam used its numerical advantage to launch an offensive. And in the 37th minute of the second half, Boutien Long shook the net with a powerful right-footed shot from a cross from the left flank. It was a shot on the perfect trajectory that the goalkeeper might not use. Director Hwang did not let go of the reins until the very end by putting in Lee Kyu-hyuk and Cho Hyun-taek in succession. On the contrary, Nguyen Hai Long’s strike in the second half of extra time was in danger of allowing a comeback goal. The additional goal the national team had hoped for did not happen.
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