Asian Cup 2019: Qatar 1-0 South Korea: 3 takeaways

#3 Korea attacked through the left flank primarily, but the Qatari defence held firm

Kim Jin Su

Korea made most of their attacks through the left flank only, and their left-back Kim Jin-Su was brilliant in his overlaps. Moreover, Son-Heung-Min, Korea’s talismanic captain, also cut in from the left flank frequently to keep troubling the Qatari defenders. Qatar’s Bassam Hisham had a great match yesterday and managed to keep the Korean forwards at bay.

Korea managed to win some corners in the last 10-15 minutes of the match and one of their free-kicks also came off the post. On another occasion, Qatar’s goalkeeper denied Son by saving his shot from inside the penalty box.

Qatar’s defenders defended desperately to prevent the Koreans from getting the equalizer. Bento made some late substitutions and Korea managed to find the net once, but that goal was rightly ruled out offside. Qatar managed to hold onto their lead and sneak out a memorable victory.