On the evening of January 27, 2022, Beijing time, the 7th round of the World Cup Asian Zone Round of 12 Group A continued, and Lebanon hosted south Korea. As a result, the South Korean team relied on Cho Gyu Sung's attack in the first half of stoppage time to finally beat Lebanon 1-0. South Korea brought its points to 17 points, thus 12 points ahead of the fourth-place Lebanon team and 11 points ahead of the United Arab Emirates team in the less round, basically locking in the second place in the group.
In this game, the Lebanese team knows that they are fierce and less auspicious, similar to the Chinese team, they lined up the 541 formation, while the South Korean team lined up the 4132 formation, goalkeeper Kim Seung-kyu, 4 defender system has Kim Jin-so, Kim Young-kwon, Kim Hyun-jae and Lee Rong; Jeong Yourong as a single back; 3 forwards are Lee Jae-sung, Hwang In-fan and Kwon Chang-hoon, the two forwards are Cho Gyu Sung and Hwang Eui-su, Son Heung-woo did not return to China to participate in this game.
After the game began, the South Korean team occupied the initiative of the whole game, but the rest of the first half except for the attack in the last moment was more dull, and although Hwang Yisuke wasted a relatively good chance, he did not have to score. Huang Yizhu's attack of assisting Cao Guicheng is actually not particularly exciting, basically it is just a leak in the door.
In the second half, Lebanon, who was 1 goal behind, stepped up its attack and made two consecutive substitutions in the 57th minute, and the Lebanese team improved offensively after the substitution. Sabra and Mikel went on a threatening attack, with Mikel also hitting the upright with a long-range shot, losing the perfect time to equalize.
In the end, the South Korean team defeated the Lebanese team 1-0. After the defeat, the Lebanese team made its own points stay at 5 points, if the UAE can beat the Syrian team, the UAE team's points will reach 9 points, the Lebanese team still has not lost the opportunity to compete for the 3rd place, but the most important thing is that the Lebanese team has no chance to play against the UAE team, so the current fate is no longer in their own hands.
In contrast, the South Korean team, the current points is 17 points, temporarily surpassing Iran to rank first in Group A. This game also set 2 new records. First, since November 15, 2011, Lebanon has not won against South Korea, in essence, Lebanon has beaten South Korea in the 2011 Asian Qualifiers, and has not won since, and the Korean team's unbeaten record has continued to be unbeaten in 10 years and 8 games; second, since August 31, 2017, South Korea has maintained an unbeaten record of 15 games in Asian qualifiers.
This evening, the UAE team will face Syria. South Korea, which has scored 17 points, currently has an 11-point gap with the UAE team, that is to say, if the UAE cannot win this evening, then the South Korean team will lock in the qualification for the World Cup eight rounds in advance.