North Korea U-20 Women's Soccer, Argentina 6-2 crushed World Cup 1st match victory
North Korea U-20 Women's Soccer, Argentina 6-2 crushed World Cup 1st match victory
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North Korea, which is challenging for its third FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup title, won its first match against Argentina with a goal storm.
North Korea won 6-2 against Argentina in the first match of Group F of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup held at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cali, Colombia on the 3rd (Korean time).
North Korea will play its second group match against Costa Rica on the 6th.
North Korea, which won the U-20 Women's World Cup twice (in 2006 and 2016) and was runner-up once (in 2008), did not participate in the 2020 tournament, which was canceled due to COVID-19 after reaching the quarterfinals in 2018, and did not participate in the 2022 tournament either due to COVID-19.
North Korea, which appeared on the World Cup stage for the first time in six years, put on a fiery goal feast against Argentina from the first match.
North Korea took the lead with Park Mi-ryeong's opening goal in the 6th minute of the first half, and Jeon Ryeong-jeong's additional goal 4 minutes later signaled a major victory.
North Korea, who tasted their third goal through an own goal in the first half's added time, gave up a goal to Argentina's Kisi Nunez in the last minute of added time, ending the first half with a 3-1 lead.
North Korea started to hunt for goals again with Shin Hyang's header just 커뮤니티 two minutes after the second half kick-off.
In the 28th minute of the second half, Jeong Geum received a pass from the back and trapped the ball with her chest in front of the penalty area before shaking the goal net with a left-footed volley, but it was unfortunate that the linesman raised the offside flag.
North Korea, which had been pushing Argentina, scored its fifth goal in the 30th minute of the second half when Choi Il-seon pushed a cross from Jeong Geum, who had rushed into the right side of the penalty area, straight into the goal with his left foot.
Argentina, who went on the counterattack, seemed to have rekindled the fire of the match in the 37th minute of the second half when Nunez scored with a right-footed curling kick from the left side of the penalty area, but that was the end of it.
North Korea scored the winning goal in the second half of added time when Choi Kang-ryun's left-footed shot from near the right side of the penalty area deflected off an Argentine defender and went into the goal.
Coach Lee Sung-ho said in a broadcast interview after the game, "Argentina is a country that is strong in soccer. We cannot ignore women's soccer either." He added, "I thought a lot about our opponents. Both teams worked hard. We will review our shortcomings and show a better game."