South Korea and Lee Kang-in reach Asian Games final
Lee Kang-in's South Korean U23s made it through to the final of the Asian Games earlier today by beating their Uzbekistani counterparts 2-1 in the semi-finals at the Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China.
The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder played for an hour before being substituted. South Korea will now face Japan in the final at 14:00 CET this Saturday at the exact same venue!
SOUTH KOREA U23s 2-1 UZBEKISTAN U23s (2-1 at HT)
Asian Games – Semi-finals
Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium (Hangzhou, China)
Goals: Jeong Woo-yeong (4', 38') for South Korea; Jaloliddinov (25') for Uzbekistan.
SOUTH KOREA: Lee Kwang-yeon – Hwang Jae-won, Park Jin-seob, Lee Han-beom, Seol Young-woo – Paik Seung-ho, Hong Hyun-seok, Cho Young-wook – Jeong Woo-yeong (Ho-yeon Jung, 59'), Um Won-sang – Lee Kang-in (Song Min-kyu, 59').
UZBEKISTAN: Nazarov – Mirsaidov, Khamraliev, Rakhimjonov (Norchaev, 46'), Davronov, Ibragimov – Khoshimov, Jaloliddinov, Yuldoshev – Buriev, Jiyanov (Odilov, 61').