Uzbekistan 2-1
South Korea became the team with the strongest desire to win the men's soccer tournament because they could win the gold medal at the Asian Games and be exempted from military service. Combined with the strength of South Korea's powerful squad, they also became the biggest favorites in the men's soccer tournament. Less than five minutes into the match, Stuttgart midfielder Jung Yo-young got a lightning goal to create a fantastic start for Korea.
However, after conceding the goal, Uzbekistan began a multi-man siege of the opponent's converted ball carrier, which made it difficult for South Korea to comfortably launch an attacking organization. Soon after, Uzbekistan was awarded an excellent free kick just outside the box. Janolidinov struck the ball with the penalty to help Uzbekistan equalize.
Just when the Korean team was in a critical situation, Jung Yo-young, who broke the deadlock for Korea, stood up again. Jung Yu-young cleverly capitalized on a mismatch between the Uzbek defender and goalkeeper to complete the sneak attack. While scoring twice, Korea regained their morale and got themselves back on track.
In the second half, Uzbekistan became more and more competitive. Perhaps because of too much emphasis on the Asian Games gold medal, the Korean team, unwilling to cut down on injuries, gradually withdrew the sharpness of their attacking line and switched to playing controlled soccer, but this also made the Uzbek players become more impatient. In the 72nd minute of the match, Buliyev was sent off after beating Korea's Cho Yong-wook outside the penalty area, earning his second yellow card of the match, a second yellow that turned into a red.
Uzbekistan, one man short of a battle, lost the possibility of equalizing the score. In the end, Korea defeated Uzbekistan by a score of 2-0 and played the final against Japan. Although the Korean team with many stars failed to play a dazzling offense and convincing winning score. However, Korean players such as Jung Yo-young and Lee Gang-in were clearly superior to the Uzbek players in the details of ball handling. Let's just say that the Uzbeks, like our Chinese men's soccer team at the Asian Games, did not force the Koreans to fight with maximum desire.
