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Korean National Under-23 Football Team Faces Challenges Ahead of AFC U-23 Asian Cup

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(Yeongjongdo = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Joo-seong = Coach Hwang Seon-hong and the players of the national under-23 football team participating in the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup, which will opens in Doha, Qatar , through Incheon Airport Terminal 2 on the morning of the 5th A commemorative photo is taken before departure for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the training camp has been established. In this Asian Cup, which also serves as the Asian qualifier for the Paris Olympics, the national team aims to achieve a record of advancing to the Olympic finals for the 10th time in a row. 2024.4.5 utzza@yna.co.kr

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Choi Song-ah = The Olympic football team, which is about to enter Qatar, the host of the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup, lost to Saudi Arabia in a match evaluated during a training camp in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). .

The Saudi Football Association announced on its website on the 10th that the Saudi U-23 national team played a friendly match against Korea in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on the 9th local time and won 1-0.

The Korean Olympic football team, led by coach Hwang Seon-hong, left for the United Arab Emirates on the 5th and held field training before participating in the U-23 Asian Cup, which will be held in Qatar starting on the 15th as a qualifier regional. for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Apart from the fact that the Korea Football Association will hold an evaluation match locally on the 9th, the opponent and the results were kept private, but news of the match became known through an announcement by the Saudi Association.

The Saudi Arabian Football Association said Jihad Zachry of Saudi Arabia scored the winning goal in the 27th minute of the second half.

Korea defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the semi-finals of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) U-23 Championship held in Saudi Arabia last month.

In this U-23 Asian Cup, Korea is placed in Group B along with Japan, China, and the United Arab Emirates, while Saudi Arabia competes in Group C with Iraq, Thailand, and Tajikistan.

Sun-Hong Hwang arrives in Qatar on the afternoon of the 10th and will play in the first match of Group B against the United Arab Emirates at 0:30 on the 17th, Korean time.

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