Korea's shock loss! We lost to Indonesia 0-1, honey group → We are on the verge of eliminating the U-17 Asian Cup... 92 minutes PK final goal allowed
Korea's shock loss! We lost to Indonesia 0-1, honey group → We are on the verge of eliminating the U-17 Asian Cup... 92 minutes PK final goal allowed
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Young Taegeuk Warriors, dubbed the new golden generation, suffered a shock defeat.
South Korea's under-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 Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the 5th (Korea time).
As a result, Korea is on the verge of being eliminated from the group league. A total of 16 teams will participate in this year's event, and the top two teams in the group will advance to the quarterfinals. Up to the top eight teams will be able to win tickets to the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar in November. This means that Korea only needs to pass the group league, but it could lose the first match and miss the opportunity.
Korea was tied in Group C along with Indonesia, Yemen, and Afghanistan. It was "Honey Group" where Korea is expected to rank No. 1 in the group. However, the team struggled. In the same group, Yemen won 2-0 against Afghanistan. Yemen rose to the top spot in Group C, and Indonesia took the second spot. The third place is followed by Korea and the fourth place is Afghanistan.
For South Korea, Kim Min-chan, Soyoon-woo, Park Byung-chan, Jung Hee-jung, Kim Ye-gun, Lim Ye-chan, Kim Ji-hyuk, Oh Haram, Oh Young-bin, Jin Gun-young, and goalkeeper Park Do-hoon started.
South Korea took the initial mood. Oh Haram fired a sharp shot from the first minute of the first half, but it went over the net. Chung Hee-jung's header shot passed by the net in the fourth minute of the first half.
In the 12th minute of the first half, Kim Ye-gun fired a powerful left-footed shot from the right side of the penalty box, but he swallowed the disappointment after hitting the post.
Indonesia's counterattack was also formidable. As Korea's defense team collapsed in an instant in the 14th minute of the first half, Indonesia had a critical chance. However, goalkeeper Park Do-hoon narrowed the angle well and made a super save. Afterwards, Park Byung-chan and Oh Haram tried to shoot, but they headed straight to the goalkeeper.
In the second half, South Korea pushed even harder, but the goal luck did not follow. In the fourth minute of the second half, Park Byung-chan's header shot went off the post. Jin Gun-young's right-footed mid-range shot in the 22nd minute of the second half was also good, but the goalkeeper stretched out and blocked it.
A better chance came in the 25th minute of the second half. Kim Ji-sung's cross hit the crossbar from the left side of the penalty box, followed by Jang Woo-sik's right foot shot caught in the side net. At the end of the second half, Chung also made a bold breakthrough. However, he did not finish the game. 스포츠토토
South Korea, which missed consecutive chances, rather allowed a penalty kick at the end of the second half for a handball foul. Goalkeeper Park Do-hoon blocked it once, but Indonesia's Evandra Florasta pushed it back. In the end, South Korea suffered a shock defeat from the first game.