2-1！ The Asian Games men's football champion was born, the South Korean team was desperately reversed, and the Japanese goalkeeper was teased twice
On the evening of October 7, 2023, Beijing time, the champion of the men's football competition of the Asian Games was born, South Korea U23. The runner-up was the third tier of Japan's U23 team. The score is 2-1. After the Korean team won the championship, the players were excited as if they had won the World Cup, because this championship for them is not only a third consecutive championship, but also means exemption from military service for a while, which is crucial for their career.
After the start of the game, the South Korean U23 seemed to fall into the abyss, and they conceded the goal in just over 1 minute into the opening game, which was caused by the Korean people's mental "slip" in defense. After conceding the goal, the South Korean team showed a desperate stance, and in the 28th minute, Jung Youying took advantage of the Japanese goalkeeper's mistake and equalized with a header.
What was the mood of the Korean team after the equaliser, and if we look at the faces of the Korean fans in the picture below, we can see how excited the Korean players are.
In the second half, the South Korean's attack was as fierce as the tide, and the fight was completely a desperate gesture, which made the Japanese team very uncomfortable, and it happened that the referee of this game did not care about the relatively strong physical conflict. So, the Japanese team suffered a bit physically.
In the 56th minute of the second half, Cao Yongxu scored the second goal, which completely teased the Japanese goalkeeper because it was a crotch ball. With this goal, the South Koreans knew that the championship had arrived.
Although the Japanese team continued to deploy troops, by the 72 minutes of the second half, the Japanese team had used up all the substitutions. But such a drastic substitution did not improve much for the game itself.
In the end, South Korea achieved a desperate comeback 2-1. This third-rate team of Japan's U23 does have a certain gap with South Korea's quasi-U23 team in terms of strength. However, we can see the strength of Japanese football and their continuous improvement from this game. The team, which has as many as seven university students, can play until the finals, and the competition with South Korea's U23 is not completely at a disadvantage. It can be seen that Japanese football has made great progress, and we have reason to believe that people will have the strength to impact the World Cup in the future. Including people's football training system at the high school and college level, I don't know how many times more advanced than us.
The South Korean team was exempted from military service as it wished. However, this Korean team does not have the potential of Japan in world football.