U-20 Women’s Soccer, 1-0 victory over ‘powerhouse’ Germany… Dramatic advancement to World Cup round of 16

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Park Soo-jung scores first goal in 22 minutes of the first half… 3rd place in group with 1 win, 1 draw, and 1 loss
Included in the top 4 countries in Group 3… Successfully advanced to the round of 16

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The Korean women’s U-20 national team, participating in the ‘2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia’, defeated ‘powerhouse’ Germany and confirmed its advance to the round of 16.

The Korean national team, led by coach Park Yoon-jung, won 1-0 against Germany in the final third match of Group D held at El Techo Stadium in Bogota, Colombia on the 8th (Korean time).

The Korean national team, which lost 0-1 to Nigeria in the first match on the 2nd and drew 0-0 with Venezuela in the second match, won against Germany on this day and now has a final record of 1 win, 1 draw, and 1 loss.

Korea, ranked third in Group D with four points, has earned a spot in the round of 16, which is given to the four best third-place teams in each of the six groups, along with the first and second-place teams.

Currently, Cameroon and Canada are in third place in Group A and Group B, respectively, after completing all three group matches. They are tied with Korea with four points, but are ahead of Korea on goal difference.

And in the final match of Group C held following Korea’s last match, Paraguay suffered a crushing defeat to the United States 0-7, confirming Korea’s advancement to the round of 16.

Paraguay, in third place in Group C, finished the group stage with 3 points with 1 win and 2 losses, and Ghana, in third place in Group E, currently has 2 losses ahead of its final match, so Korea will advance to the round of 16 regardless of the results of the final match in Group E.

Coach Park Yoon-jung took out the 4-3-3 formation in the final match on this day. With ‘captain’ Jeon Yu-kyung (Wideok University) at the forefront, Park Su-jeong (Ulsan Science University) and Kang Eun-young (Daejeon Daedeok University) were put in front to aim for the opposing team’s goal.

Korea took advantage of the early crisis in the game to score the first and winning goal of the game.

In the 16th minute of the first half, goalkeeper Woo Seo-bin (Wideok University) blocked a powerful right-footed shot from Germany’s Sophie Zdebel and immediately kicked a long goal kick deep into the opponent’s territory.

Jeon Yu-kyung passed the ball to Park Su-jeong, who was heading the ball in front of the goal, and Park Su-jeong, who had a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper in the 22nd minute of the first half, calmly scored by poking the ball into the left corner of the goal with her right foot.

Korea, which had set the mood, continued to create several threatening chances.

In the 13th minute of the second half, Kang Eun-young caught the ball that flowed towards the goal in a melee situation, but her first touch was a little long and the ball shook the net next to the goal.

In the 24th minute of the second half, Jeong Da-bin (Sejong Korea University) received a pass from Hong Chae-bin (Sejong Korea University) and had a chance to score an additional goal, but was blocked by the German goalkeeper.

In the 30th minute of the second half, Jeong Da-bin also showed a powerful left-footed volley right in front of the goal, but the ball went straight to the goalkeeper.

The Korean national team, which defended Park Su-jeong’s opening goal until the very end of the match, ended the match with a 1-0 victory over Germany.

[서울=뉴시스]

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2024-09-08 04:05:32

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