The first three consecutive losses of the 71-year history of the Korea-Japan match, the current state of Korean soccer reaffirmed at the East Asian Cup
Jul 15, 2025
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The South Korean national soccer team lost 0-1 to Jermain Ryo in the third game of the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) against Japan at 7:24 p.m. on the 15th at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province.
South Korea (6 points), which lost the final match after winning consecutive games against China and Hong Kong, finished second behind Japan (9 points), which won all three games. South Korea, which lost three consecutive games at the 2022 Japanese tournament, missed its second consecutive championship.
It was a tournament held in the country, and the shock was even greater because it was the third consecutive A match against Japan. South Korea previously lost 0-3 in a friendly match in Yokohama, Japan, in March 2011 and the East Asian Cup in Nagoya, Japan, in July 2022. The manager who played the two games was Paulo Bento.
This is the first time in its 71-year history that it has won three consecutive games since the first Korea-Japan match in 1954. Although they lost three consecutive matches from 2011 to 2013, the 2011 Asian Cup semi-final was a draw because the match was decided by a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw.
South Korea is still far ahead of Japan with 42 wins, 23 draws and 17 losses. However, in the last 10 games, they are inferior to each other with two wins, three draws and five losses.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
