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| The E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) match between South Korea and Hong Kong at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 11th. Kang Sang-yoon is cheering after scoring the first goal. Yongin = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.11/ |
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| The E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) match between South Korea and Hong Kong at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 11th. Kang Sang-yoon is cheering with his teammates after scoring the first goal. Yongin = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.11/ |
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| The E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) match between South Korea and Hong Kong at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 11th. Director Hong Myung-bo is entering. Yongin = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.11/ |
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The 'learning effect' of the match against Japan was huge. Hong Kong lost 1-6 in the first half, allowing as many as five goals in the first half alone.
I didn't venture out against South Korea. He used an extreme defensive tactic of 6-3-1. The Taegeuk Warriors had a hard time creating space. Fortunately, the latch was released in the 27th minute of the first half. Kang Sang-yoon (Jeonbuk) scored his A-match debut goal.
South Korea finished with a 1-0 lead in the second round of the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) against Hong Kong at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the 11th.
A national team coach Hong Myung-bo, who won 3-0 against China in the first round, set a completely different game against Hong Kong. The best 11 power has changed. Coach Hong started the 3-4-3 system again following the match against China. Na Sang-ho (Matcha) and Lee Ho-jae (Pohang) and Kang Sang-yoon were in the three-top.
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| The E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) match between South Korea and Hong Kong at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 11th. The Hong Kong cheering squad filled the visitors' seats. Yongin = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.11/ |
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Cho Hyun-taek (Ulsan) and Kim Tae-hyun (Jeonbuk) were located at left and right wing backs, while Lee Seung-won (Kim Chun) and Seo Min-woo (Gangwon) played as defensive midfielders. The three-back was paired with Kim Tae-hyun (Kashima), signature hall (Ulsan), and Byun Jun-su (Gwangju), who are 'Dongmyeongin', and Lee Chang-geun (Daejeon) kept the goal, not Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan).
Lee Ho-jae, Kang Sang-yoon, Lee Seung-won, and Seo Min-woo took the field as a substitute in the match against China. In the match against Hong Kong, five players, including two Kim Tae-hyun and Cho Hyun-taek, signatory Byun Jun-su, made their A-match debut.
The start was somewhat embarrassing. Hong Kong has six players lined up in the last defensive line to block Hong Myung-bo's wing-backs on both sides. Lee Ho-jae scored his first shot in the third minute of the first half. Subsequently, Seo Min-woo connected with a shot again, but was caught in the opponent's defense.
There was no way out with a monotonous pattern of attack. Na Sang-ho tried to raise the defense line with a mid-range shot in the 13th minute of the first half, but the ball was caught in the defense again. Kim Tae-hyun and his signature officer, standing on the left and right sides of the three-back, also participated in the attack.
In the 14th minute of the first half, Lee Ho-jae connected Seo Myung-kwan's cross with a header shot, but the ball moved away from the goal. In the 22nd minute of the first half, Kim Tae-hyun's left-footed mid-range shot split the air.
The long-awaited first goal finally came out in the 27th minute of the first half. Seo Min-woo caught the ball that Lee Ho-jae flowed backward. Seo Min-woo chose a forward pass instead of a shot, and the ball was caught by Kang Sang-yoon. Kang Sang-yoon hit the net with an amazing right-footed turning shot.
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| The E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) match between South Korea and Hong Kong at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 11th. Lee Seung-won is trying to break through. Yongin = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.11/ |
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| The E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) match between South Korea and Hong Kong at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 11th. Kang Sang-yoon is cheering with his teammates after scoring the first goal. Yongin = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.11/ |
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There was another decisive goal opportunity in the 43rd minute of the first half. Na Sang-ho connected Lee Seung-won's cross with a header, but was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper. Kang Sang-yoon, who received a pass from Seo Min-woo in the extra time of the first half, once again tried to score multiple goals with a left-footed shot, but the ball crossed the crossbar. In the end, there was only one goal in the first half.
Coach Hong plans to continue the experiment through a replacement card in the second half. Among the 26 final entries, Oh Se-hoon (Machida), Jung Seung-won (Seoul) and Kim Dong-heon (Incheon) did not step on the ground.
Oh Se-hoon, who is already consistently listed in the Hong Myung-bo team, seems to adjust his playing time in preparation for the Korea-Japan match. Jung Seung-won, who was selected for the first time for the A national team, is likely to be substituted. However, it is unclear whether goalkeeper Kim Dong-heon, a special position, will play.
South Korea will play the final match of the East Asian Cup against Japan at the same venue on the 15th. In the end, the team that won the Korea-Japan match is expected to lift the trophy. The match against Hong Kong is indirectly comparable. The more goals the better.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
