Korea were awarded a penalty in the 21st minute following a video review, as Mattia Zanotti was called for a foul inside the box for stepping on Bae Jun-ho's foot.Ĭaptain Lee Seung-won stepped up and beat goalkeeper Sebastiano Desplanches to the left to even the score at 1-1. It was Casedei's tournament-leading seventh goal. The Italian defender then teed it up for Cesare Casadei, who ripped his one-timer past goalkeeper Kim Joon-hong for a 1-0 Italy lead. Midfielder Park Hyun-bin was pushed into the left corner of his own zone, and his clearing attempt went off Lee Seung-won's leg and bounced toward Riccardo Turicchia. Italy opened the scoring in the 14th minute, capitalizing on a Korean turnover deep in the defensive zone. The teams traded a goal apiece in the first half. Italy's Simone Pafundi scores his side's second goal against Korea during a FIFA U-20 World Cup semifinal soccer match at Diego Maradona stadium in La Plata, Argentina, Thursday, June 8. The country captured the FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup title in 2010. Korea have never won a FIFA men's tournament. They finished as runners-up to Ukraine in the 2019 tournament, and the 2021 competition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was Korea's second straight appearance in the last four at the U-20 World Cup.
Korean captain Lee Seung-won had the team's lone goal on a first-half penalty.Ĭoached by Kim Eun-jung, Korea will take on Israel in the third-place match, back in La Plata, at 2:30 p.m.
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Simone Pafundi scored a free kick goal to break the deadlock in the 86th minute at La Plata Stadium in La Plata, eastern Argentina. Korea lost to Italy 2-1 in the semifinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Thursday, as they fell one win shy of a second straight trip to the championship match. Korea's Lee Seung-won, right, and Italy's Mattia Zanotti go for a header during a FIFA U-20 World Cup semifinal soccer match at Diego Maradona stadium in La Plata, Argentina, Thursday, June 8.
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