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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Chinese national soccer team No.17 kwai jiwon. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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In 2025, China became the worst team in the history of Korea-China-Japan soccer.
South Korea's national football team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, won the first game of the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (hereinafter referred to as the East Asian Cup) against China 3-0 at Mir Stadium in Yongin on the 7th.
Coach Hong Myung-bo set up a list of K-League and some J-League players in the tournament, which is difficult to convene European leagues. There were few players with a lot of A-match experience and many new faces, so I was worried that the organization would come out well from the first game, but it was unfortunate.
Korea overwhelmed China. It was an overwhelming difference both as a team and as an individual. It was Lee Dong-kyung's score in the 8th minute of the first half that showed individual differences. He froze China's defense with a perfect left-footed curl in the so-called Son Heung-min zone.
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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Lee Dong-kyung scored the first goal in the first half. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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The difference between the teams was Joo Min-kyu's score in the 21st minute of the first half. Even Lee Tae-seok, who played as a left wingback, was attacked neatly, and Joo Min-kyu finished Lee Tae-seok's accurate cross with a strong header. China could not control South Korea's attacks at all even with its defense.
In the unilateral flow of the game, South Korea finished the game perfectly with Kim Joo-sung's net goal from a corner kick in the 11th minute of the second half. After the game, Chinese media Dong Qudhi said 'In the opening match of the East Asian Cup, the Chinese national soccer team started the first game with a bitter loss, losing 0-3 to South Korea. The result of the match once again reached China's record of the largest margin of defeat in history against South Korea. Earlier, in the 2022 East Asian Cup and the 2023 World Cup, China lost to South Korea 0-3 on both occasions. In other words, China has been defeated by South Korea three times in the last three years by 0-3', reflecting on China's bitter reality.
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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Coach Dejan Zhurjevic of the Chinese national team. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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The media then reported that on September 5 last year, China lost to Japan 0-7 in the third Asian qualifying round for the World Cup. This means that in the past year, China has suffered the largest margin defeat in history by both major East Asian rivals Japan and South Korea,' he added.
At that time, China was curious to go on an expedition to Japan, but it collapsed when it was really broken by Japan. Organically, against Asia's strongest Japan, China suffered the disgrace of losing the most points in history. China has suffered the biggest loss in history to South Korea and Japan. China has never scored a goal against South Korea and Japan and scored 10 runs. That's why it's the worst Chinese in history.
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| The national soccer team played its first match against China at Yongin Mir Stadium on the 7th. Kaotengi, the Chinese national team, is receiving a yellow card for a rough foul by Lee Dong-kyung in the first half. Yongin = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.07/ |
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In fact, the record is on its way in that direction. China's lowest ranking in the FIFA rankings is 109th, which was recorded in 2013. China, which bounced back in 2017 as it climbed to No. 60, has slumped to No. 94 due to continuous declines over the past eight years. If this happens, it could be pushed out of the top 100 FIFA rankings for the first time in 12 years.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
