Take a look at the lineups of both teams, which are loaded with talent.
China's Olympic starting lineup and list of substitutes: 1-Chen Dong; 5-Zheng Zhi, 2-Sun Jihai, 3-Li Wei Feng, 12-Tao Wei; 8-Sui-Dongliang, 6-Li Tie, 11-Huang Yong (73rd min., Zhang Xiu Rui), 7-Zhao Junzhe; 15-Li Jin Yu (79th min., 9-Wang Peng), 10-Zhang Yuning.
Korea's Olympic debut: Kim Yong Dae; Nam Ki Sung, Park Dong Hyuk, Park Jae; Lee Young Soo, Kim Do Kyun, Lee Gwan Woo, Jung Dae Hoon; Ahn Hyo Nyun, Lee Dong Guk (now known as Lee Tong Guk), Shin Byung Ho.
The entire game was played in high speed confrontation. The Olympic team was combative and dominated in the number of shots, corner kicks and free kicks. Unfortunately, they were scoreless against the tenacity of the Korean Olympic team. In the 64th minute, there was a controversial scene on the field. Shin Byung-ho jumped up to head the ball from a teammate's cross from the right, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced to the goal line before bouncing out. However, the unlucky referee ruled that the ball had crossed the goal line. The goal had been the only one scored by the crowd, and the Chinese Olympics ended up losing 0-1 on the road.
From the slow-motion camera, the ball should not have crossed the goal line, and the Chinese Olympics have fallen victim to this goal-line dangler. After the match, Dalian Wanda player Sun Jihai was furious and challenged the referee, and the scene was chaotic.
After the match, Sun Jihai was banned for a year. He would have been at a disadvantage in the race for a place in the lineup, with his star player banned. The Olympics could not return to Paradise for the next tournament and ended up missing the Sydney Olympics.
Twenty-four years on, where are the 13 players introduced to represent the Chinese National Olympics now? Most have reached the position of coach.
Zheng Zhi was the last player to announce his retirement. Now he's left the Guangzhou team, which has been facing collapse for years as his parent company, Evergrande, cheated him out of money. He serves as an assistant coach for the national soccer team and not long ago became the center of attention for staring down fans.
Chen Dong, general manager and first-team leader of Dalian Zhixing Football Club, is a newcomer to Soccer City and is leading his team's assault on the Central League.
Li Tie was taken away for investigation after he was woefully removed from his position as head coach of the national soccer team.
Sun Jihai used to be on the coaching staff of the national soccer team and was engaged in soccer youth training between Guizhou and his hometown Dalian. Meanwhile, Wang Peng was also engaged in youth training in Dalian.
Li Wei Feng and Zhang Xiurui are at leisure for the time being. Zhao Junzhe is the Cangzhou CSL Lion coach. Sui Dongliang, Tao Wei and a Dalian native, is the assistant coach of Beijing Imperial Guard Guoan.
Not long ago, Li Jinyu became the head coach of Yunnan Yukun, a China B team.
Huang Yong, who used to be the head coach of Jiangxi Liansheng in China B, and Zhang Yuning, who used to be the coach of Qingdao's ladder team, but there is no latest news.
