2-2!3-3!Asian Cup match-fixing is rampant, South Korea doesn't want to win 2 games in a row, Korean media: The performance is not as good as the national football team
There was a big upset again in the group stage of the Asian Cup, but this upset did not occur because of how well any team played, but because there was a team in the game that didn't want to win at all!
This blatant match-fixing team is the South Korean team, the favorite to win the Asian Cup. In the last round of the group stage against Jordan, the South Koreans played a game that everyone couldn't understand, they were reversed by their opponents with two goals in a row after scoring the first goal, and it was not until injury time that South Korea scored a goal and drew 2-2 with their opponents. After the game, many fans pointed out that the South Korean team was obviously playing match-fixing, and their purpose was to give up the fight for the first place in the group and deliberately qualify as second or third.
As for why the South Korean team didn't want to win the first place in this group, it was because the Japanese team in Group D lost to the Iraqi team in an upset and could only qualify as the second in the group. Japan's opponent in the first round of the knockout round will be the top team of South Korea's group. If the South Korean team wins the first place in this group, it means that they will meet the Japanese team in the first round of the knockout round, facing the Japanese team ranked first in Asia, I believe that the Korean players are also somewhat timid in their hearts, so their best way is to take the initiative to give up the first place in the group, so as to avoid the Japanese team!
In the final round, South Korea faced Malaysia, the weakest team in the group, and in the latest FIFA rankings, South Korea ranked 23rd, while Malaysia only ranked 130th, no one could have imagined that South Korea would overturn Malaysia. But in order to ensure that they can avoid the strong Japanese team, South Korean football has completely put down its face this time. Although only 21 minutes into the opening game, the South Korean team was the first to break the deadlock and take the lead in the score, but in the subsequent game, the South Koreans completely stopped their own attack, and the game began to develop in an unexpected direction.
In the 51st minute, the South Korean team made a very low-level mistake in the backfield, the Malaysian team broke the ball and counterattacked on the spot, and Halim scored the goal by the goalkeeper of the South Korean team at a small angle, helping the Malaysian team to equalize the score! However, the good show is not over, in the 61st minute, South Korean defender Xue Yingyou unnecessarily kicked down the attacking players of the Malaysian team in the penalty area and gave the opponent a penalty. With a big gift from the Koreans themselves, the Malaysian team unbelievably reversed the score to 2-1!
Seeing that the South Korean team actually fell behind the fish belly team Malaysia, tens of thousands of South Korean fans at the scene immediately broke out in boos, and under the pressure of the fans, the Koreans did not dare to blatantly "act" anymore. In the 83rd and 94th minutes, South Korea scored two goals from a free kick and a penalty kick opportunity to exceed the score again. If they finish with this score, the South Koreans will rise to the top of the group and meet Japan in the knockout round, but this scene is undoubtedly what the South Korean team does not want to see. So at the last moment of stoppage time, the South Korean team "lost power" again in the backfield, and watched the Malaysian team score the third goal of the game, miraculously pulling the score to 3-3!
For the humiliating game of the South Korean team, even the South Korean media, who have been protecting their calves in the past, couldn't help it, and they posted articles one after another to bombard the South Korean team. South Korean media "Naver Sports" posted: "The South Korean team played three games in the group stage and conceded a total of 6 goals, but the Chinese men's football team, which has been criticized by fans and the media, only conceded 1 goal in three games." At the defensive level alone, the South Korean team is even far inferior to the Chinese team!" Another media "chosun" said that the process of the Korean team's promotion this time is simply a shame, the Malaysian team is only ranked 130, and we actually drew with them!
Although it successfully avoided the Japanese team, but in the next knockout round, the South Korean team will still face another Asian powerhouse, the Saudi Arabian team, and the Koreans, who are timid before the battle, are destined to not go far in this Asian Cup!