East Asia Korea

ANALYSIS: Three keywords to summarise a match between Northern Ireland and South Korea

2. Regrets

Korea showed a decent performance. Indeed, Korea has recorded the higher number of attempts and ball possession.

However, Korea found it difficult to convert chances. In the 14th minute, not long after the opener, Son missed a one-on-one chance as the referee blew the whistle as Kim Shin-wook committed an unnecessary foul.

As Korea lost a chance, a crisis came as Northern Ireland received earned a freekick. and the ball Kim Min-jae tried to clear found the net.

Korea focused on attack after having conceded an equaliser, but Korea’s poor finishing made 12 attempts fruitless.