U23 Indonesia has excellently defeated U23 Korea to make a miracle of winning a ticket to the semi-finals in the first time participating in the U23 Asian Finals.
U23 Indonesia continued to create an earthquake in the 2024 AFC U23 Championship Finals when they eliminated U23 Korea to win a ticket to the semi-finals.
U23 Indonesia defeated U23 Korea 11-10 in a lucky penalty shootout after excellently holding their opponents to a 2-2 draw in 120 minutes of intense play.
This victory helped the team from the archipelago make a miracle by entering the semi-finals in their first time participating in the U23 Asian Finals.
Coach Shin Tae-yong's team is also very close to a ticket to France to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics. Their next opponent will be the winner of the quarter-final match between U23 Uzbekistan and U23 Saudi Arabia.
Before making a miracle by defeating South Korea, U23 Indonesia also continuously created shocks with a 1-0 victory over U23 Australia and a 4-1 thrashing of U23 Jordan.
In the quarter-final match that just ended, although U23 Indonesia was underestimated, they entered the match with confidence and created countless difficulties for U23 Korea.
The Southeast Asian football representative even surprised everyone when they took a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute with Rafael Struick's long-range shot that defeated goalkeeper Baek Jong Beom.
U23 Korea then tried to attack and luckily got the equalizer in the 45th minute when Eom Ji-sung's header accidentally hit Komang Teguh of U23 Indonesia and went into the net.
However, the joy of the Korean players only lasted exactly 3 minutes before Rafael Struick punished the opponent's defense's carelessness with a goal to increase the score to 2-1.
U23 Korea then faced many difficulties when they had to play with one less player from the 70th minute when Lee Young-jun received a red card after a dangerous tackle on an Indonesian player.
But in a difficult situation, U23 Korea had an equalizer 2-2 by Jeong Sang-bin, forcing the opponent to go into extra time.
In extra time, both teams played with determination but no more goals were scored so the winner had to be decided on a penalty shootout.
The two teams then created a crazy penalty shootout. After 12 rounds, U23 Indonesia defeated U23 Korea 11-10 to win the right to enter the semi-finals in their first time participating in the U23 Asian tournament.
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