5-3! South Korea's life is really tough! 99 minutes of draws + penalty shootout to advance to the top 8 of the Asian Cup, the goal god made a meritorious service

The Asian Cup 1/8 finals continued, in an interesting strong dialogue, the South Korean team drew 1-1 with Saudi Arabia in 99 minutes to drag the game into a penalty shootout, the goalkeeper Cho Hyun woo saved the opponent's penalty twice, and finally the South Korean team advanced to the top 8 of the Asian Cup with a total score of 5-3, and their opponent in the 1/4 finals will be the Australian team.

In the group stage, South Korea were held to a 3-3 draw by Malaysia in the final round to avoid tournament favourites Japan, but Saudi Arabia are not a fuel-efficient team either, having beaten world champions Argentina at the 2022 World Cup. In this campaign, Son Xingmin continues to lead, while Saudi Arabia is the elite to the fullest. In the 20th minute, Son Heung-min's right-footed attempt in the penalty area was blocked. In the 26th minute, Son Heung-min's attack in the penalty area was defused by the goalkeeper.

In the 38th minute, Li Gangren tried a long-range shot on the periphery and was also blocked. In the 41st minute, Blake crossed, Shehri and Rajami hit the crossbar in succession, and Dasari's shot was slightly wide, and the South Korean team escaped.

In the second half, the Saudi team replaced Al-Shehri with Radif Radif, and the substitution worked wonders, and Radif who had just come off the bench for only 34 seconds received a low left-footed shot from Darisari's magic plug into the penalty area, 1-0! In the 62nd minute, Khybari's right-footed long-range shot from the edge of the field was blocked, and the South Korean team failed to create a continuous threat in the second half.

In the 64th minute, Park Yong-woo and Cho Gyu-sung came on as substitutes. In the 68th minute, Saudi Arabia played a quick counterattack, Dasari's right-footed low shot on the line of the penalty area, and the ball slid out of the goal. In the second half, South Korea's offensive performance was very poor, and the Saudi team did not give their opponents a chance. In the 81st minute, Kim Min-jae grabbed a header in the penalty area and hit the top of the goal. For the rest of the game, South Korea attacked with all their might, but the Saudi goalkeeper made several saves. In the 93rd minute, Cho Gyu-sung grabbed a header in front of the goal and hit the crossbar.

But in the 99th minute, Kim Tae-hwan crossed from the right, nodded the ball to the goal, and Cho Gyu-sung scored a close-range header to equalize the opponent, 1-1! Klinsmann on the sidelines waved his fist and roared with ecstasy. In the 108th minute of extra time, South Korea had a great chance, the Saudi goalkeeper abandoned the goal, but several South Korean players passed in front of the goal and did not choose to shoot in time to waste the goal.

Penalty shootout, Kano first came out and hit steadily, Son Heung-min did not miss, 1-1; In the second round, Hamid scored a shot, and Kim Young-kwon also scored smoothly, 2-2; In the third round, Najie's low shot was saved by Cho Hyun-woo, and Cho Gyu-sung deceived the goalkeeper to hit, 3-2; In the fourth round, Garib's strong shot was saved by Cho Hyun-woo, and Hwang Hee-chan scored smoothly, 4-2! Finally, the Korean team defeated the opponent 4-2 in the penalty shootout, and the total score was 5-3 to advance to the top 8 of the Asian Cup!

Saudi Arabia starting lineup: 22-Alcázar/17-Tambati, 4-Ojami, 5-Blahi/12-Hamid, 23-Kanno, 15-Abdullah, 24-Al-Dosari, 25-Albruiq/10-Dasari, 11-Shehri

South Korea's starting lineup: 21-Cho Hyun-woo/15-Jung Seung-hyun, 4-Kim Min-jae, 19-Kim Young-kwon/23-Kim Tae-hwan, 10-Lee Jae-sung, 6-Hwang In-beom, 22-Xue Young-woo/18-Lee Gang-in, 17-Jung You-yeong/7-Son Heung-min