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National Soccer Team Advances to Quarterfinals Amidst Controversial Match-Up with China

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Our national soccer team advanced to the quarterfinals with an overwhelming performance.

Now the opponent is the host country, China.

Three months ago, in an evaluation match, a rough foul became controversial.

In addition, there are many things that our players have to be careful about, including the one-sided cheering of the Chinese spectators and the unpredictable decision variables as there is no video review.

This is a report by reporter Park Jae-woong from Hangzhou.

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The national team scored 5 goals in the round of 16.

He easily advanced to the quarterfinals by scoring 21 goals in 4 games of this tournament.

The opponent in the quarterfinals is the host country, China.

Three months ago, they met with us twice.

The result was 1 win and 1 loss.

The rough play of Chinese players was controversial.

Eom Won-sang was injured and returned to Korea immediately, and Ko Young-jun suffered a ruptured knee ligament.

China’s play is not much different now.

Yesterday, in the round of 16, he pushed out a Qatari player and the two teams clashed and was kicked out of the stadium.

However, since this competition relies solely on the referee’s decisions without video reviews, rough fouls as well as home advantage must be taken into account.

Also, since the quarterfinals are held on China’s National Day, it is expected that the home crowd will cheer one-sidedly, but the players do not seem to care at all.

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″I already knew I was going to meet China, and I wanted to take advantage of this rough appearance… They said there would be a lot of spectators, but I think the Chinese players will be under more pressure.”

Coach Hwang Seon-hong, who suffered a World Cup setback 25 years ago due to an injury suffered in the game against China, is also filled with extraordinary determination.

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″I don’t think we can win the gold medal if we can’t overcome the pressure of the large crowd and rough play. I don’t think anyone can block our path.″

This is in front of the national team’s accommodation after moving to Hangzhou.

The players took a break without training today ahead of the final match in three days.

This is Jaewoong Park from MBC News in Hangzhou.

Video coverage: Kim Hee-gun / Video editing: Kim Gwan-sun

″This video can be viewed on the MBC News website due to copyright issues.″

2023-09-28 13:42:27

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