The South Korean national soccer team had a friendly soccer match in Abu Dhabi, UAE on November 11th. According to previous matches with the Brazilian soccer team, among six matches, the South Korean national team only won one game but lost most of the matches. So, most people and the Korean soccer coach expected that the South Korean national team would be defeated by the Brazilian national team. Before the match, in an interview with Gwon Chang-Hoon, the South Korean soccer player said that the match would be a good experience for the Korean team.

▲ Brazilian soccer players who play in soccer game.

▲ Korean soccer players who play in soccer game.

The match began at 10:30. After 8 minutes, Brazilian player, Lucas Paqueta, scored the first goal by the header. Lodi gave a chance to score a goal for Lucas Paqueta. Thirty-five minutes later after starting the match, Phillippe Countinho scored the second goal of the match again by a free-kick. The South Korean goalkeeper, Joe Hyeon Woo tried to block the shot, but it was not easy. The Korean national team also had many chances to score, but all the shots were blocked by Alisson, a Brazilian goalkeeper. In the second half, Danilo scored the third goal. He made a powerful shot, and the shot got into the net of South Korea. The South Korean goalkeeper tried to block the shot and touched the ball, but the shot was so powerful that he could not block the ball completely. The match was over with the score of 0:3. Although the South Korean national team was defeated by the Brazilian national team, the overall athletic performance was good.

▲ Korean, Brazilian soccer players who played in game.

The soccer coach of the South Korean national team, Paulo Bento, said that the match was not bad, and the Korean national team seemed to need reinforcement of defenders for the soccer team. Also, Son Heung Min, the captain of the team, said that the result was a little disappointing compared with the overall contents of the match.