2024-04-22 21:44:21
He came on as a substitute in the third match against Japan and headed the winning goal.
Kim Min-woo (Dusseldorf), the only European midfielder of Hwang Seon-hong who scored the winning goal with a header in the Korea-Japan match, smiled brightly, saying that it was his first taste of goal wearing the national flag.
The under-23 (U-23) national soccer team led by coach Hwang Seon-hong will play the ‘2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 match against Japan, which kicked off at 10 p.m. (Korean time) on the 22nd at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. They won 1-0 in the third and final match of Group B of the Asian Cup.
In the 30th minute of the second half, Kim Min-woo finished the cross with a header from Tae-seok Lee (Seoul) on a corner kick chance.
Korea, ranked 1st in Group B with all three wins in the group stage, will face Indonesia, 2nd in Group A, coach Shin Tae-yong, in the quarterfinals at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium at 2:30 a.m. on the 26th.
Korea, which started a rotation due to injuries, finished the first half with a score of 0-0 and opened the scoring for Japan with a set piece in the second half.
In the 14th minute of the second half, Kim Min-woo, who replaced Kim Dong-jin (Pohang), scored the final goal with a header using his height.
Kim Min-woo said, “I am happy that the players played well as promised from the beginning of the game, so I was able to comfortably score the lead in the second half.”
While Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City), Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic), and Kim Ji-soo (Brentford) were rejected due to opposition from their teams, Kim Min-woo is Hwang Seon-hong’s only member of the European team.
Kim Min-woo, who was first called up at the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) U-23 Championship invitational held in Saudi Arabia last month and participated in this tournament, scored for the first time in five games for Hwang Seon-hong.
Minwoo Kim said, “This is my debut goal for the national team. “He also scored his first goal in the Korea-Japan match,” he said with a smile, “I think he only scored a goal on behalf of his teammates.”
Regarding Indonesia, the quarterfinal opponent, he said, “It’s not a full game, but I’ve seen Indonesia play before.”
He said, “This is a team that is very active and uses quick timing with one-two passes and three-way passes. “I think we need to prepare well for the remaining period,” he added.
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