6 Asian Games champions! South Korea's 3-in-a-row championship team reveled, players knelt and cried, and the 24-year-old international retired in place
At this year's Hangzhou Asian Games, one of the words with the highest appearance rate around Korean athletes, especially Korean male athletes, is "military service". Some athletes are full of ugliness in order to avoid military service, such as South Korean tennis brother Kwon Chun-woo not only refused to shake hands with his opponent after the men's singles and second rounds, but also smashed the racket to vent his anger. But there are also South Korean athletes who go to great lengths to exempt themselves from military service, such as the Korean men's soccer team. In the men's final of the Asian Games, the South Korean men's football team scored two goals in a row after conceding a goal in the opening minute, defeated the Japanese men's team 2-1, won the Asian Games championship, and achieved the feat of winning three consecutive Asian Games titles.
In this match, just one minute into the game, Utaro Uchino helped Japan break the deadlock. South Korea fought back against adversity, and Jung Youying equalized with a header in the 26th minute. In the second half, South Korea continued to step up their attack, and in the 56th minute, Cho Yong Wook seized the opportunity to push into the net in the box, and South Korea won 2-1. In the last half hour, the South Korean team did not blindly shrink the defense, they not only withstood the Japanese team's counterattack, but also had many chances to score the third goal, and even received a single knife in injury time. At the final whistle, the score was fixed at 2-1, and the South Korean team was crowned three consecutive champions while winning the sixth Asian Games in the team's history, ranking first in Asia in terms of the number of championships.
At the moment of the final whistle, the whole Korean team was boiling, everyone was celebrating wildly, and everyone was releasing their emotions. Compared to the lost Japanese players next to him, it is completely a double heaven of ice and fire. Not only the players, but even the Korean coaching staff hugged together. The reason why the Korean team is so happy is not only that it is as simple as winning the championship, but most importantly, they can be exempted from military service. Because according to the relevant regulations of South Korea, as long as you win the gold medal in the Asian Games or the Olympic Games, you can be exempted from military service. Therefore, all players in the Korean team, including Lee Gang-in, Jung Youying, etc., are exempt from military service.
South Korea's player Park Jin-seop knelt on the ground and cried silently, until the coach pulled him, he got up. And the 24-year-old international Cho Yong Wook, who scored the winning goal, is the most special one in the South Korean team, and he is already in military service. But Cho Young-wook changed his fate with a goal, and because of winning the championship, Cho Yong-wook retired from the South Korean army on the spot. Fans couldn't help but joke: "Are you all discharged, don't you hurry up and have a veteran barbecue?" Veteran auto repair is also OK! ”
In fact, for football players who rely on youth to eat, exemption is the most important event in life, and this game can change the career of many people. Perhaps it is the motivation to be exempt from military service, and the South Korean team crushes the Japanese team with all the statistics. However, there is another reason why the South Korean team can win the championship, that is, the Japanese men's team, like the women's team, did not send the strongest team to participate at all. I have to admit that at the football level, we have really been left too far behind by Japan and South Korea, and this gap requires decades of generations of football people to work tirelessly on the right path to hope to fill.