Younger generation has no special feelings between Korea and Japan. Japan is on the verge of elimination from the U-20 group stage → clash with No. 1 Korea
Younger generation has no special feelings between Korea and Japan. Japan is on the verge of elimination from the U-20 group stage → clash with No. 1 Korea
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One match will come that cannot be withdrawn. The first Korea-Japan match will be held in 2025.
Korea's U-20 national team, led by head coach Lee Chang-won, will play its third Group D match against Japan at the AFC U-20 Asian Cup in 2025 at the Youth Football Training Base Stadium in Shenzhen, China on Tuesday. Korea has secured Syria (2-1) and Thailand (4-1). Korea has secured advancement to the quarterfinals early on by accumulating six points. After Korea, Japan (4 points), Syria (1 point), and Thailand (0 point) are ranked second to fourth. The top spot in Group D will face off against the top spot in Group C, while the second spot in Group D will face off against the top spot in Group C in the quarterfinals, respectively.
Korea will have a showdown with Japan in the last group match. If Korea ties with Japan, it will advance to the quarterfinals as No. 1 in the group. However, if it loses, it will advance to the quarterfinals as No. 2 in the group.
It is a match between Korea and Japan of destiny. Kim Tae-won, who scored multiple goals in the match against Thailand, said, "We confirmed our advance to the quarterfinals with only Korea and Japan left. Despite this, we will make sure that Japan can win no matter what."
The atmosphere is quite different in Japan. The Soccer King, a Japanese soccer media outlet, said on Wednesday, "Will Japan be able to make the Korea-Japan match a meaningful one?" and delivered the words of Yuzo Funakoshi, Japan's U-20 coach.
"I think only our generation is conscious of the Korea-Japan war," coach Funakoshi said. Soccer King said, "There is no special feeling about the Korea-Japan war among the younger generation in Japan. This is the same in Korea. The feeling of too hot a sense of temperature as before has completely disappeared."
The media outlet said, "Many people say that it is a match between Korea and Japan that puts their pride on the line. However, 카지노사이트 it must be an important match for Japan to go to the next stage. We need to secure the necessary points to make a meaningful match between Korea and Japan."
Meanwhile, South Korea has faced Japan 18 times in the U-20 Asian Cup (formerly U-19 Championship) finals, with 13 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. In particular, it won 1-0 in the round of 16 at the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Poland in June 2019 to advance to the finals of the FIFA-hosted tournament for the first time in Korean soccer history.