Seon-Hong Hwang loses 0-1 to Saudi Arabia in closed warm-up match

Hwang Sun-hong, who aims to advance to the world's first 10 consecutive Olympic finals, will enter the venue of the finals.

South Korea's U23 national team, led by head coach Hwang Sun-hong, will enter Doha, Qatar, where the 2024 Asian Football Confederation AFC U23 Asian Cup will be held on the 10th.

The national team left Incheon International Airport on the 5th for a local adaptation training in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates UAE, unpacked in Doha on the same day, and prepared for the AFC U23 Asian Cup from the 17th.

South Korea, which belongs to Group B, will play against UAE on the 17th, followed by China on the 19th and Japan on the 22nd.

3.5 tickets are up for grabs at the AFC U23 Asian Cup, which also serves as the men's soccer qualifying round for the Paris Olympics. The top three teams will qualify for the Olympics, while the fourth-ranked team will compete with the African Guineas through a playoff.

If South Korea wins a berth to the Olympic finals in this tournament, South Korea will succeed in advancing to the finals for the 10th consecutive time.

The Korea Football Association did not officially disclose the result, but the Saudi Football Association announced that it beat South Korea 1-0 in a friendly match at the Emirates camp.

South Korea defeated Saudi Arabia 1-0 at the 2024 Western Asian Football Confederation WAFF U23 Championship held in Saudi Arabia last month, but lost by one goal on the day.

Hwang Sun-hong, who aims to advance to the Olympic finals for 10 consecutive years, has a somewhat chaotic atmosphere recently.

Overseas players such as Kim Ji-soo Brentford and Yang Hyun-joon Celtic, who play in Europe, failed to join just before the tournament due to their team's opposition to borrowing.

Kim Min-woo Dusseldorf joined the team and Baek Sang-hoon Seoul, who had been treated for an injury, joined the team, but it is uncertain whether Bae Joon-ho Stock City, the ace player for the U23 national team, will be called up. Jung Sang-bin Minnesota will join the team only one day before the first round match.

After all preparations, the national team, which arrived in the showdown site, will prepare for its first match against the UAE on the 17th. 메이저 토토사이트

"As the group league's opponents are not easy, we will prepare for the first round by enhancing our sense of play. All the members will do their best to participate in the Olympics for the 10th consecutive time," Hwang said before the competition.