"Shooting Numbers 2-21" South Korea's U20 Women's Soccer Defeated 0-3 to North Korea again... Asian Cup semi-finals eliminated

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The South Korean U-20 women's national soccer team ended its journey at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup without crossing the "strongest" North Korean wall again.

The U-20 women's national soccer team, led by head coach Park Yoon-jung, was completely defeated by North Korea 0-3 in the semifinals of the 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup at Patum Thani Stadium in Thailand on the 15th (Korea time).

The defeat prevented South Korea from crossing the semifinals for the last three consecutive tournaments, failing to regain the top spot for the first time in 13 years. Coincidentally, following 2019 and 2024, South Korea failed to reach the final stage without crossing the North Korean wall again this time.

South Korea, which allowed as many as 32 shots without recording a single shot during the last group stage, failed to make a turnaround in the semifinals.

Unlike the last group stage, he recorded two shots on the day, but was completely defeated 0-3 after allowing as many as 21 shots to the opponent.

South Korea faced North Korea fiercely until the middle of the first half, but it began to falter in the 24th minute of the first half when Park Il-sim allowed the first run with a left-footed mid-range shot.

South Korea then lost an additional goal to Kang Yu-mi in 10 minutes and finished behind 0-2 in the first half, shaking from the opponent's offensive in the second half, facing a crisis of additional runs again.

South Korea, which had repeatedly escaped the crisis of losing points, with its opponent's shot hitting the post, finally lost a net to Choi Yeon-ah in the 39th minute of the second half and eventually fell to its knees.

However, despite the defeat, South Korea succeeded in advancing to the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup finals, which will be given to the semifinals of the tournament. The U-20 Women's World Cup will be held in Poland in September.

In the previous match between the U-20 women's national team, the gap widened with 1 win and 8 losses.

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