With Hwang Sun-hong's victory, South Korea has increased its men's soccer record to six times at the Asian Games, further widening the gap with Iran (4 times), the second-ranked team in this category. 메이저사이트
The path to victory was truly overwhelming. From the first group match to the final match, the team scored 27 goals in a total of seven matches, winning all of them. In contrast, the team only scored three goals in total. It allowed no run in four matches.
Hwang Sun-hong, who defeated Kuwait (9-0), Thailand (4-0), and Bahrain (3-0) to win Group E, defeated Kyrgyzstan (5-1), China (2-0), and Uzbekistan (2-1) in the tournament afterwards.
In the final, where the fateful match between Korea and Japan took place, Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart) and Cho Young-wook (Seoul, Gimcheon at the time) won 2-1 with consecutive goals, eventually becoming the final winner.
For coach Hwang Sun-hong, it was a valuable win to shake off the negative public opinion that had continued right before the competition due to his poor performance and to gain momentum to start his journey to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Jung Woo-young, who was at the forefront of the attack, scored a total of eight goals and was recorded as the highest scorer in the Hangzhou tournament.
Cho Young-wook, who has played 85 games in the national team by age alone for 10 years, including this tournament, also scored four goals as a "soldier" in Gimcheon Sangmu and honorably reported "early discharge."
Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who has emerged as the core of Korean soccer, also took the ground with the club's permission from the third match against Bahrain in the group stage, and benefited from military service along with the gold medal, setting the stage for his future activities without a gap on the European stage.