Reporter Han Bing reported that 2-0, the South Korean team that played at home defeated Hong Kong, China. Starting with the Danas Cup in 1990, South Korea won the first game, only once in 2010, when it failed to win the championship, and that time it happened to be against Hong Kong, China. The first match of the five-time championship was 4 wins and 1 draw, and in 2005 and 2013, the South Korean team failed to achieve a good start and ultimately failed to win the championship.
Against Hong Kong, China, Paul Bento lined up in a 4231 formation, and Gu Xiangrun, who plays for J-League Sapporo, is the starting goalkeeper and has become a regular for the national team this year, making his first appearance in the warm-up match against Georgia in September. Kim Hyun-jae and Kwon Kyung-won are paired at centre-back, the left and right defenders are Ulsan Hyundai's Park Joo-ho and Kim Tae-hwan, and the two backs are Jeonbuk Hyundai's Sun Joon-ho and Hwang In-bum, who plays in North America.
The 32-year-old Park Joo-ho is the oldest in the East Asian Cup, and the 32-year-old Ulsan full-back, who played in the East Asian Cup in 2010, is not a standing candidate in Bento's eyes, like club teammate Kim Tae-hwan. Kwon Kyung-won, who played in the 2017 East Asian Cup and played two main centre-backs, is the third centre-back of the Bento era, and this time he is the focus of the inspection. Back-back Huang Renfan was a candidate for Bento's recent reuse, and Sun Junhao was only shortlisted for Jeonbuk's victory.
Bento did not recruit Kim Shin-woo to start Kim Seung-dae, who has been in a mediocre state recently, participated in the 2015 East Asian Cup and scored a goal for China. The two wings are his club teammate Moon Seun-min and Luo Sang-ho, who plays at Tokyo FC, behind him is Ulsan Hyundai's Kim Fu-jiong.
The opponent Hong Kong is not strong, Bento even the defense is rotated in a large area, only retaining 1 main force of Kim Hyun-jae, Kim Young-kwon, Kim Jin-so, Kim Won-wan, goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo and back-back Chu Se-jong are on the bench.
Hong Kong, China, put up a 532 defensive system in this campaign, the defensive line is based on Brazilian center-back Ellio as the core, and he is at the same club with Tang Jianwen and the back of Huang Yang in front of the defensive triangle in front of the penalty area, during the game, the Hong Kong team is almost fully defended in the half of the area, and the penalty area often maintains at least 6 players, which makes it difficult for the South Korean team's attack to open up space. In addition to defending, Hong Kong had a good counter-attack opportunity in the first half, but unfortunately, the Chinese-British mixed forward Xia Zhiming was too soft on his feet and wasted his only scoring opportunity.
Kim Seung-dae was knocked down by Ye Honghui when he attacked and retired from the game, and in the 40th minute, Lee Ting-kyo replaced the injured Kim Seung-dae. The tall Lee Ting-kyo competed in the 2015 and 2017 East Asian Cups but did not score goals. His appearance increased south Korea's fulcrum and air superiority in the penalty area, relying on his confrontation before the end of the first half to cause Huang Yang to handball outside the box, Kim Fu Jiong was dangling, and Hwang In-bum took a free kick straight to the right goalpost and into the net.
South Korea has more than 80% possession, but it is difficult to break the iron barrel of the Hong Kong team. Luo Xianghao once switched to the right side, and the team continued to pass to Li Tingxie in the penalty area through the full-back, but unfortunately achieved little. In the 60th minute, Yin Il-hyun replaced Xuanmin, hong Kong, China, with Brazilian defender Roberto and striker Kioyone. In the 66th minute, Luo Xianghao's low cross from the left was released by Eliolo before Li Tingxie. In the 82nd minute, Hwang In-bum drove a corner kick from the left, Kim Fu-jiong headed into the box at the far end and Luo Sang-ho sealed the victory for The South Korean team.
This is Hong Kong's fifth participation in the East Asian Cup (including the predecessor Danas Cup) and the second time that North Korea has qualified in qualifiers. In 2010, he lost 0-5 to South Korea in the East Asian Cup, and it was the last time Hong Kong, China, played against South Korea in an official match, and the memory is not tragic. This small loss to the host is an acceptable result, although Hong Kong, China, lost to South Korea 3 times in the Era of the East Asian Final Four Danas Cup, but the gap did not exceed 2 goals.
Li Tie appeared in the stands, he led the team to training, after noon let the whole team watch the clip clip of the match against Japan, and came to the scene in the evening to watch the match between South Korea and Hong Kong, preparing for the next game.