Crushing U23 Malaysia in the opening match, U23 Korea confirmed the position of the defending champion

True to the comments before the match, U23 Korea completely overwhelmed Malaysia from the moment the ball rolled. On the other side of the line, coach Brad Maloney directed the players to play defensively back deep and do everything to not concede early.

Every phase of the Korean U23 in the match passed through the feet of Lee Kang-in, a midfielder playing in La Liga. Under the guidance of the midfielder in 2001, the defending champion continuously created dangerous opportunities towards the opponent’s goal. Unfortunately, the early goal could not come to Korea U23.

However, whatever comes must come, Korea U23 opened the scoring thanks to center-back Lee Sang Min in the 30th minute. The first goal in this goal had to be thanks to Lee Kang’s accurate cross- print. The first half also ended with a 1 goal difference in favor of Korea U23.

Korea U23 easily defeated Malaysia U23 with a score of 4-1

In the second half, U23 Korea was still the team that dominated the game. After many consecutive attacks, the defending champion had a goal to increase the score to 2-0 in the 49th minute. Once again, the goal came from a set situation when Kim Tae-Hwan took a very quick opportunity to shoot a shot. from outside the box, knocking down the Malaysian goalkeeper.

In the last minutes of the match, Korea U23 played slowly to preserve the score. In the 83rd minute, taking advantage of the opponent’s mistake, Malaysia U23 suddenly got a 2-1 equalizer thanks to Mukhairi’s attack. However, just 5 minutes later, U23 Korea regained the advantage of taking a 2-goal lead thanks to Cho Young-Wook’s goal.

In the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Cho Young-Wook had another goal to complete his own double as well as set a 4-1 victory for Korea U23. Easily crushing Malaysia in the opening match, defending champion Korea U23 temporarily rose to the top of Group C.