The Korean national football team, led by coach Paulo Bento, celebrated the first match of the year with a 5-1 victory.
South Korea, ranked 33rd in the FIFA ranking, defeated Iceland 5-1 in a friendly match held at Mardan Stadium in Antalya, Turkey today (15th).
Korea took the lead in the 15th minute with a right-footed shot from Jo Kyu-seong (Gimcheon) who received a pass from Kim Jin-gyu (Busan).
In the 24th minute of the first half, Kwon Chang-hoon (Kim Cheon) could not score a penalty kick taken by Kyu-seong Jo, but Chang-hoon Kwon scored the winning goal to make it 2-0 in the 27th minute, making up for the penalty kick failure.
Korea finished the first half with a 3-0 lead 3-0 with a powerful middle-range cannon from Baek Seung-ho (Jeonbuk) in the 29th minute of the first half, but conceded a goal to the opponent in the 9th minute of the second half, but Kim Jin-gyu scored in the 28th minute and Uhm Ji-sung in the 41st minute of the second half to score 4 goals in a row I won a complete victory.
Kim Jin-gyu, who made his A-match debut that day, made an outstanding performance with one goal and one assist.
Uhm Ji-sung, born in 2002, also scored goals in his A Match debut.
Jo Gyu-sung and Baek Seung-ho also scored their first goal in Match A, and the four people enjoyed the 'first score in Match A'.
Korea will play a friendly match against Moldova on the 21st at the same venue.
After that, on the 27th, an away to Lebanon in the 7th leg of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian qualifier is scheduled.
(Photo = provided by the Korea Football Association, Yonhap News)