In the early morning of April 26, Beijing time, the 2024 U23 Asian Cup 1/4 finals were contested, the South Korean team played against the Indonesian team, and in the end, the two teams fought to the penalty shootout, and the former fish belly Indonesia eliminated the South Korean team with a total score of 13-12, causing a big upset, advancing to the semifinals for the first time, creating history, it was really an exciting game, unbelievable.
South Korea are the favourites to win the tournament and they managed to break through in the group stage, while Indonesia are the former fish belly team, but looking at their recent performances, they are fully capable of being super dark horses. The South Korean team has participated in the Olympic Games for 9 consecutive years, and although they did not send the strongest squad in this Asian Cup, they still won all three games in the group stage. The Indonesian team is participating in the tournament for the first time, and in recent years, the Indonesian team has greatly improved the strength of their national team and youth team through naturalization. Even so, the overall strength of the South Korean team is clearly above that of the Indonesian team.
Indonesia took the lead in the 15th minute, when Suleiman's long-range shot was blocked, and Struk scored again from distance to make it 1-0 to South Korea. In the 45th minute, Yoon Ji-sung's header was refracted, Sataryadi saved, and the ball rolled into the net, 1-1. In stoppage time of the half, Indonesia took the lead again, South Korea made a mistake in defense, and Struk pushed the goal to make it 2-1 South Korea.
In the 68th minute, Lee Young-jun was sent off for red, and the South Korean team played one less. In the 84th minute, South Korea equalized, and Zheng Xiangbin scored from a distance, 2-2. After that, the game went to a penalty shootout, in which the two sides fought for 12 rounds, and South Korea lost to Indonesia 12-13 on aggregate.
It is worth mentioning that after the South Korean team stopped in the quarterfinals and missed the Paris Olympics, the Indonesian team will face the winner between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia in the semifinals.