Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

FT Saturday, July 31, 2021
Mexico U23 WWWLW 6
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South Korea U23 WLLWW 3
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MEX336
KOR123
Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Match Report

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
8
8
Saves
3
44.6
Possession
55.4
14
SHOTS
18
9
ON GOAL
11
0.6
On Target %
0.6
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
210
Accurate Passes
276
292
Passes
355
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.1
68
Long Balls
54
34
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
8
Interceptions
8
33
Effective Clearances
10
33
Clearances
10

Head to Head

KOR leads series 1-0

Lineups

KOR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Song Bum-KeunG
  2. 4Ji-Su ParkCD-L
  3. 5Jeong Tae-WookCD-R
  4. 19Kang Yoon-SungLB
  5. 12Seol Young-WooRB
  6. 14Kim Dong-HyunCM-L
  7. 21Kim Jin-GyuCM-R
  8. 13Jinya KimLM
  9. 11Lee Dong-JunRM
  10. 16Hwang Ui-JoF
  11. 10Lee Dong-GyeongRCF

MEX · 4-3-3

  1. 13Guillermo OchoaG
  2. 5Johan VásquezCD-L
  3. 3César MontesCD-R
  4. 2Jorge SánchezLB
  5. 6Vladimir LoroñaRB
  6. 16José EsquivelCM
  7. 17Sebastián CórdovaLM
  8. 7Luis RomoRM
  9. 9Henry MartínF
  10. 11Alexis VegaLF
  11. 15Uriel AntunaRF

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Korea Republic U23 0, Mexico U23 1. Henry Martín (Mexico U23) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Romo with a headed pass.
  2. 20' Goal! Korea Republic U23 1, Mexico U23 1. Lee Dong-Gyeong (Korea Republic U23) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kim Jin-Kyu.
  3. 29' Goal! Korea Republic U23 1, Mexico U23 2. Luis Romo (Mexico U23) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Vega with a through ball.
  4. 32' Johan Vásquez (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 34' Jeong Tae-Wook (Korea Republic U23) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 38' Kang Yoon-Sung (Korea Republic U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 39' Goal! Korea Republic U23 1, Mexico U23 3. Sebastián Córdova (Mexico U23) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 45' Substitution, Korea Republic U23. Kwon Chang-Hoon replaces Kim Dong-Hyun.
  9. 45' Substitution, Korea Republic U23. Won Du-Jae replaces Kim Jin-Kyu.
  10. 45' Substitution, Korea Republic U23. Um Won-Sang replaces Kang Yoon-Sung.
  11. 49' Won Du-Jae (Korea Republic U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 51' Goal! Korea Republic U23 2, Mexico U23 3. Lee Dong-Gyeong (Korea Republic U23) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kim Jin-Ya.
  13. 54' Goal! Korea Republic U23 2, Mexico U23 4. Henry Martín (Mexico U23) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sebastián Córdova with a cross following a set piece situation.
  14. 63' Goal! Korea Republic U23 2, Mexico U23 5. Sebastián Córdova (Mexico U23) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Vladimir Loroña.
  15. 72' Substitution, Mexico U23. Diego Lainez replaces Uriel Antuna.
  16. 73' Substitution, Mexico U23. Fernando Beltrán replaces Sebastián Córdova.
  17. 73' Substitution, Korea Republic U23. Lee Kang-In replaces Um Won-Sang.
  18. 76' Jorge Sánchez (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 78' Substitution, Mexico U23. Jesús Angulo replaces Alexis Vega.
  20. 78' Substitution, Mexico U23. Eduardo Aguirre replaces Henry Martín.
  21. 80' Substitution, Mexico U23. Jesús Angulo replaces Johan Vásquez.
  22. 81' Substitution, Korea Republic U23. Kim Jae-Woo replaces Park Ji-Soo.
  23. 84' Goal! Korea Republic U23 2, Mexico U23 6. Eduardo Aguirre (Mexico U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Lainez.
  24. 90' Jesús Angulo (Mexico U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  25. 90'+1' Goal! Korea Republic U23 3, Mexico U23 6. Hwang Ui-Jo (Korea Republic U23) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeong Tae-Wook following a corner.

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