{"id":54632,"date":"2026-03-03T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=54632"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:56:11","slug":"afc-womens-asian-cup-2026-south-korea-defeats-iran-in-group-opener-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2026\/03\/03\/afc-womens-asian-cup-2026-south-korea-defeats-iran-in-group-opener-video\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup 2026: South Korea defeats Iran in group opener [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outlook &#8211; GOLD COAST, <strong>South Korea opened their Group A campaign with a commanding 3-0 victory over Iran at the Gold Coast Stadium. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a patient start against Iran\u2019s deep-lying five-woman defense, Choe Yu-ri broke the deadlock in the 37th minute, slamming home a rebound. <\/p>\n<p>The Taeguk Ladies doubled their lead in the second half through a Kim Hye-ri penalty before captain Ko Yoo-jin sealed the result with a powerful 75th-minute header. <\/p>\n<p>Boasting 80% possession and over 30 shots, South Korea\u2019s dominant display places them at the top of the group alongside Australia. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dream start for the 2022 finalists! | Korea Republic - IR Iran | Highlights | AFC Women&#039;s Asian Cup\u2122\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p_t8W8FuLFg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outlook &#8211; GOLD COAST, South Korea opened their Group A campaign with a commanding 3-0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":54633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,84,86,155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asian-cup","category-c47-featured-news","category-c13-team-melli-news","category-womens"],"views":923,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54634,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54632\/revisions\/54634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}