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Allowed 3 goals to Malaysia, ranked 130th in FIFA rankings ‘Football worthy of its name’ without substance

Draw with Korea and Malaysia and advance to the round of 16 by finishing second in group

The final match of Group E of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation AFC Asian Cup held at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar on the 25th (local time) between Korea and Malaysia. Son Heung-min stands up after falling after being fouled by Malaysia.On this day, the national team drew 3-3 and advanced to the round of 16 in second place in the group with 1 win and 2 draws.

Everything is unsatisfactory.Instead of feeling stronger as time passed, tactical loopholes only increased, and eventually they suffered the humiliation of losing 3 goals to Malaysia, ranked 130th in the FIFA rankings, and drawing.

As Klinsmann advanced to the round of 16 in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup with poor organizational skills, conceding as many as 6 goals in 3 group stage games, a cloud appears to be increasingly clouding his challenge to 'reclaim the throne' for the first time in 64 years.

The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, drew 3-3 in the final match of the Group E match against Malaysia held at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar on the 25th (Korean time).

The fact that Korea, ranked 23rd in the FIFA rankings and considered a strong candidate to win this tournament, allowed 3 goals to Malaysia, the 'weakest team', which is a whopping 107 places lower, makes today's draw closer to a defeat.

With the draw on this day, Korea recorded 1 win, 2 draws (5 points) in the group stage, and advanced to the round of 16 in second place in the group, following Bahrain (2 wins, 1 draw, 6 points).

Klinsmann's opponent in the round of 16 is the top team in Group F.The winner of the match between Saudi Arabia (6 points) and Thailand (4 points) will compete with Korea to advance to the quarterfinals.If the two draw, they will face Saudi Arabia.

Tied 3-3 with Malaysia, Son Heung-min frustrated

Saudi Arabia's FIFA ranking is 56th, and Thailand is 113th.Both teams are ranked much lower than Korea's, but the reality is that considering the performance they showed in the group stage, it is not enough to give us confidence that Korea can win.

From the first match of the group stage against Bahrain, Klinsmann failed to show a proper show of force to overwhelm his opponent.

In-beom Hwang (Zvezda) scored the first goal, but lost the lead by giving up an equalizer early in the second half.

They secured victory thanks to a multi-goal one-man show in the second half by Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who is considered the future of Korean soccer, but was burdened with five yellow cards.

Against Jordan, the opponent in the second game, Son Heung-min (Tottenham) scored the go-ahead penalty kick goal in the 9th minute of the first half, but allowed the score to be tied through an own goal in the 37th minute, and was dragged away by conceding a comeback goal in extra time of the first half.

Fortunately, they escaped defeat by drawing 2-2 due to an own goal in extra time in the second half.

In the third game against Malaysia, they showed an even poorer performance.Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart)'s first header led to a 1-0 score in the first half, but after a fierce battle in the second half, the team gave up as many as three goals and drew 3-3. 스포츠토토맨