“Magi Shin Tae-yong” and “Tragedy in Doha”

KOMPAS.com – The elimination of the South Korean U23 National Team from Indonesia in the quarter-finals of the 2024 U23 Asian Cup brought reactions from the South Korean media, one of which was Nate Sports.

The Indonesian U23 national team managed to beat South Korea 11-10 on penalties after the two teams drew 2-2 for 120 minutes on Thursday (25/4/2024) evening local time.

The penalty shootout was tense with the 11 Garuda players and the remaining 10 South Korean players completing their task with only one from each team failing.

The penalty round was restarted from the first kicker and Ernando managed to save Lee Kang-hee’s penalty, South Korea’s 10th executor.

Pratama Arhan was then cool with his execution to get Garuda Muda through to the semifinals.

This defeat was addressed by the South Korean media, Nate Sports, with two big headlines on their page. Of course, the figure of coach Shin Tae-yong is one of the media highlights.

Also read: Indonesia vs South Korea results: Winning on penalties, Garuda goes to the semifinals!

First is the article entitled “Lost to ‘Magis Shin Tae-yong’…Korea was eliminated in the quarterfinals, failed to go to Paris.”

“Korean football’s dream of advancing to the Olympics for the 10th consecutive time was blocked by ‘Magic Shin Tae-yong’ and disappeared like a bubble,” wrote their reporter, Park Soon-gyu.

“Coach Hwang Seon-hong’s strategy of defending in the first half and then trying to win the game in the second half ended in failure.”

Park highlighted coach Hwang’s decision to replace five players from the team that played against Japan in their final group match.

Striker Lee Young-jun, midfielder Kang Sang-yoon and goalkeeper Kim Jeong-hoon, who consistently showed good performances in the first and second group matches, started the match from the bench.

“The strategy of outwitting coach Shin Tae-yong, a ‘fox’ who thought quickly, ended in a handshake that led to defeat,” he wrote.

Also read: Indonesian U23 National Team breaks South Korea’s record for qualifying for the Olympics

Still from the same site, reporter Kim Yong-il wrote an article entitled “Tragedy in Doha! ‘Lee Young-jun and Hwang Seon-hong were sent off by the referee’ Korea lost to Indonesia in a penalty shootout Failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 40 years [Piala Asia U-23]”

The article also mentioned how Coach Hwang lost his mind to Shin Tae-yong.

“Hwang Seon-hong raised expectations by passing the group stage with three wins, but had to acknowledge the superiority of Indonesia, which was considered one step below the team,” he wrote.

“South Korea managed to advance to the Olympic finals nine times in a row, from the 1988 Seoul Olympics to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.”

“However, due to the ‘Doha tragedy’, they were unable to compete in the finals for the first time in 40 years since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.”

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2024-04-25 21:47:00
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