The South Korean U20 men's soccer team, the runner-up of the last World Youth Championship and from Asia, got off to a good start by toppling the European powerhouse France U20 men's soccer team 2-1 in the first round of the U20 World Cup group stage Group F highlights, which ended in the early hours of May 23, Beijing time.
In the 22nd minute, Kim Yong Hak pushed the counterattack to send a diagonal assist to Lee Seung Won single calmly pushed the goal, South Korea was the first to break the deadlock.
In the 64th minute, Lee Seung-won kicked a set-piece from the left, and Lee Young-joon grabbed the front point and threw his head to break the goal, extending the advantage of the South Korean U20 men's soccer team to two goals.
In the 70th minute, South Korean goalkeeper Kim hit Efiklé for a yellow penalty, and Fogenius hit to bring France U20 men's soccer back into the game.
At the end of the match, France, who did not want to lose, took the game by storm, but Korea managed to keep the 2-1 scoreline until the end. According to the statistics after the match, Korea's ball possession was only 23%. 8 shots, 5 shots on goal and 2 goals, while France had 23 shots, 6 shots on goal and only 1 penalty kick. I have to admit that this Korean U20 men's soccer team's offense is quite efficient.
To the sigh of relief of Chinese fans, it was at the U20 Asian Cup in early March this year that the South Korean U20 men's soccer team met the Chinese U20 men's soccer team in the quarterfinals. At that time, Mutalipu was the first to break the deadlock and take the lead over China. It wasn't until the 62nd minute that South Korea equalized with a controversial penalty kick. In extra time, South Korea capitalized on the physical overdraft of the Chinese youngsters to score two goals and then went through the danger.
Now two months later, the South Korean team is competing against the world's top teams at the World Youth Championships, while the Chinese national youth team can only continue to play warm-up matches in Europe. The Chinese national youth team has been away from the World Youth Championships for 18 years.
