South Korea, one of the big favorites for the title along with Japan, debuted in the Asian Cup to be held in Qatar with a logical victory over Bahrain (3-1). The match, which corresponds to group E, was played at the stadium Jassim Bin Hamad of Al Rayyan.
In the German-led group Jürgen Klinsmann It wasn’t easy for him though In-beom Hwang, midfielder of Red Star Belgrade, He got on the scoreboard in the 38th minute. It was a foul-filled first half with five cautions, three of them South Koreans, among them. Kim Min-jae, central defender of Bayern Munich.
At the beginning of the second half Abdullah Al-Hashsash tied for Bahrain (51′) and that was when Kang-in Lee took responsibility and decided the match.
The young winger who came out of Valencia, who at 22 years old played for PSG in Luis Enrique After being transferred last summer by Mallorca, he was decisive with a double within twelve minutes.
In the 56th minute, Kang-in Lee received on the edge of the area and released a awesome shot with the thread that went in next to the post. And, in the 68th minute, the PSG player controlled a ball in the area, cut through a defender with his right foot and crossed the net with his left foot. Another good goal.
Three players with two goals
With this goal, Kang-in Lee placed himself at the top of the top scorers of the current edition of the Asian Cup, which began on Friday in Qatar, tied with Qatari Akram Afif and Japanese Takumi Minamino.
They are unmarked and have no visible card
Son Heung-min, great figure from South Korea, had a chance to extend the lead but his shot went wide. It wasn’t the best day for the Tottenham striker as he was cautioned in stoppage time for simulating a penalty.
Jordan applauds
Jordan, South Korea’s next opponents next Saturday, also began their Asian Cup journey with a successful, 4-0 win over Malaysia who put him in charge of the E group.
The match was played at the Al Janoub stadium in Al Wakrah and was decided in the first half of the a double from Mahmoud Al Mardi and somewhat punitive Mousa Al-Tamaria Montpellier player scored another goal at the end of the second half and had the third disallowed for offside.
Jesús Casas won with Iraq
The Iraqi team, led by the Spaniard Jesus Casas They also got off to a good start in Group D by beating Indonesia 3-1 at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, competing in an Asian Cup after a 16-year absence.
Mohanad Ali, The 23-year-old forward put Iraq ahead in the 17th minute when he picked up a loose ball in the Indonesian field, advanced into the area and beat the Indonesian goalkeeper.
With eight minutes left before the break, Indonesia restored parity through the young right-back Elkan Baggott give it up Ferdinand The score is 1-1.
The ‘lion of Mesopotamia’ takes the lead
But in the added time of the first period, the ‘Lion of Mesopotamia’ went on again Rashid, which established 2-1 where they reached the break.
After a disallowed goal Amir Al Ammari in the 51st minute due to offside in a game in which VAR intervened, Iraq’s third goal came in the 75th minute, through Aymen Hussein, fifteen minutes after replacing Mohanad Ali.
In this group D, Japan defeated Vietnam on Sunday (4-2) and leads after the first day for more goals scored than Iraq.
Source: La Verdad
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