Bento, who was helpless for 90 minutes, defeated more humiliating than the’Sapporo disaster’ [한일전]

Maekyung.com MK Sports Reporter Ahn Joon-cheol

It was a more humiliating result than the Sapporo disaster 10 years ago. Bento’s head bowed shabbyly in a battle against fate’s rivals.

The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Paulo Bento, lost 0-3 in a friendly match against Japan held at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan on the 25th.

It was about 10 years after Korea’s 0-3 defeat, called the “Sapporo disaster” on August 10, 2011, that Korea lost three goals in an A match with Japan.

However, in terms of content, it was more humiliating than the disaster 10 years ago. Korea made a lot of pass misses from the beginning and easily handed over the ball to Japan. Japan shook the Korean defenders one after another with a quick pass. Japan’s offensive pushed the Korean defense in a hurry to clear the ball.

In the 5th minute of the first half, Korea allowed Daichi to shoot a decisive goal. In the 10th minute of the first half, there was a dangerous scene where Wataru Endo’s header hit the Korean goal.

Eventually, in the 16th minute of the first half, he gave the opening goal to Miki Yamane. On the right side of the Korean camp, Yamane shook the net by finishing the pass that Yuya Osako slightly poked forward.

The same was the case in the 27th minute of the first half. The Korean defensive line collapsed in the wake of the Japanese counterattack. Japanese attacker Kamada lightly beat the Korean defense from the right side of the penalty box and shook the net with a right-footed shot.

South Korea hasn’t attacked once in 30 minutes of the first half. In the 33rd minute of the first half, he got a chance to take a free kick near the Japanese camp penalty box, but Lee Kang-in’s pass was lost and a counterattack was allowed.

In the end, the first shot on this day was a right-footed shot following Na Sang-ho’s breakthrough in the 37th minute of the first half. It also flew away from the goal.

After finishing the first half with a 0-2 lag, Korea also launched a brief counterattack in the early second half. Jung Woo-young and Lee Dong-jun shot, but the goal was not connected.

Rather, only the scene where goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu, who stepped on the pitch from the second half, prevented a decisive crisis several times stood out. As such, Korea gave the Japanese attackers a chance too easily.

In the end, Korea gave Endo a heading goal in the 37th minute of the second half. Since then, my concentration has declined significantly. Even just before the end, he dedicated his chance to Japan almost as much as his own goal. It was a very humiliating Yokohama disaster to be recorded in Korean soccer history. [email protected]

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