Korea wins Women’s U17 WC title; no report from news wires
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South Korea won their first World Cup title on Sunday after a thrilling penalty shoot-out victory over Japan at the U17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.
The teams were tied 3-3 after 120 minutes, and again went 4-4 in the penalty shoot-out. In an extra-round penalty, Japan’s sixth kicker rattled the crossbar, and Jang Sel-gi comfortably converted the penalty to claim the country’s first ever FIFA trophy.
Based on previous meetings between the two East Asian sides, not to mention, the history between them, the grand finale of the U17 World Cup promised to be a tough contest with both playing in their first final of a global women’s competition.
Korea started the game brightly, taking a 1-0 lead in six minutes into the first half thanks to Lee Jung-eun’s brilliant long-range drive which billowed into the top right corner of the net.
But only five minutes later Japan bounced back with Hikaru Naomoto’s thrilling long-range shot. In the 17th minutes, Japan went 2-1 up. Yoko Tanaka unleashed a cracking shot from 30 meters into the back of the net.
However, Kim Areum leveled the score just before the end of the first half with a delicious free-kick from outside of the box which curled into the top right hand corner.
In the second half, Japan dominated the game while the Koreans were having trouble getting the ball.
The Japanese took the lead again in the 57th minute. Yoko Tanaka beat the two defenders in side the box before sliding a low cross from left corner into the net.
The best moment of the game, however, came in the 79 minute, when the substitute Lee So-dam thundered the ball from 35 meters which rocked into the back of the net past the goalie.
After the goalless extra 30 minutes, the game went into a penalty shoot-out. Japan took the advantage as Korea’s first kicker Jung-eun saw her shoot saved by the goalie. But Japan’s second kicker Wada flew the ball just wide the bar.
Japan sixth kicker Muramatsu hit the crossbar before the heroin of the night Jang Sel-gi successfully converted the penalty to edge out the arch rival on Sunday to become the champions at a FIFA-governed competition for the first time in their history.
Meanwhile, except for the Trinidad Guardian and Trinidad & Tobago Express, no foreign newspaper or sports magazine has written a report about the match.
All the major foreign news wire services including AP, AFP, Reuters did not produce any news article about the game results as of 2:16 p.m., demonstrating strangely little attention toward the U17 World Cup.
By Oh Kyu-wook (596story@heraldm.com)
The teams were tied 3-3 after 120 minutes, and again went 4-4 in the penalty shoot-out. In an extra-round penalty, Japan’s sixth kicker rattled the crossbar, and Jang Sel-gi comfortably converted the penalty to claim the country’s first ever FIFA trophy.
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| South Korea's captain Kim Areum (right) celebrates with Lim Ha-young after scoring a goal against Japan during the final of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Sunday. (AP-Yonhap News) |
Based on previous meetings between the two East Asian sides, not to mention, the history between them, the grand finale of the U17 World Cup promised to be a tough contest with both playing in their first final of a global women’s competition.
Korea started the game brightly, taking a 1-0 lead in six minutes into the first half thanks to Lee Jung-eun’s brilliant long-range drive which billowed into the top right corner of the net.
But only five minutes later Japan bounced back with Hikaru Naomoto’s thrilling long-range shot. In the 17th minutes, Japan went 2-1 up. Yoko Tanaka unleashed a cracking shot from 30 meters into the back of the net.
However, Kim Areum leveled the score just before the end of the first half with a delicious free-kick from outside of the box which curled into the top right hand corner.
In the second half, Japan dominated the game while the Koreans were having trouble getting the ball.
The Japanese took the lead again in the 57th minute. Yoko Tanaka beat the two defenders in side the box before sliding a low cross from left corner into the net.
The best moment of the game, however, came in the 79 minute, when the substitute Lee So-dam thundered the ball from 35 meters which rocked into the back of the net past the goalie.
After the goalless extra 30 minutes, the game went into a penalty shoot-out. Japan took the advantage as Korea’s first kicker Jung-eun saw her shoot saved by the goalie. But Japan’s second kicker Wada flew the ball just wide the bar.
Japan sixth kicker Muramatsu hit the crossbar before the heroin of the night Jang Sel-gi successfully converted the penalty to edge out the arch rival on Sunday to become the champions at a FIFA-governed competition for the first time in their history.
Meanwhile, except for the Trinidad Guardian and Trinidad & Tobago Express, no foreign newspaper or sports magazine has written a report about the match.
All the major foreign news wire services including AP, AFP, Reuters did not produce any news article about the game results as of 2:16 p.m., demonstrating strangely little attention toward the U17 World Cup.
By Oh Kyu-wook (596story@heraldm.com)
