"U-20 World Cup Confirmed" South Korea and Saudi Arabia won 3-3 until the quarterfinals were extended, and Uzbekistan won after a close shootout
"U-20 World Cup Confirmed" South Korea and Saudi Arabia won 3-3 until the quarterfinals were extended, and Uzbekistan won after a close shootout
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South Korea's U-20 national soccer team beat Uzbekistan hard to reach the semifinals of the Asian Cup after a penalty shootout.
Team Korea, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, tied Uzbekistan 3-3 in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-20 Asian Cup at Shenzhen Youth Training Stadium in China on Sunday, and beat Uzbekistan 3-1 in the penalty shootout thanks to goalie Hong Seong-min's good defense. With this, Korea has secured a ticket to the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals, which will be given to teams that advance to the semifinals of this year's event. This year's U-20 World Cup will be held in Chile from September to October.
Korea, which has the most wins at the U-20 Asian Cup with 12 titles, is also one step closer to recapturing the top spot for the first time in 13 years since 2012. Korea will have a showdown with Saudi Arabia at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday over its advance to the finals. Another semifinal match was decided by a match between Japan and Australia.
South Korea, which had two wins and one draw in its group league to advance to the quarterfinals as No. 1 in Group D, conceded a penalty kick to its opponent less than a minute after the opening of the match, but managed to overcome the crisis thanks to Hong's good defense. South Korea, which had been engaged in a war of words with Uzbekistan since then, was given a blow in the 18th minute of the first half. In Uzbekistan's corner kick situation, Asilbek Zumayev scored the first goal of the header.
In the 26th minute of the first half, Korea made a balance by scoring Shin Min-ha (Kangwon) from a corner kick. Yoon Do-young's corner kick from the right corner bounced off after falling a little short, and when a mix-up broke out for a while at the gate, Shin pushed his left foot to score the equalizer.
Korea ended the first half 1-1 with a cool scoring shot early in the second half. In the 11th minute of the second half, Shin Min-ha, who rushed to the goalpost in time for Yoon Do-young's sharp left-footed free kick, shook the net with an accurate header to take the lead. In the 16th minute of the second half, Captain Kim Tae-won (Portimonens) scored a sensational lobbing shot to widen the gap.
South Korea, which seemed to have secured victory, failed to withstand Uzbekistan's last-minute wave offensive and lost points in succession. As the defense's concentration faltered sharply, Mukamadali Uriboyev scored goals in the 45th minute of the second half and Avdugafu Kaidarov scored goals in succession just before the end of extra time in the second half, allowing the team to tie the game 3-3. Both teams failed to score additional points in the extra time, and started a penalty shootout. 토토사이트
Soon after Kim Tae-won, who played as the first kicker, succeeded, Hong Sung-min blocked the opponent's shot from Olovergan Karimov to secure the lead. With the third kicker of both teams facing 1-1, South Korea led 2-1 with the fourth kicker Kim Ho-jin (Yongin University) neatly scoring a right-footed shot, and another super save by Hong Sung-min came out on the ensuing shot by Uzbekistan's Murodion Komilov. South Korea, where the last kicker Jungwoo Ha (Seongnam) shook the net, finally won the ticket to the Asian Cup semifinals and the World Cup finals.