Argentina 2023: South Korea defeats hard fighting Nigeria after extra time

By Ed Emeanua

Flying Eagles succumbed to a lone goal defeat to South Korea U-20 side to bounce out in the quarter-finals stage of the ongoing FIFA 2023 U-20 World Cup in Argentina.

Seok-Hyun Choi flicked-in his header from a corner kick feed to open the scoring for Korea in the 95th minute of the game after full time had ended on a stalemate.

Nigeria fought back gamely but poor finishing continued to be their bane just as it proved to be all through the first and second half of a match that Flying Eagles clearly dominated.

The Koreans retired for the end of the first stanza of extra time holding on to their lead. The second half of extra time commenced with the Nigerians again looking for the leveler.

XI Nigeria

21 Chijioke Aniagboso, 5 Abel Ogwuche, 12 Benjamin Fredrick, 3 Solomon Agbalaka, 6 Daniel Bameyi, 4 Daniel Daga, 8 Tochukwu Nnadi, 10 Victor Eletu, 9 Salim Lawal, 15 Jude Sunday, 11 Ibrahim Muhammad.

Nigeria substitutes

1 Nathaniel Nwosu 17 Kahinde Ibrahim

16 John Utoblo

20 Joshua John

14 Ibrahim Abdullahi

13 Israel Domingo

18 Samson Lawal

19 Umeh Emmanuel

2 Augustine Njoku

XI South Korea

1 Kim Joon-Hong, 20 Kim Ji-Soo, 4 Choi Seok-Hyun, 19 Bae Seo-Joon, 2 Park Chang-Woo, 14 Kang Sang-Yun, 5 Lee Chan-Ouk, 11 Kang Seong-Jin, 7 Kim Yong-Hak, 9 Lee Young-Jun, 8 Lee Seung-Won.