I can see 'final match between Korea and Japan'...U-20 Asian Cup semifinal match, South Korea clash with Saudi Arabia
I can see 'final match between Korea and Japan'...U-20 Asian Cup semifinal match, South Korea clash with Saudi Arabia
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The semifinal match of the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-20 Asian Cup (semi-finals) has been confirmed. Korea's U-20 national team, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, will compete with Saudi Arabia for the finals. Australia and Japan will clash in the opposite match. In some cases, a final match between Korea and Japan can take place.
South Korea couldn't decide in overtime after finishing 3-3 in the quarterfinals of the tournament against Uzbekistan at the Youth Training Stadium in Shenzhen, China, on the 23rd (Korea time) and won the ensuing penalty shootout 3-1.
With this victory, Korea has qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals, which will be given to the semifinals of the tournament. The U-20 World Cup will take place in Chile from September to October. It is the fourth consecutive time that Korea has qualified for the U-20 World Cup finals since 2017.
Having achieved the first goal of the tournament to advance to the U-20 World Cup finals, South Korea is now looking to win the U-20 Asian Cup for the first time in 13 years since 2012. Korea's semifinal match will be against Saudi Arabia, which will take place in Shenzhen, China at 5:15 p.m. on the 26th. Saudi Arabia earlier passed Group B (2-1). It defeated Jordan and North Korea, and lost to Iraq. In the quarterfinals, the team advanced to the semifinals by beating host China 1-0.
If South Korea beats Saudi Arabia and reaches the final, it will compete with the winning team in the Australia-Japan match for the championship. If South Korea and Japan advance to the final side by side, a match between South Korea and Japan could be held for the "win." Earlier, Lee Chang-won-ho faced Japan once in Group D, and at that time, he couldn't decide to win 1-1.
Coach Lee Chang-won, who barely made it to the semifinals after a close game leading up to the penalty shootout, said through the Korea Football Association, "I've been through 10 years, and I feel mixed up. I'll do my best to prepare for the quarterfinals and finals. I'm grateful to the players and I'm thrilled." 스포츠토토
"I thought that the players would grow more only if they stepped on the big stage (U-20 World Cup). If I lost (the quarterfinals) here, I felt pressured not only to finish the tournament but also to block the players' path, so I'm very proud and thankful that I think I shook it off well."
"Now I feel less pressure," Lee said. "I will try to pull out everything that the players want to do without any pressure. I ask for your support and support in our MZ generation's challenge on the world stage."