In the early morning of May 23, Beijing time, the new U20 World Cup (referred to as the World Youth Championship) held in Argentina, a focus battle in the first round of the group stage, the South Korean men's football team overturned the French men's football team 2-1, waiting for 26 years to finally complete the revenge, and the whole team celebrated the victory after the game.
Originally, South Korea could travel to Indonesia with Japan, Iraq and Uzbekistan to participate in the World Youth Championship, but because FIFA cancelled Indonesia's qualification, the above four Asian teams had to fly to Argentina in South America to compete.
According to statistics, this is the 16th time that the South Korean men's football team has participated in the World Youth Championship, and only Brazil has 18 more times, while also tied with the United States and Argentina (16 participations). In addition, he reached the final in 2019, but lost to Ukraine and missed out on the first World Youth Championship in the team's history.
In this year's World Youth Championships, South Korea drew a lot, and France, Gambia, Honduras in the same group, except for France, the other two opponents are not strong, so as long as the first round wins the favorite France, South Korea basically enters the knockout round. In the end, South Korea did it, overturning France in a shocking way and getting off to a great start.
Detailed review of the competition——
In the 22nd minute, Kim Yong-ho provided a diagonal assist, and Lee Seung-won received the ball and scored with a single push to give South Korea a 1-0 lead.
In the 64th minute, Lee Seung-won drove a set-piece in front of the goal, and Lee Yongjun snatched a spot to shake his head to help South Korea extend the score 2-0.
In the 70th minute, goalkeeper Kim Chenghong was fouled and South Korea was awarded a penalty, and then Fergenius hit the penalty to help France win back 1-2.
According to statistics, South Korea's possession rate was only 33%, while shooting 8-23, shooting 5-6 on target, and corner kicks 1-11, the scene was obviously in the downside, and finally South Korea won in efficiency, completed a weak victory, and overturned the 2013 champion.
It is worth mentioning that the two teams met at the 1997 World Youth Championship, when South Korea lost 4-2 to France, and now after 26 years, South Korea has finally completed its revenge.
The Asian teams that have already appeared so far, Japan and South Korea have won the group stage opener, and the new U20 Asian Cup champions Uzbekistan suffered their first defeat, defeated 1-2 by hosts Argentina, and Iraq will play against Uruguay.
Our Chinese men's football team, this time reduced to a spectator of the World Youth Championships, the last time it participated was back in 2005, has been absent for 18 consecutive years, watching teams such as Japan and South Korea become regulars, we can only envy.