At the start of the second half, the fitness of the Chinese men's players dropped significantly, while South Korea found a way to break down their opponents through tactical adjustments at halftime.
In the 50th minute, Yim Won was offside for a solo shot and then managed to get offside again. Facing goalie Han Jiaqi's shot, he helped South Korea extend the lead 2-0. In the 59th minute, Zheng Youying blasted a world wave to break through the goal, and the Chinese men's soccer team had fallen behind 0-3 and was completely outplayed.
In a desperate situation, the Chinese men's soccer team did not give up. In the 64th minute, Tao Qianglong broke through the penalty area and passed the ball, assisting Xu Haoyang to score a header. Slow-motion showed that the ball had come out of the bottom line in advance, the enforcement referee still said the goal was valid, and the Chinese men's soccer team equalized 1-3.
At the end of the game, neither team had converted the score, and the gap would have been wider if the Korean men's soccer team hadn't started to stay in the game.
For the friendly, head coach Djurdjevic chose to call on three overage players for the match, including Tan Long, who won the Golden Boot award in the Central League, Barton, the popular scorer for Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, and Gao Tianyi, the center of Beijing Guoan's midfield. The South Korean men's soccer team, on the other hand, did not choose to call up any overage players. The result was that the Chinese men's soccer team suffered a crushing defeat in their own home match. How can they be expected to win a medal in a tournament hosted in Hangzhou under such circumstances?
