{"id":17647,"date":"2019-05-26T01:40:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T16:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/05\/26\/%ec%9c%a0%ed%9a%a8-%ec%8a%88%ed%8c%85-1%ea%b0%9c-%eb%aa%b8%ec%8b%b8%ec%9b%80%ea%b3%bc-%eb%b6%80%ec%a0%95%ed%99%95%ed%95%9c-%ed%8c%a8%ec%8a%a4%eb%a1%9c-%ea%b3%a0%ec%a0%84%ed%95%9c-%eb%8c%80\/"},"modified":"2019-05-26T12:08:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T03:08:45","slug":"%ec%9c%a0%ed%9a%a8-%ec%8a%88%ed%8c%85-1%ea%b0%9c-%eb%aa%b8%ec%8b%b8%ec%9b%80%ea%b3%bc-%eb%b6%80%ec%a0%95%ed%99%95%ed%95%9c-%ed%8c%a8%ec%8a%a4%eb%a1%9c-%ea%b3%a0%ec%a0%84%ed%95%9c-%eb%8c%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/05\/26\/%ec%9c%a0%ed%9a%a8-%ec%8a%88%ed%8c%85-1%ea%b0%9c-%eb%aa%b8%ec%8b%b8%ec%9b%80%ea%b3%bc-%eb%b6%80%ec%a0%95%ed%99%95%ed%95%9c-%ed%8c%a8%ec%8a%a4%eb%a1%9c-%ea%b3%a0%ec%a0%84%ed%95%9c-%eb%8c%80\/","title":{"rendered":"Only one shot on target: South Korea struggles at the FIFA U-20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

written by Il-han Ryu<\/em><\/p>\n

Football Tribe Korea<\/p>\n

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You cannot win if you do not take advantage of opportunities, no matter how many opportunities you get.<\/p>\n

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South Korea faced Portugal in their Group F opener at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019.<\/p>\n

Head coach Jeong Jeong-yong chose to focus more on defense against the competition’s favorite Portugal. However, the team still pressed the opponent hard, with Valencia youngster Lee Kang-in as a key player.<\/p>\n

A punishing counterattack on seven minutes however gave Portugal the lead as Trincao found the net after tearing through a center of Korean defense.<\/p>\n

Korea struggled against physically strong Portugal that excelled at fast and accurate counterattacks. The 188cm-forward Rafael Le\u00e3o threatened Korean defenders with his naturally talented agility and resilience.<\/p>\n

However, the Asian side found the stability; however, the team failed to seize counterattacking opportunities, having recorded no attempt on target in the first half.<\/p>\n

The team came out stronger in the second half. Lee Kang-in marked a left-footed effort from outside the box but was saved by Portugal goalkeeper Joao Virginia. It later turned out to be the only shot on target from Jeong’s side.<\/p>\n

Jeong put in Uhm Won-sang and Oh Se-hoon to take advantage of their speed in attacking situations. The problem, however, was the passing inaccuracy. The team could not seize the counterattacking opportunity while Portugal missed a few changes. Statistically, Korea recorded 63% of passing accuracy; Portugal, 83%.<\/p>\n

You have to score a goal to win in football. That is why you need to grab chances, which South Korea failed in this match. As a result, the team lost 0:1.<\/p>\n

The team will face South Africa on 29 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

written by Il-han Ryu Football Tribe Korea   You cannot win if you do not take advantage of opportunities, no matter how many opportunities you get.   South Korea faced Portugal in their Group F opener at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019. Head coach Jeong Jeong-yong chose to focus more on defense against the competition’s favorite Portugal. However, the team still pressed the opponent hard, with Valencia youngster Lee Kang-in as a key player. A punishing counterattack on seven minutes however gave Portugal the lead as Trincao found the net after tearing through a center of Korean defense. Korea struggled against physically strong Portugal that excelled at fast … Continue reading “Only one shot on target: South Korea struggles at the FIFA U-20 World Cup”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":17648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,30,50,867],"tags":[848,1630,844],"class_list":["post-17647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-east-asia","category-fifa-world-cup","category-korea","tag-fifa-u-20-world-cup","tag-lee-kang-in","tag-south-korea-u-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}