Soccer U-21 team loses 1-2 to Côte d'Ivoire in second friendly match

Soccer U-21 team loses 1-2 to Côte d'Ivoire in second friendly match

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The Korean U-21 national soccer team lost to Côte d'Ivoire in the second match of the 'Maurice Rivello International

Friendly Tournament', suffering two consecutive losses.

The Korean national team, led by coach Choi Jae-young of Sunmoon University, lost 1-2 to Côte d'Ivoire in the second

match of Group A held in Fos-sur-Mer, France on the 5th (local time).

Korea, which lost 0-2 in its first match against Saudi Arabia, has recorded two losses. Korea will face France on the 8th

and Mexico on the 안전 11th.

Korea, which started with a 4-4-2 tactic, gave up the first goal to Côte d'Ivoire's Christie Wawa in the 12th minute of the

first half, and then gave up an additional goal to Patrick Mathieu in the 27th minute of the second half.

Korea avoided defeat when Hong Yong-jun (Myongji University), who was brought in as a substitute, scored a goal with a

mid-range left-footed shot in added time in the second half.

The Maurice Rivello International Friendly Tournament, known as the 'Toulon Cup', was attended by teams aged 20 to 23

from 10 countries, including Korea, this year.

This competition, in which teams aged 20-23 from 10 countries participate, will be divided into two groups of five teams

each and play a group stage.

The top two teams from each group advance to the finals, and the remaining teams play in a ranking match.