The men's national football team, which advanced to the finals by defeating China yesterday (September 30), will challenge for its fourth consecutive gold medal against Japan the day after tomorrow.
Seniors who previously achieved golden glory have sent a relay of cheers to their juniors.
As the first half ended 1-1 with Lee Young-jun finishing Eom Ji-sung's sharp corner kick with a high-rising header, Son Heung-min, the captain of the senior national team known as the Myungbo-ho (or national team) preparing for a friendly match against Venezuela in Ulsan, could not take his eyes off the juniors' match screen.
[Son Heung-min / National Football Team Captain: It's a relief we scored a goal before the first half ended. Our (Eom) Ji-sung needs to win a gold medal….]
Even after pouring out heavy sweat, he first checked the Asian Games results,
[Hwang In-beom / National Football Team Midfielder: What's the score? (It's 2-1.)]
A relay of cheers unfolded from seniors who previously secured three consecutive gold medals.
Starting with Lee Jae-sung, a key player in the victory at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games,
[Lee Jae-sung (2014 Gold Medalist): I hope they can carry on the good energy.]
Seniors who defeated Japan in the finals for two consecutive recent tournaments infused "golden energy" ahead of the "final Korea-Japan match" the day after tomorrow.
[Song Bum-keun (2018 Gold Medalist): There is only one step left now...]
[Son Heung-min (2018 Gold Medalist): I will cheer from afar so that you can achieve great results.]
[Song Min-gyu (2022 Gold Medalist): I hope you win and bring home the gold, juniors.]
[Choi Jun (2022 Gold Medalist) · Son Heung-min (2018 Gold Medalist) · Hwang In-beom (2018 Gold Medalist): Fighting!]
(Video Editing: Lee Seung-jin, Design: Taeyoung)
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