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MILITARY EXEMPTION! Korea 2-1 Japan for the Gold

October 7, 2023 Jinseok 0

WE DID IT! Despite an insanely biased ref all game and falling behind in the 1st minute. Congrats to the squad. Recap to follow.

I Can’t With AFC Teams: Korea 2-0 Uzbekistan Asian Games Semifinals Brief Recap

October 7, 2023 Jinseok 0

Of the teams that South Korea encounters frequently, sometimes I wonder if Japan, Australia, and most Southeast Asian sides are the only other teams in […]

Asian Games Quarterfinal: Korea 2-0 China recap

October 1, 2023 Jinseok 4

In a match surrounded by a lot of nervousness and uncertainty in the days prior, Korea strolled to a very comfortable 2-0 win against China. […]

Asian Games RO16: Korea 5-1 Kyrgyzstan

September 28, 2023 Jinseok 0

I wasn’t planning on individual game writeups until the quarterfinals, but this one was notable enough for me to post about the match. The score […]

Korea’s 2022 Asian Games Group Stage Recap

September 25, 2023 Jinseok 3

Korean football fans had good reason to be extremely anxious going into this tournament. Despite boasting a team miles ahead of everyone else (no other […]

Korea U24 3-1 China U24 (Round 1) Recap

June 15, 2023 Jinseok 0

On 6/15 our Olympic team, preparing for the Hangzhou Asian Games in September 2023 with the all-important military exemption on the line, defeated hosts China […]

“Again 2019” Dreams Dashed – Disappointing Loss to Italy 1:2 at the U20 World Cup

June 8, 2023 Jinseok 3

A very winnable match lost in the most unfortunate circumstances. Kudos to our boys for making it to the semis. We proved ourselves as perennial […]

U20 Korea advances to the semifinals – Korea 1:0 Nigeria + Ecuador recap

June 4, 2023 Jinseok 2

Going into today’s QF match against Nigeria, the odds were truly stacked against us. The refs kept screwing us over every single game, we had […]

FIFA U20 World Cup: Korea 0-0 The Gambia

May 28, 2023 Jinseok 2

After the Honduras match, we knew that would progress to the RO16 with a win or draw against The Gambia – a loss meant that […]

FIFA U20 World Cup: Korea 2-2 Honduras

May 26, 2023 Jinseok 0

Our second match of the group stage vs Honduras was just as crazy as our first game but perhaps more disappointing. It almost felt like […]

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