Hwang Seon-Hong-ho, 3rd consecutive Asian Games loss 27 goals, 7 wins, ‘perfect win’

Korean soccer achieves 3 consecutive AG wins

National team players are happy after winning 2-1 in the final match between Korea and Japan in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games men's soccer match held at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou, China on the 7th. Korea recorded its first three consecutive wins in the competition and won a total of six times.

The under-24 (U-24) national team led by coach Hwang Seon-hong achieved an overwhelming score and won its third consecutive men's soccer title at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

Korea is the first country to win three consecutive men's soccer titles at the Asian Games.Korean soccer won gold medals at the 2014 Incheon Games and the 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Games, and Hwang Seon-hong, who inherited the feat, also stood at the top in Hangzhou.

With Hwang Seon-hong's win, Korea increased its record for most wins in men's soccer at the Asian Games to six, widening the gap with Iran (four times), second place in this category.

The journey to victory was truly overwhelming.From the first match of the group stage to the final, they scored 27 goals in a total of 7 games and won them all.On the other hand, only 3 goals were conceded.There were only 4 games without giving up a goal.

Hwang Seon-hong, who won Group E in the group stage by defeating Kuwait (9-0), Thailand (4-0), and Bahrain (3-0), defeated Kyrgyzstan (5-1), China (2-0), and China (2-0) in subsequent tournaments. They defeated Uzbekistan (2-1) and advanced to the finals.

‘Director Hwang Seon-hong, soaring’

In the final, where the fateful match between Korea and Japan took place, the team won 2-1 with consecutive goals from Woo-young Jeong (Stuttgart) and Young-wook Cho (Seoul, then Gimcheon), ultimately becoming the final winner.

For coach Hwang Sun-hong, it was a valuable win that shook off the negative public opinion that had continued right up to the competition due to poor performance and gave him the impetus to start his journey toward the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Jung Woo-young, who was at the forefront of the attack, scored a total of 8 goals and was recorded as the highest scorer in the Hangzhou tournament.

Cho Young-wook, who played 85 games for the age-group national team for 10 years, including this tournament, also scored 4 goals as a corporal in Gimcheon Sangmu and reported 'early discharge' honorably.

Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who has emerged as the core of Korean soccer, also took the field from the third match against Bahrain in the group stage with the permission of the club, and received military service benefits along with the gold medal, laying the foundation for future activities on the European stage without a gap. 카지노사이트