The South Korea Under-23 National Team was beaten by Malaysia U-23 in the upcoming 2018 Asian Games at Si Jalak Harupat Stadium, Indonesia with a score of 2-1. These results also make South Korea U-23 national team posted two bad records at once.

As reported by Yonhap, this is the first defeat of South Korea from Malaysia in the past 44 years. Previously Taeguk Warriors had defeated 2-3 from Malaysia at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran.

The second bad record is the result of being the first defeat of South Korea in the last 10 games on the Asian Games scene.

The South Korean football community won a gold medal when it hosted the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. On the way to becoming champions, South Korea never lost.

As a result, the defeat of Malaysia was truly unexpected. Though South Korea U-23 national team successfully started the struggle at the 2018 Asian Games with great force. South Korea Under-23 national team showed courage as defending champions by bulldozing Bahrain six goals without reply.

Positive momentum failed to play in South Korea in the second match of Group E. Malaysia was able to lead two goals in the first half. A pair of goals from Ong Kim Swee's team was nested by Muhammad Safawi bin Rasid in the 5th and 45 + 1 minutes.

The South Korea U-23 national team was only able to reply one goal through Hwang Ui-jo's action in the 87th minute.