Trailing to Soma Kanda’s first half strike, Korea Republic kept pushing and were rewarded with a stoppage time strike from substitute Kim Tae-won to force the draw and finish as the Group D winners, with defending champions Uzbekistan their next opponents.
"In the first half, we rotated the squad to maintain fitness for the quarter-finals. It wasn’t a complete lineup change, but we made some adjustments. In the second half, we made further changes and that improved our performance,” said Lee. .....
GOAL | 🇯🇵 Japan 1️⃣-1️⃣ Korea Republic 🇰🇷
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Kim Tae-won changes the dynamics with a late equaliser!
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