The women's national soccer team, led by coach Colin Bell, will play an important match that will be a watershed moment for their first ever Olympic finals. The opponent is North Korea, which suffered a crushing defeat at the Asian Games a month ago.
At 4:30 p.m. on the 29th, Bellejo will play the second Group B match of the second preliminary round in Asia for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Xiamen Egret Stadium in Fujian, China.
It is a match-winner to advance to the first Olympic finals.
In Olympic women's soccer, which began in Atlanta in 1996, South Korea never made it to the finals. Bellejo is determined to make it to the Olympic finals for the first time at this preliminary round.
To this end, we must cross North Korea. In the second preliminary round in Asia, 12 teams will be divided into three groups of four teams, and then three teams in each group and one of the second-ranked teams in each group will advance to the third preliminary round. In the third qualifying round, two teams will then be grouped together to play home and away, and only two winners will win tickets to Paris.
South Korea, which belongs to a group with Thailand, North Korea and China, can aim for the third qualifying round at least second place only when it beats North Korea.
North Korea, which has appeared in international competitions for the first time in a long time, is showing off its formidable power by finishing second at the Hangzhou Asian Games. In the first game of the second qualifying round earlier, he also beat China 2-1.
Belle also owes North Korea a debt. South Korea failed to win a medal after losing 1-4 to North Korea in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games on September 30.
At that time, South Korea increased its momentum by scoring the first goal, but failed to overcome the numerical inferiority after Son Hwa-yeon was sent off in the 41st minute of the first half due to a rather dubious decision, and eventually lost four goals.
Key players, including Ji So-yeon (Suwon FC), who shed tears at the time of regret and resentment, are determined to pay back.
The atmosphere of Belle is not bad at the moment. The team now leads Group B with a 10-1 win over Thailand in the first leg and a +9 difference. Second place is North Korea, which beat China 2-1. 스포츠중계
The fact that the offense's confidence soared with multiple points in the first round, and Casey Eugene Fair and Cheon Ga-ram (Hwacheon KSPO), who scored hat tricks together, filled the gap in Choi Yu-ri's injury is a good thing for Bellho.