He could have targeted “washing warning” against Jordan, but the ball was round. He failed to shake off the warning and added one more card. If one of the players who has trouble reaching the quarterfinals gets another warning, he cannot play.
The South Korean national soccer team, led by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, drew 2-2 against Jordan in the second Group E match of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup at Altumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the 20th (Korea time).
He got off to a good start. In the ninth minute of the first half, Son scored the first goal with a Panenka kick, which he had won himself. Since the 2015 Asian Cup, he has scored on 3277 days after the opening of the tournament, giving Korea a pleasant lead. 동행복권파워볼
However, Jordan fiercely fought back after scoring the first goal. He made the most of Korea’s gap between offense and defense, and detected key players’ movements early on to counterattack. Korea, which had been on shaky ground, tied the game when Park Yong-woo scored an own goal from a corner kick in the 37th minute of the first half. He tried to score a comeback goal but allowed Yazan al-Naimat to shoot in the extra time of the first half, even committing an additional point.
In the second half, he raised the line high and tried to score an equalizer, but it did not work out as he thought. He repeated only dull attacks on a simple cross pattern. He rarely opened the Jordan goal. Hwang In-beom’s shot in 46 minutes of extra time in the second half led to Yazan al-Arab’s own goal, and he had to be satisfied with one point.
As a result of the match, Korea maintained the second place in the group (1 win, 1 draw and 4 points, plus goal difference +2). Jordan continued to lead the group (1 win, 1 draw and 4 points, plus goal difference +4). In the Asian Cup, if the team scores the same in the group league, the winner gets priority. This is different from FIFA rules. After that, the team ranks the teams in the order of goal difference and multiple points.
The shocking defeat was recovered, but the plan was twisted for Korea. The plan was to catch Jordan and secure two consecutive wins to prepare for the knockout stage in a rotation against Malaysia. If they had taken the lead earlier in the match against Jordan, they might have even had an idea to shake off the warning, but it was an unexpected close game.
In the match against Bahrain, Park Yong-woo, Kim Min-jae, Lee Ki-je, Cho Kyu-sung and Son Heung-min were given warnings. In the early part of the match, Park Yong-woo (Al Ain) was given the first warning for a rough foul by Ali Madan, and in the 13th minute of the first half, Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) was also given the warning while marking Muhammad Marhun. In the 28th minute of the first half, fullback Lee Ki-je (Suwon Samsung Bluewings) was also given the warning. In the 7th minute of the second half, Lee Ki-je ↔ Kim Tae-hwan, Kim Min-jae ↔ Kim Young-kwon in the 27th minute of the second half, and Park Yong-woo ↔ Park Jin-seop in the 37th minute. However, Cho Gyu-seong and Son Heung-min were given additional warnings.
In the match against Jordan, seven people were caught in yellow trouble as Hwang In-beom and Oh Hyun-kyu received yellow cards. If one of them is warned in the final group match against Malaysia, he cannot play in the round of 16. If Son Heung-min and Kim Min-jae are caught in a trap, the damage will be significant.
Even if players suffering from yellow trouble avoid the match against Malaysia, it is still on thin ice. In the Asian Cup, warnings disappear after the semifinals. Card management is important for the first championship race in 64 years, but too many warnings have been accumulated since the second round of the group stage.
Japan, the neighboring country, also paid attention to Korea’s seven warnings. “If two warnings are accumulated, one cannot play in the next match of the knockout stage in the Asian Cup,” said Nikkan Sports, a leading magazine. The history of warnings does not disappear until the quarterfinals are over. For Korea, Lee Ki-je, Kim Min-jae, midfielder Park Yong-woo, striker Son Heung-min and Cho Kyu-sung were given warnings. In the match against Jordan, Hwang In-beom and Oh Hyun-kyu were also given warnings, resulting in a total of seven warnings. They are tied with Palestine as the top in the number of warnings.”
Japan is paying attention to the possibility of a match between Korea and Japan. At the Asian Cup, the second-ranked team in Japan’s Group D will meet the first-ranked team in Korea’s Group E in the round of 16. Although Korea is second in Group E, it will be No. 1 in Group E if it brings three points to Malaysia and a draw against Bahrain or if Jordan loses to Bahrain.
Japan lost 1-2 to Iraq in its second group match, eliminating its possibility of leading the league. This is because Iraq beat Indonesia and Japan to advance to the round of 16 early by six points. Even if Iraq loses the final match and Japan wins the final group match against Vietnam and secures six points, it will be second on the winner’s priority list.
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