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Japanese media introduced the reaction of Korean soccer fans after Japan and South Korea finished their first U-20 World Cup match.
Japan 's Soccer Digest' on the 28th, and Japan and South Korea '20 FIFA U-20 World Cup Chile' first match showed mixed results. Since then, the reactions between the two countries have been divided,' he said, expressing public sentiment in comments on Korean websites.
Japan's U-20 national team, led by coach Yuzo Funakoshi, beat Egypt 2-0 in the first Group A match on the 27th. Ichihara Linon, captain of the 29th minute, is Saito??Ske's penalty kick was scored as the first goal, and midfielder Hisatsugu Ishii scored an additional goal in the counterattack in the third minute of the second half. Japan tied three points with Chile, the host country that beat New Zealand 2-1, but took the lead by one goal.
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On the other hand, South Korea, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, lost to Ukraine 1-2 in the first Group B match on the 28th, when Joker Kim Myung-joon scored two goals in the 16th minute of the first half and only recovered one goal in the 34th minute of the second half. South Korea fell to the bottom of Group A due to a loss in the first leg. It was the same point with Panama, the third-place team, which lost to Paraguay 2-3, and fell behind in the difference between gains and losses.
According to the Soccer Digest, the fans of both countries who watched the two games responded, "'Japan is the pride of Asia, the hope of East Asia', 'Japan treated Egypt like a toy', 'Japan did much better than Korea', 'Korea soccer, which lacks fighting spirit, is over', and 'Can't even compare with Japan with such poor performance'
The defeat in the first round of the group stage does not mean a failure to advance to the tournament. Twenty-four teams will participate in the U-20 World Cup, with a total of 16 teams in the top two teams in six groups and four teams in the third place of the group with good performance advancing to the round of 16. You can try to make it to the round of 16 with 'wildcard'.
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South Korea lost 0-1 to Argentina in the first round of the group stage at the 2019 Poland tournament, but they remember making a surprise runner-up by reaching the round of 16 as the second place in the group, causing a stir by beating South Africa and Argentina in turn.
South Korea has shown its potential to pass the group stage for three consecutive tournaments from the 2017 Korean tournament to the 2023 Argentina tournament. Yang Min-hyuk (Portsmouth), Yoon Do-young (Excelcior) and Park Seung-soo (Newcastle United) are considered to be unable to participate in the match due to opposition to their team's transfer, but there are still chances left.
Japan was eliminated in the group stage at the 2023 Argentina tournament, when South Korea ranked fourth.
South Korea will try again for its first win in the second group match against Paraguay on the 31st.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
