The soccer team, Bentuho, who continues to prepare for the Qatar World Cup finals against a South American team, exposed defensive anxiety and drew hard with Paraguay.
The national football team, led by coach Paulo Bento, drew 2-2 in a friendly match against Paraguay at the Suwon World Cup Stadium.
South Korea conceded two goals to Miguel Almiron of Paraguay in the 23rd minute and 5th minute of the second half, and after chasing a free kick from Son Heung-min in the 21st minute of the second half, Jung Woo-young's dramatic equalizer in extra time saved them from defeat.
The match against Paraguay is the third of four matches in June A match of the national football team, following Brazil (5-1 loss) on the 2nd and Chile (2-0 win) on the 6th, and the last match against the South American team.
Bentuho is accumulating experience against a South American team in preparation for the match against Uruguay, the first match of the Qatar World Cup group stage.
Paraguay was ranked 50th in the FIFA rankings (29th in Korea), and did not qualify for the finals as they were only 8th out of 10 countries in the Qatar World Cup South America qualifier.
The history of match A between Korea and Paraguay was 2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
After losing 3-1 at the Hong Kong Lunar New Year Tournament in February 1986, their first match, South Korea recorded 2 wins, 4 draws, and no losses.
Paraguay lost 4-1 in the evaluation match against Japan in Hokkaido, Japan, on the 2nd day before their visit to Korea.
Coach Bento faced Paraguay in a 4-1-3-2 formation with Son Heung-min and Hwang Ui-jo at the forefront.
In the second line, Na Sang-ho, Hwang In-beom, and Kwon Chang-hoon were placed.
Baek Seung-ho took the place of midfielder Jung Woo-young (Al Sadd), who left the national team after playing only against Chile due to muscle injuries in his left ankle and shin.
The back line was made up of Jinsoo Kim, Youngkwon Kim, Seunghyeon Jeong, and Moonhwan Kim, and the goalkeeper Gloves were worn by Hyunwoo Jo.
In the first half, Korea scored zero with Son Heung-min and Hwang In-beom's shots, but after the middle, the pressure loosened and Paraguay often allowed counterattacks.
Then, in the 23rd minute of the first half, he exposed a loophole in defense and consecrated the opening goal.
The ball blocked by the opponent in midfield was quickly connected into the penalty area through Derlys Gonzalez.
Afterwards, a quick recovery goal was needed, but the national team's attack was not sharp enough to break through Paraguay's thick defensive wall.
In the 39th minute of the first half, Kim Jin-soo shook the net during a door-to-door fight at the free kick opportunity, but it was declared offside.
In the first half, Korea Republic attempted five shots, but failed to score a single shot on target.
At the start of the second half, the national team, which replaced right fullback Kim Moon-hwan, conceded an additional goal in 5 minutes.
In Paraguay's counterattack situation, Almiron, who took over the ball from Gonzalez, wound up with his left foot from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball was sucked into the upper left corner of the Korean goal.
In the 15th minute of the second half, coach Bento summoned Na Sang-ho and Baek Seung-ho at the same time, and Um Won-sang and Kim Jin-gyu tried to find a clue to the attack.
And in the 21st minute of the second half, he started a counterattack with the solver Son Heung-min.
Heung-Min Son took a free kick that Hwang Ui-Jo took due to an opponent's foul right in front of the penalty tee, and Heung-Min Son took it with his right foot and put it in the upper left corner of Paraguay's goal.
It is Son Heung-min's two consecutive goals, who scored a goal from a free kick from a similar position against Chile, which was his 100th appearance in match A.
Son Heung-min scored his 33rd goal in A-match, placing him in fourth place with Kim Jae-han and Lee Dong-guk in the Korean player's all-time A-match scoring list.
Korea immediately replaced Kim Jin-soo with Hong Chul, and in the 29th minute of the second half, Kwon Chang-hoon and Hwang Ui-jo were replaced by 23-year-old strikers Jung Woo-young (Freiburg) and Cho Kyu-seong.
And the members who were replaced in the 48th minute of the second half, when defeat was getting darker, jointly equalized the goal.
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Wonsang Um ran to the right of the goal area with a pass from Kim Young-kwon and connected it with a non-stop cross, and Woo-young Jung rushed into the door and kicked it with his right foot, resulting in a dramatic draw.
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