China is mocking Korea..."South Korea's surprise defeat → If we had joined the Korean group,"
China is mocking Korea..."South Korea's surprise defeat → If we had joined the Korean group,"
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The men's under-17 (U-17) national soccer team, which is trying to regain the top spot in Asia for the first time in 23 years, surprised not only South Korea but also the Asian soccer community with a shocking loss to Southeast Asia Indonesia from the first round.
The Chinese soccer community, which drew 2-2 against South Korea last year, is also paying attention to South Korea's defeat.
South Korea's U-17 national team, led by head coach Baek Ki-tae, lost 0-1 to Indonesia in the first Group C match of the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-17 Asian Cup at Prince Abdullah Alfaisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the 5th (Korea Standard Time).
The U-17 Asian Cup is the youngest competition among age-specific competitions, so there are many unpredictable matches even in the Asian Games.
Even so, it is difficult to accept that South Korea, which boasts Asia's best soccer skills and ranks 23rd in the FIFA rankings, lost to Indonesia, 123rd, 1,000 places lower.
South Korea attempted as many as 21 shots on the day, but only three shots were effective, and none of them led to a goal. Two shots that were not shot on target came out, but the team overall performed poorly. Indonesia had five shots (two shot on target).
As a result, South Korea lost for the first time to Indonesia after recording two wins and one draw in a showdown between the men's U-17 national teams.
South Korea challenged to win the title for the first time in 23 years following the 1986 Qatar Games and the 2002 United Arab Emirates Games, but it was immediately on the verge of elimination from the group stage.
In the tournament, in which 16 countries participated, four teams will be divided into four groups, and eight teams ranked first and second in each group will compete for the championship in a tournament.
The tournament will also serve as a FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifier in Qatar in November. Since the number of participating countries has increased significantly from 24 to 48 in order to give the U-17 World Cup many opportunities starting this year, the Asian Cup had to reach the semifinals to participate in the U-17 World Cup, but now they can play in the quarterfinals after passing the group stage.
Korea, Indonesia, Yemen, and Afghanistan belong to Group C.
South Korea will play the second game against Afghanistan at 2:15 a.m. on the 8th at King Abdullah Sports City Hall Stadium, third in the group after beating Afghanistan 2-0 and Indonesia. The third game against Yemen, a Middle Eastern country, is expected to be a watershed moment to gauge the passage of the group stage rather than Afghanistan.
South Korea swallowed the disappointment in the 12th minute of the first half when Kim Ye-gun's left-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area hit the crossbar.
In the 25th minute of the second half, Kim Ji-sung's cross from the left side of the penalty area hit the crossbar and fell to the right side of the goal, and Jang Woo-sik continued with a right-footed non-stop shot, but he did not follow luck, swinging the net next to the net.
Consequently, ㅍ So Yoon-woo committed a handball foul while blocking the opponent team's shot, and the penalty was declared in the extra time of the second half. Park Do-hoon, the goalkeeper, blocked Florasta's left-footed shot as the kicker in the 47th minute of the second half. However, Florasta pushed the ball back with his right foot to score the winning goal.
After the ending whistle, Indonesia was truly in a festive mood. This is because it created a completely unexpected match.
As a result, foreign media and Asian soccer fans are also saying that they are surprised.
In particular, Chinese media and fans who were always judged to be inferior to Korea are surprised. Korea and China had a 2-2 draw at the preliminary match of the championship held in Daren, China, in October last year. Korea scored the first goal and conceded two goals, which was a shame, but they got a penalty kick at the end of the second half to end the 90th minute with a 2-2 draw.
Due to the great match at the time, China sometimes calls the U-17 national team "a team that almost collapsed Korea." 먹튀검증
On the 5th, "Sohu Dotcom" analyzed that some Chinese media and fans should have belonged to the same group as Korea in the group league. China lost 1-2 to host Saudi Arabia in the first match held on the 4th. Although it lost by one goal, it was so sluggish that it had no words to say even if it lost by two to three goals. It has to play two games against Uzbekistan, the strongest team in Asia at the youth level, and Thailand, which plays the best soccer in Southeast Asia.