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First, the baseball semi-final, Sookmyung's Korea-Japan match will be held tomorrow (4th) evening.

The losing team in this match still has a chance to go to the finals, but it is still a battle in which their pride is at stake.

As far as the Olympics, our baseball has never lost to Japan.



Correspondent Yoo Seong-jae from Tokyo reported.



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After an overtime match last night, Japan defeated the United States in an overtime match and met Korea in the semifinals.



The Japanese media all at once delivered the news of a dramatic come-back victory, expressing anticipation for the final match between Korea and Japan.




After a bloody battle over the past two days, our squad took a day off today to replenish their stamina.



Manager Kim Kyung-moon predicted Ko Young-pyo as the starting pitcher for the Korea-Japan match.



In the last game against the United States, Koh Young-pyo recorded four runs in the five two-outs.



The Japanese starter is Yamamoto, an ace called 'Mini Otani'.



He is a top-notch pitcher with a high speed ball with a maximum speed of 158 km/h and a forkball with a speed of 140 km/h, leading the Japanese league with multiple wins and strikeouts.



In the Premier 12 final two years ago, he showed an overwhelming pitch against our hitters, and in the opening game of this tournament, he also held the Dominican Republic without a score of six innings.



The shoulders of our hitters who are looking for a sense of hitting are heavy.



[Kang Baek-ho / National Baseball Team: I can repay you a little more and we can definitely win, because I will try my best to do a little bit more.]



Japan had a light training a while ago and prepared for a decisive battle.



[Inaba/Japanese national team coach: (Korea) keeps changing pitchers, and batters seem to get better as they play games.] At the



2008 Beijing Olympics, Korean baseball is based on two dramatic victories over Japan. reached the top with



We look forward to seeing history repeat itself after 13 years.



(Video coverage: Han Cheol-min, Moon Hyun-jin, video editing: Oh Young-taek)    



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