The quarterfinals of the Asian Games women's soccer team began on September 30, Beijing time, with the return of the king of Asia's first tier team. This team is the North Korean women's soccer team. Due to the general environment, the North Korean women's soccer team has been dormant for three years. For the past three years, they have not played international matches. Now they exploded straight out of the Asian Games, playing at a dominant level of strength and form, beating the South Korean women's soccer team 4-1.
Without playing international matches, the DPRK women's soccer team had been the highest ranked team in Asia, but gradually dropped in the rankings due to a long period of time without playing matches.2023 Asian Games, the DPRK women's soccer team has not been out of the mainstream of soccer at all, and both tactical style of play and the individual ability of the players are very outstanding. In the group stage, the DPRK women's soccer team defeated the Singapore women's soccer team 7-0 and 10-0, and easily entered the knockout stage. In this quarterfinal match, the Korean women's soccer team made recent rapid progress, showing the foundation and dominance of a traditional Asian powerhouse.
What is more surprising is that the North Korean women's soccer team is very young, the average age of the starting lineup is only 22.3 years old, and the formation is 433 years old. Kim Kyung-young, Hong Sung-ok, and Yen Ming-sung partner the trident, Kim Ok, Lee Hak, and Cho Hyo-shin partner the three midfielders, Lee Hye-kyung, Wee Jung-sin, Lee Myung-kim, and Lee Kim-hyang partner the four defenders, and goalkeeper Kim Yin-hui. The South Korean women's starting lineup, with an average age of 30 and a significantly aging lineup, had a formation of 433. Son Hwa-ran, Choi Lee-li, and Park Eun-sun partnered the three strikers, while Cheon Ja-ran, Ji Smoo-ran, and Kim Eun-ha formed the three midfielders. Jang Seul-ki, Kim Eun-ri, Choo Hyo-joo, and Shim Jin-yeon will be the four defenders and Kim Jung-mi will be the goalkeeper.
In the match, the Korean women's soccer team was directly hanged. In the 10th minute of the game, the North Korean women's soccer team conceded the first goal, Lee Hye-kyung made a mistake of her own, and the North Korean women's soccer team fell behind 0-1; in the 19th minute of the game, the core of the North Korean women's soccer team's midfield, Lee Hak, scored a goal to equalize the score; in the 40th minute of the game, there was a sudden change in the field, and Sun Hwa-ran was sentenced to the red card, and the South Korean women's soccer team was playing one less person; in the 81st minute of the game, the North Korean women's soccer team started the mercurial attacking frenzy, and Hyo Jin-yul helped Yan Xingxing The DPRK Women's Soccer Team took a 2-1 lead when Hyo Jin Ok helped Yan Xing Xing to score.
Going into the final moments, in the 90th minute of the game, Wei Jung-Shin assisted Lee Hak to extend the score, and the DPRK Women's Soccer Team led 3-1; in the 90th+4th minute of the game, Kim Kyeong-Young broke through the goal, and the DPRK Women's Soccer Team beat the South Korean Women's Soccer Team 4-1, and advanced to the semi-finals in a strong way. DPRK Women's Soccer Team controlled 51% of the ball, had 17 shots, 5 shots on goal, and scored 4 goals, with high offensive efficiency; Korea Women's Soccer Team had only 2 shots, 1 shot on goal, and relied on the opponent's udon to complete a goal.
According to the information of the match, the opponent of the DPRK women's soccer team in the semifinals of the Asian Games also confirmed itself to be locked as the Uzbekistan women's soccer team. Considering the limited strength of the Uzbekistan women's soccer team, which is only ranked 50th in the world, while the DPRK women's soccer team used to be in the top 10 in the world, it means that the semifinals are destined to be no suspense, and the DPRK women's soccer team's normal performance will be a big win and advance to the finals. Through the North Korean women's football game, it is enough to cause the national football team to think deeply, because in the past, when the national football team did not perform well, it often used the lack of experience in international matches as an excuse, while the North Korean women's football team did not play international matches for three years, and then still quickly realize the game outbreak, which proves the key to the physical training is the physical training.
