Goals and highlights: Italy 2-1 South Korea in World Cup U-20 2023

Match ends. Italy 2-1 South Korea.

Yellow card for Faticanti.

The referee adds six minutes to the match.

Yellow card for Hyubin Park.

GOAL ITALY! Scored by Pafundi.

Italy: Baldanzi and Esposito are out; Fontanarosa and Pafundi are in;

Final stretch of the match. Everything seems to indicate that we will have extra time.

Joonhog punches away Baldanzi's free kick;

Yellow card for Kim Jisoo

Italy: Zanotti out, Faticanti in

Seungwon takes a first-time shot straight at goal, but Desplanches pushes the ball away for the defense to deflect.

South Korea: Kim Yonghak is out; Lee Jihan is in.

Silent review that does not concede a goal for Italy.

ITALY CLOSE TO SCORING! The ball seems to have gone in, and the Korean goalkeeper has already pulled the ball out from the inside;

Giovane's close-range shot is blocked by the Korean goalkeeper in the middle of the area, but no one is able to score on the rebound.

The second half begins.

First half ends. Italy 1-1 South Korea.

Yellow card for Zanotti.

Esposito's deflected header misses a great scoring opportunity;

The referee adds seven minutes to the first half.

BIG MISS! Lee Young found a ball inside the six-yard box where he took a first-time shot, but it went over the top of the goal.

Final stretch of the match. Both teams are playing cautiously in their areas to avoid going into the halftime break without a disadvantage.

Yellow card for Ambrosino.

GIOVANE AGAIN! The Italian looked for the near post and his shot went just wide of the post.

We reached the half-hour mark. Italy continues its relentless pursuit of regaining the lead.

CLOSE ITALY! Giovane close to scoring the second goal after a shot on goal.

GOAL SOUTH KOREA! Scored by Lee Seungwon.

The referee awards a penalty kick in favor of South Korea.

Referee goes to VAR to verify a possible penalty for South Korea

GOAL ITALY! Scored by Cesare Casadei.

Baldanzi's shot on goal is blocked by the goalkeeper
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The match starts!

Kim Joonhog, Choi Seokhyun, Park Hyubin, Kim Yonghak, Lee Seungwon, Lee Youngjun, Bae Junho, Choi Yehoon, Kang Sangyoon, Cho Youngkwang, Kim Jisoo.

Sebastiano Desplanches; Riccardo Turicchia, Daniele Ghilardi, Gabriele Guarino, Mattia Zanotti; Cesare Casadei, Matteo Prati, Samuel Giovane; Tommaso Baldanzi; Giuseppe Ambrosino, Francesco Pio Esposito.

The opponent that will face either Italy or South Korea has been determined. Uruguay's U-20 national team qualified for the Grand Final of this World Cup after defeating Israel by the narrowest of margins, thanks to a goal by Anderson Duarte.

For its part, the Asian team will play in the semifinals of the U20 World Cup for the second consecutive tournament, having reached the final in Poland 2019 but without succeeding in winning the title.

Interestingly, the Italian national team has reached the semifinals for the third consecutive time in this World Cup division. And it will be against Korea where they will try to achieve what they could not in their other participations: to advance to the final of the U-20 World Cup.

For this Semifinal match, the Italian and Korean national teams will be able to count on their full squad as there are no injuries or suspensions.

All set! The Italian and South Korean teams have already arrived at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium for the semifinal of the U-20 World Cup.

There is only one precedent of this confrontation between Italy and South Korea in the Under 20 division, this match played by both teams was in the 1981 World Cup where they faced each other in the first day of their group and ended in a resounding defeat in favor of the Asians by a score of 1-4.

The stadium that will host this semifinal match between Italy and South Korea will be the Estadio Ciudad de la Plata, also known as Estadio Único Diego Armando Maradona. This stadium is located in the city of La Plata, Argentina, and has a capacity of 53 thousand spectators.

All set! We are just under an hour away from the start of the FIFA U-20 World Cup semifinal between Italy and South Korea, and both teams have reached this stage in order to reach the Grand Final that has long been denied them. Both teams have reached this stage in order to reach the Grand Final that has long been denied them. Who will advance to the final of the World Cup today? Follow our coverage on VAVEL USA.

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Sebastiano Desplanches; Riccardo Turicchia, Daniele Ghilardi, Gabriele Guarino, Mattia Zanotti; Cesare Casadei, Matteo Prati, Samuel Giovane; Tommaso Baldanzi; Giuseppe Ambrosino, Francesco Pio Esposito.

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.

The center referee for this match between Italy and South Korea will be Yael Falcón Pérez; Maximiliano Del Yesso, first line; Facundo Rodríguez, second line; Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour, fourth assistant.

On the other hand, South Korea also qualified to the Round of 16 as second place with 5 points, but from Group F, which was shared with Gambia, France and Honduras.This team has been a great surprise in this U-20 World Cup, and did not secure their pass to the next round of the group until the last day where they left out a contender team such as France. South Korea reached the round of 16 playing a great game where they took a two-goal lead in the first half and thus defeated the Ecuadorian team. In the quarterfinals, the Asian team beat Nigeria thanks to a goal by Seok-Hyeon Choi in the first half of extra time to seal their place in the semifinals of this U-20 World Cup.

The Italian national team has had a great pace in this U20 World Cup as they have only lost one match in the whole tournament. The Italians shared group D with the power of the Brazilian National Team, Nigeria and Dominican Republic. Italy left a good taste in the results of their group phase and took second place in their sector with 6 points, registering two wins, and a loss that they sold quite expensive against Nigeria by 2-0. Thanks to the goal difference, the Azzurri were able to reach the round of 16, defeating England in a very even match that ended 1-2 in favor of the Italians. In their most recent match in the quarterfinals, Italy defeated Colombia by a score of 1-3, thanks to goals by Casadei, Baldanzi and Francesco Pio Esposito.

This year's tournament is about to come to an end with the grand finale already upon us, and it is nothing more and nothing less than one of the semifinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup played in Argentina. Italy and South Korea will face each other in this clash that promises to be intense and where both will seek to settle in the final to lift the World Cup. Will a historic team like Italy be able to get their ticket, or will South Korea pull off the upset? Everything you need to know is here at VAVEL USA.

The Italy - South Korea match will be played at the Ciudad de la Plata stadium, in La Plata, Argentina. Kick-off is scheduled at 5:00 pm (ET).
 

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