Son Heung-min scored the single goal of South Korea's victory over Kyrgyzstan in the final match of Group E of the 2018 Asian Games football sport, at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Bandung Regency, Monday (08/20/2018) evening WIB.
After a 1-3 defeat to Malaysia, Taegeuk Warriors appeared to be pressing since the early minutes. Relying on Son who is a Tottenham Hotspur player, the South Korean attack was able to trouble the Kyrgyz rearguard.
However, Kyrgyzstan's solid rearguard made South Korea's effort to score goals always failed. As a result, the 0-0 score lasted until the break.
Entering the second half, the Taegeuk Warriors team continued to launch attacks. Awaited new goal was created in the 63rd minute.
Starting from a corner kick, Son managed to net the ball into Kyrgyzstan's goal with a shot. Until the match ends, a score of 1-0 to win South Korea remains.
Meanwhile, Malaysia surrendered 2-3 to Bahrain. A pair of Young Tiger team goals were scored by Syahmi Safari in the 20th minute and Safawi Rasid in the 90th + 3 minutes, while Bahrain's three goals were scored by Mohamed Hardan (33 '), Hamad Alhamsan (37') and Mohamed Hardan (89 ').
The defeat did not affect the position of the Malaysian national team at the top of Group E with a value of six. They are superior head to head over South Korea who occupy second place. Meanwhile, Bahrain is ranked third with four points and Kyrgyzstan is at the bottom of the group with one number.
In the last 16 of the 2018 Asian Games football branch, Malaysia met Japang at the Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium on August 24, South Korea faces Iran at Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang and Bahrain challenging Vietnam at the Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium, on August 23.
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