International Friendly

South Korea vs Uruguay 2023 International Friendly

South Korea
  • 51': Hwang In-Beom
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1 - 2
Uruguay
  • 10': Sebastián Coates
  • 63': Matías Vecino

Vecino pounces to hand South Korea first loss under new boss Klinsmann

Matias Vecino scored from close range in the second half as Uruguay beat South Korea to hand Jurgen Klinsmann his first loss as their coach.

Match Commentary

  • 10': Goal! Korea Republic 0, Uruguay 1. Sebastián Coates (Uruguay) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Federico Valverde with a cross following a corner.
  • 35': Substitution, Korea Republic. Son Jun-Ho replaces Jung Woo-Young because of an injury.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Korea Republic 0, Uruguay 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Korea Republic 0, Uruguay 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Uruguay. Felipe Carballo replaces Manuel Ugarte.
  • 51': Goal! Korea Republic 1, Uruguay 1. Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lee Ki-Je.
  • 61': Substitution, Uruguay. Matías Arezo replaces Maximiliano Gómez.
  • 61': Substitution, Uruguay. Agustín Canobbio replaces Facundo Torres.
  • 63': Goal! Korea Republic 1, Uruguay 2. Matías Vecino (Uruguay) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  • 70': Substitution, Korea Republic. Oh Hyeon-Gyu replaces Hwang Ui-Jo.
  • 81': Lee Kang-In (Korea Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Sebastián Coates (Uruguay) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Substitution, Uruguay. Matías Viña replaces Jonathan Rodríguez.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Korea Republic. Cho Gue-Sung replaces Lee Jae-Sung.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Korea Republic 1, Uruguay 2.

Game Information

Competition: International Friendly

Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 63,952

Statistics

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19 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 5
3 Corner Kicks 10
3 Saves 3
32.2 Possession 67.8
8 SHOTS 10
5 ON GOAL 4
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
178 Accurate Passes 463
262 Passes 545
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 6
10 Crosses 30
0.2 Cross % 0.2
53 Long Balls 68
18 Accurate Long Balls 40
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 2
13 Effective Tackles 7
20 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
5 Interceptions 4
28 Effective Clearances 11
28 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

KOR South Korea (4-4-2)

No. Name
21 Jo Hyeon-Woo (GK)
19 Kim Young-Gwon
4 Kim Min-Jae
2 Lee Ki-Je
23 Kim Tae-Hwan
5 Jung Woo-Young
6 Hwang In-Beom
10 Lee Jae-Sung
18 Lee Kang-in Yellow Card
7 Son Heung-Min
16 Hwang Ui-Jo
Substitutes:
Song Min-Kyu, Seol Young-Woo, Oh Hyun-Gyu, Son Jun-Ho, Kwon Chang-Hoon, Song Bum-Keun, Kwon Kyung-Won, Cho Gue-Sung, Paik Seung-Ho, Kim Moon-Hwan, Kim Seung-Gyu, Cho Yu-Min, Na Sang-Ho, Jeong Woo-Yeong.

URU Uruguay (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
23 Santiago Mele (GK)
19 Sebastián Coates
2 Santiago Bueno
22 Joaquín Piquerez
13 José Luis Rodríguez
15 Federico Valverde
5 Matías Vecino
6 Manuel Ugarte
18 Maximiliano Gómez
11 Jonathan Rodríguez
20 Facundo Torres
Substitutes:
Gastón Olveira, Douglas Arezo, Diego Hernández, Facundo Pellistri, Sebastián Cáceres, Mathías Olivera, Agustín Canobbio, Diego Rossi, Sergio Rochet, Felipe Carballo, Matías Viña, Giovanni González.

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