The night of September 27th was a star-studded one in the international soccer arena of Seoul. At exactly 19:00 local time, the South Korean national team started an exciting warm-up match against Cameroon in Seoul.
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Stadium. The result of the match was surprising, with the South Koreans winning by a narrow 1-0 margin.
The turning point of the match came in the 35th minute. South Korea's captain, Son, scored the only goal of the match with a header. His precise shot not only sealed the victory for South Korea, but also gave him his 35th goal in his 105th match for his country in this month's warm-up matches.
The match was explosive with moments of excitement. Jung Yooyoung's rasping shot in the 5th minute was valiantly parried by Andre Onana, but showed the fierce competition between the two players. And Kim Jin-soo's powerful shot in the 35th minute, although it did not result in a goal, demonstrated the intensity of the match.
In the 43rd minute, Mbewumo's shot came close to breaking the deadlock, but the ball bounced off Kwon Kyungwon and into the crossbar. In the 70th minute, Hong La took a shot, but it was not powerful enough and was easily deflected by Kim Seung-kyu. In stoppage time, Kana's shot was even softer and missed the chance to equalize.
In the end, South Korea edged out Cameroon 1-0 in a warm-up match that not only tested the skills of both players, but also the tactical adjustments.
[Both lineups]
South Korea (433): 1-Kim Seung-kyu; 3-Kim Jin-soo, 20-Kwon Kyung-won, 4-Kim Min-jae, 23-Kim Moon-hwan; 6-Hwang In-beom, 10-Lee Jae-sung (46'22-Kwon Chang-hoon), 13-Sun Jun-ho (72'5-Jung Woo-young); 25-Jung Yu-young (72'16- Hwang Yi-suk) (82'8-Baek Seung-ho), 7-Son, 11-Hwang Hee-chan (61'17-Ro Sang-ho);
Substitutes: 2-Kim Tae-hwan, 9-Cho Yong-wook, 12-Song Beom-geun, 15-Cho Eu-min, 18-Yang Hyun-jun, 19-Kim Young-gwon, 21-Kim Dong-jun, 24-Yoon Jong-kyu, 26-Lee Gang-in
Cameroon (4141): 23 André Onana; 11 Tolo, 3 Nkoulou, 21 Castretto, 19 Fahey; 20 Guite; 6 Nyamarew (78'13 Nsame), 24 Ondua (41'8 Ncham), 18 Honla (78 '15-Malong), 22-Mbeumo; 10-Abubakar (69'9-Kana);
Substitutes not on the field: 1-Ngapandoneb, 2-Ngameni, 4-Wo, 5-Gonzalez, 14-Mandejek, 16-Mboka, 17-Mbaizo, 25-Ebos, 26-Jean Onaona
