The South Korean U-19 national soccer team, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, won the first edition of the Asian stage.
South Korea won 3-0 in the first Group C match of the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-20 Asian Cup qualifier held at Abdullah Al Khalifa Stadium in Kuwait at 2:30 a.m. on the 24th (Korea time).
Coach Lee Chang-won brought up the 4-2-3-1 formation. Kim Gyeol (Seoul E-Land) was deployed to the forefront, while Jin Joon-seo (Gangwon FC), Kim Tae-won (Portimonens) and Yoon Do-young (Daejeon Hana Citizen) supported and fired at the second line. Son Seung-min (Daegu FC) and Kim Ho-jin (Yongin University) served as the midfielders. Kim Seo-jin (Cheonan City FC), Shin Min-ha (Gangwon FC), Kang Min-woo (Ulsan HD), and Bae Hyun-seo (FC Seoul) defended their final position.
South Korea took the lead from the beginning and continued to drive its opponent. In the first minute of extra time, Kim Gyeol passed from the left side of the Kuwait penalty box to the gate, and Kim Tae-won shook the net with a right-footed shot. In the fifth minute of extra time, Kim Ho-jin’s sharp free kick was sucked into the goal.
He continued his momentum in the second half. Jin Joon-seo sealed the free kick that Lee Chang-woo picked up from the side with a header at the 26th minute of the second half. Korea, which easily secured victory, will play in the second match against the North Mariana Islands on Saturday.
Korea is in the same group with Kuwait, the North Mariana Islands, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. A total of 45 teams will participate in the event, which will be divided into five groups of five teams and four groups of four teams 토토사이트. A total of 16 teams will advance to the finals, including the top 10 teams in each group, the top five teams among the top two teams, and China, the host country of the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup, in February next year. If Korea ranks among the top four teams in the AFC U-20 Asian Cup finals, it will advance to the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals.
