2020 AFC U23 Championship: RoK beats Jordan, seals semis spot
The Republic of Korea (RoK) beat Jordan 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship after a dramatic 95th-minute winner at the Thammasat Stadium on January 19.
The Republic of Korea (RoK) beat Jordan 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship.(Photo: AFC)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Republic of Korea (RoK) beat Jordan 2-1 in thequarter-finals of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship after a dramatic 95th-minutewinner at the Thammasat Stadium on January 19.
Having emerged as one of the favourites to be crowned the champion, it tookcoach Kim Hak-bum’s stars only 16 minutes to score the first goal. A short freekick was played into the box by Kim Dae-won and headed back across the goal byJeong Tae-wook, and Cho Gue-sung put the ball in the back of the net.
Korean players continued to press hard for an insurance goal in the secondhalf. Kim Jin-kyu hit the right post with a free in the 52nd minute,and Kim Jin-ya rang one off the left post from close range in the 69th minute. However, it was Jordan who found an equaliser at the 76th minute.
Just when it looked like Jordan had done enough to take the game into another30 minutes, the RoK had one final opportunity to snatch the win deep intoinjury-time when Lee Dong-gyeong won a freekick on the edge of the box on the90+5 minutes.
With the result, the RoK will face Australia in the semi-final round.
Earlier, Vietnam, the tournament’s 2018 runner-up, was eliminated from thecontinental tourney after two draws and one defeat. The team lost to theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) 1-2 in their last group game onJanuary 16./.
Vietnam is in the third place of Group D of the ongoing AFC U23 Championships after drawing Jordan 0-0 in the match on January 13 at Chang Arena Stadium in Thailand.
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The Republic of Korea (RoK) beat Jordan 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the 2020 AFC U23 Championship.(Photo: AFC) 
