Korea beat China 2-0 and crowned_运动Sports
korea republic’s u-20 team claimed the afc youth championship for a record 11th time on saturday as a brace by park chu-young gave them a 2-0 win over 10-man china at the cheras stadium in kuala lumpur.
park struck twice with in the space of seven minutes late in the first half as the koreans put on their most dominant display of the tournament against the previously unbeaten chinese.
the korea university striker, who was later named emirates player of the tournament in addition to winning the golden boot, scored the opening goal with a fine solo effort in the 37th minute and found the net for the sixth time in the tournament just a minute before the break as he dispatched an excellent through ball by strike partner kim seung-yong.
china attempted to battle back in the second hope but their hopes suffered a major blow when midfielder wang hongliang was dismissed after receiving his second yellow card midway through the second half.
the historical omens had pointed to a korean win as they had won or shared the title on all three previous occasion that the tournament had been held in malaysia, and had also beaten the chinese in both of their previous meetings in the final in 1982 and 1996.
however, china were seen as the team in form heading into the final with four wins in a row in the tournament as well as three victories over the koreans in under-20 friendlies earlier this year.
as promised, coach yin tiesheng gave highly-rated striker dong fangzhou an opportunity to play as he started a match for the first time in this tournament. however, the player who was signed by manchester united in a blaze of publicity earlier this year was effectively shackled throughout the match by the outstanding korean defence ......
park struck twice with in the space of seven minutes late in the first half as the koreans put on their most dominant display of the tournament against the previously unbeaten chinese.
the korea university striker, who was later named emirates player of the tournament in addition to winning the golden boot, scored the opening goal with a fine solo effort in the 37th minute and found the net for the sixth time in the tournament just a minute before the break as he dispatched an excellent through ball by strike partner kim seung-yong.
china attempted to battle back in the second hope but their hopes suffered a major blow when midfielder wang hongliang was dismissed after receiving his second yellow card midway through the second half.
the historical omens had pointed to a korean win as they had won or shared the title on all three previous occasion that the tournament had been held in malaysia, and had also beaten the chinese in both of their previous meetings in the final in 1982 and 1996.
however, china were seen as the team in form heading into the final with four wins in a row in the tournament as well as three victories over the koreans in under-20 friendlies earlier this year.
as promised, coach yin tiesheng gave highly-rated striker dong fangzhou an opportunity to play as he started a match for the first time in this tournament. however, the player who was signed by manchester united in a blaze of publicity earlier this year was effectively shackled throughout the match by the outstanding korean defence ......