At 19:20 Beijing time on March 24, the South Korean team played a warm-up match with the Colombian team at home. In the first half, Son Heung-min opened the scoring with an empty goal, and scored twice with a free kick in stoppage time; In the second half, Jristiano Ronaldo opened the game with a blitz and Karrascal equalized. In the end, South Korea was forced to a 2-2 draw by Colombia with a two-goal lead.
After the World Cup, the South Korean team changed coaches, Paul Bento left the team at the end of his contract, and Germany's coach Klinsmann became the new head coach of the Korean team, and this match was Klinsmann's debut in charge of the team. In addition, this match is also Guangzhou Evergrande veteran Kim Young-kwon's 100-game milestone battle for the Korean team, and he and his family received the 100-game commemorative trophy from the Korean Football Association before the match.
In the 7th minute, the South Korean team had a long pass in the midfield, and Kim Pearl stepped forward to cross from the left side of the front court, but unfortunately the shot in the box was deflected, and Kim Jin-so was also offside. In the 10th minute, the Colombian goalkeeper played the ball at the back, the left-back pass was broken, the ball came to the feet of Son Heung-min, the Colombian goalkeeper had not yet returned to the goal, Son Heung-min volleyed an empty goal with his left foot, and South Korea led Colombia 1-0.
In the 18th minute, Son Heung-min took a free kick on the left side of the pitch, and his shot hit the wall and deflected off the line. In the 19th minute, Colombia crossed from the left side of the field, and Borre's header in the box before Kim Jin-so went over the crossbar, and Kim Jin-so was knocked down by the opponent from behind. After holding out for a few minutes, Kim Jin-so could not insist on being carried out on a stretcher, and No. 2 Lee Kee Emperor came off the bench.
In the 26th minute, Jung Youying was brought down by his opponent in front of the court, and the referee gave South Korea a free kick on the left side of the box. Son Heung-min fired a direct shot that went slightly over the crossbar. One minute later, Cao Guicheng's shot in the box was blocked, and Uribe pushed Cao Guicheng down in the scramble between the two teams, and a skirmish broke out between the two sides.
In the 30th minute, South Korea played a quick counterattack, Son Heung-min received the ball in midfield and advanced at high speed, came to the left side in front of the penalty area, Jung Youying won the ball into the far corner, the ball was blocked by the Colombian defender and bounced, fell and hit the top net.
In the 37th minute, South Korea picked out a cross from the left side of the box, and the outflanked striker was a step slower. In the 38th minute, Jung Yourong went straight to the right side of the field, Son Heung-min received the ball with his back, and was kicked down by Figueroa on the penalty area line, and the referee awarded a penalty to the South Korean team.
However, after listening to VAR, the referee changed the decision to a free kick outside the box. Lee was in charge of the penalty and his left-footed shot went around the wall and was saved by the goalkeeper.
In the 45th minute, Son Heung-min tripped over the ball sideways in front of the penalty area and won a free-kick in front. Son Heung-min personally took the free kick, he curled the ball with his right foot, the ball went around the wall and went straight to the left corner of the goal, the goalkeeper could not save, South Korea 2-0 Colombia. At the end of the first half, South Korea had two goals in hand.
In the second half, Colombia pulled a goal back in the opening game, Valoyes inserted forward to the right side of the box to receive a straight plug, fell to the ground and immediately got up, dangled past Kim Minya under the bottom inverted triangle cross, in front of the box Jristiano Ronaldo calmly pushed into the far corner, the ball hit the post into the net, Colombia trailed South Korea 1-2.
In the 50th minute, Colombia equalized the score, right-back Muñoz came to the right side of the front with a cross and Karaskar, who was unguarded in the middle of the box, pushed and scored, Colombia 2-2 South Korea. Colombia's two goals are almost identical.
In the 53rd minute, Son Heung-min received a straight plug from midfield, dribbled the ball into the box and volleyed with his left foot, and the ball went high. In the 65th minute, Zheng Yourong was brought down in the scramble, and the team doctor entered the field to treat him. In the 68th minute, Colombia crossed from the right and the South Korean defender tackled the ball off the line.
In the 69th minute, Shandong Taishan foreign aid Sun Junhao came off the bench. Colombia then took a corner kick from the right and Borre's header from the front of the penalty area hit the crossbar and went off the line. In the 76th minute, Karrascal, who scored the goal, pulled down Son Heung-min with the ball directly in midfield and received a yellow card.
In the 80th minute, Son Heung-min came to the box with the ball and was knocked down from behind by his opponent, and the referee did not award a penalty. Colombia immediately countered for a solo chance, and Kim Min-ya defused the crisis with a tackle in the box. In the 81st minute, Colombian veteran Falcao came off the bench.
In the 88th minute, South Korea had a chance to kill their opponents, and after a quick counterattack, Son Heung-min received a straight cross from midfield, Song Min-hyun won the ball in the box, and his left-footed volley was blocked by the attacking goalkeeper.
In the end, the match ended with South Korea drawing 2-2 with Colombia.