{"id":11908,"date":"2011-01-28T20:31:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T04:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/01\/28\/uzbekistan-2-3-korea-republic\/"},"modified":"2011-01-28T20:31:14","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T04:31:14","slug":"uzbekistan-2-3-korea-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2011\/01\/28\/uzbekistan-2-3-korea-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan 2-3 Korea Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFC – DOHA, Ji Dong-won scored twice as Korea Republic finished third in the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011\u2122 with a highly-entertaining 3-2 win over Uzbekistan at the Al Sadd Stadium on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The win also secured an automatic place for the Taeguk Warriors at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in Australia.<\/p>\n

Koo ja-cheol had given the Koreans an early lead with his fifth goal of the tournament before Ji put them firmly in control with two goals in 11 minutes.<\/p>\n

With their 6-0 semi-final defeat at the hands of Australia still fresh in their minds, Uzbekistan fans must have feared the worst but Alexander Geynrikh struck either side of half-time to give the Central Asians hope. However, they were unable to conjure the crucial equaliser that would have sent the contest into extra time.<\/p>\n

Korea took the lead after 17 minutes when Lee Yong-rae broke forward before releasing Koo to bear down on goal and he kept his cool to beat Ignatiy Nesterov with a clinical finish.<\/p>\n

Odil Akhmedov then curled a long-range effort beyond Jung Sung-ryong’s far post before Korea doubled their lead in the 27th minute.<\/p>\n

Some incisive build-up play ended with Lee Chung-yong moving the ball on to Koo and he played in Ji on the far side of the box, allowing the forward the time and space to drill a powerful finish across Nesterov and into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n

Azizbek Haydarov’s driving run on the half-hour mark ended with a decent strike from 20 yards that Jung pushed around the post at full stretch before Ji sidefooted straight at Nesterov at the other end.<\/p>\n

But Korea went three goals in front after 38 minutes when Ji met a cross from the right with a leaping header near the penalty spot that beat Nesterov’s despairing dive on its way into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

However, Uzbekistan were handed a way back into the game two minutes before the interval when Hwang Jae-won pulled down Timur Kapadze just inside the box.<\/p>\n

Geynrikh stepped up to take the penalty and his audacious chip sent Jung the wrong way as it floated into the back of the net. Unfortunately for the midfielder, a retake was ordered due to encroachment so he opted to blast the ball past the Korean keeper at the second time of asking.<\/p>\n

Geynrikh then halved the deficit with a fine individual effort in the 52nd minute. After superbly bringing down a cross from the left on the edge of the box, he turned Lee Jung-soo inside out before dispatching a low finish past Jung at his near post.<\/p>\n

Ji was inches away from connecting with Lee Young-pyo’s low cross in the 61st minute and five minutes later was unfortunate to see a low shot from the edge of the area come back of the post.<\/p>\n

Geynrikh then produced some silky skills and after linking with Server Djeparov, fired just over from distance as Uzbekistan pressed for an equaliser but were unable to breach a determined Korean backline for a third time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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