September 7, the night of the battle! Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers Round 3 Group A Highlights
Nightfall, 2022 Qatar
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South Korea hosted Lebanon in the second round of Group A of the third stage of Asian qualifying (Round of 12), with the battle taking place at the Water Source in Suwon, South Korea
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The stadium lit up. After a fierce battle, South Korea narrowly won 1-0 and gained three valuable points. In the 60th minute, Kwon Chang-hoon, who had been on the field for only 2 minutes, scored the only goal of the game with a precise assist from Hwang Hee-chan. It is worth mentioning that the South Korean team's "Asian brother" Sun Xingyu is not on the list due to injury.
In the first round of the competition, South Korea drew 0-0 with Iraq at home, while Lebanon shared the points with UAE on the road. In the latest FIFA rankings, South Korea is ranked 36th and 4th in Asia, while Lebanon is ranked 98th and 16th in Asia.There are changes in the starting lineup for this round, with South Korea's Lee Yong, Roh Sang-ho, and Hwang Hee-chan replacing Kim Gyeong-hwan and Son Jong-ho, while Son, Nam Tae-hee, and Park Ji-soo do not appear in the 23-player roster. For Lebanon, Shour and Hervé replaced Haidar and Gerardi in the starting lineup.
[Highlights]
In the 10th minute, Lee Jae-sung connected with a header on goal and goalkeeper Mostafa Mata made a diving save to clear the danger.
In the 16th minute, Hwang Hee Chan took a shot from the left side and goalkeeper Mostafa Mata put the ball over the crossbar with one palm.
In the 26th minute, Tokyo Lee's shot went wide and goalkeeper Mostafa Mata easily deflected it.
In the fourth minute of added time in the half, Hwang In-beom's pumped shot was knocked out by goalkeeper Mostafa Mata, and Hong Che's follow-up shot was again parried.
In the 54th minute, Matouk fired in a free kick for Lebanon's first shot on target.
In the 60th minute, Hwang Hee-chan crossed from the left and Kwon Chang-hoon grabbed a shot to give South Korea a 1-0 lead! Kwon Chang-hoon made his 28th game for his country and scored his 7th goal.
In the 86th minute, Ataia's clearance was unsuccessful and goalkeeper Kim Seung-kyu easily pocketed the ball.
In the second minute of added time, Huang Yisuke curled a driving shot that goalkeeper Mostafa Mata side-stepped to clear the danger.
In the end, South Korea edged Lebanon 1-0 to top Group A for the time being.
[Both lineups]
Korea (4141):
1-Kim Seung-kyu; 14-Hong Che, 19-Kim Young-kwon, 4-Kim Min-jae, 2-Lee Yong; 6-Hwang In-beom (89'8-Joo Se-jong); 11-Hwang Hee-chan, 10-Lee Jae-sung (72'13-Son Joon Ho), 18-Lee Tokyo (58'7-Song Min-gyu), 17-Ro Sang-ho (58'22-Kwon Chang-hoon); 9-Cho Kyu-sung (46'16-Hwang Yi-suk)
Substitutes: 3-Kang Sang-woo, 5-Lee Kee-dee, 12-Gooo Sung-yun, 15-Kim Moon-hwan, 20-Kwon Kyung-won, 21-Cho Hyun-woo, 23-Jung Seung-hyun
Lebanon (4231):
21-Mostafa Mata; 2-El-Zein, 6-Omari, 12-Melki, 4-Assi; 13-Michel, 15-Shur (85'19-Gandur); 11-Saad, 14-Nad Mata (79'20-Atea), 7-Matouk (63 '8-Chaito); 9-Helvey (63'16-Bougier)
Substitutes not on the field: 1-Hadi Motada, 3-Hussein Motada, 5-Slur, 10-Mahdi Zein, 17-Tahan, 18-Othman, 22-Brakat, 23-Sabeh
