In the first attack in the second minute, the Japanese Olympic team scored with a calm shot by Uchino in the penalty area, after a dribbling effort and an assist from his teammate on the left wing.
It was thought that an early goal would help the team from the land of the rising sun comfortably deploy the overwhelming game against Korea. However, the Japanese Olympic team suddenly slowed down and lost control of the game to the Korean Olympic team. As a result, they let the Korean Olympia score the equalizer in the 28th minute.
After captain Park Seung-ho's efforts to dribble and finish, the ball was hung up for Jeong Woo-yeong to jump high and head the ball into the Japanese net, leveling the score at 1-1.
After the equalizer, both the Korean and Japanese Olympics proactively slowed down their competition. This left the remaining time of the first half with almost no notable opportunities.
Entering the second half, the Korean Olympic team soon scored the second goal in the 55th minute. From a breakthrough dribbling situation by the Korean Olympic midfielder, the ball messyly came to Cho Young-wook's position for this player to finish close to the goal and hit the Japanese net for the second time.
The second goal helped the Korean Olympic team play more excitedly. Meanwhile, the Japanese Olympic team, despite their efforts, still showed a deadlock in approaching the Korean goal.
The game was certainly maintained by the Korean Olympic team until the end of the match, thereby winning 2-1 against Japan.
This victory helped the Korean Olympic team successfully defend the gold medal in men's football at the 19th ASIAD this year. Japanese athletes won silver medals.
Previously, Uzbekistan Olympic with a 4-0 victory over Hong Kong Olympic (China) won the bronze medal for the 3rd place team in the final.
