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Highlights
Key moments
- 7:00 PM ET97'FT
- 7:00 PM ET96'Yellow card
- 6:52 PM ET88'Yellow card
- 6:48 PM ET86'Goal by Pafundi
- 6:30 PM ET68'Yellow card
- 6:08 PM ET46'Second half
- 5:52 PM ET45+7'HT
- 5:49 PM ET45+4'Yellow card
- 5:43 PM ET39'Yellow card
- 5:26 PM ET23'Goal by Lee Seungwon
- 5:21 PM ET19'PENALTY
- 5:20 PM ET16'VAR
- 5:16 PM ET14'Goal by Cesare Casadei
FT
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!
GOAL ITALY! Scored by Pafundi.
Substitution
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
Substitution
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.
Substitution
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.
HT
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!
GOAL SOUTH KOREA! Scored by Lee Seungwon.
PENALTY
The referee awards a penalty kick in favor of South Korea.
VAR
Referee goes to VAR to verify a possible penalty for South Korea
GOAL!
GOAL ITALY! Scored by Cesare Casadei.
Baldanzi's shot on goal is blocked by the goalkeeper
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The match starts!
Lineup South Korea
Kim Joonhog, Choi Seokhyun, Park Hyubin, Kim Yonghak, Lee Seungwon, Lee Youngjun, Bae Junho, Choi Yehoon, Kang Sangyoon, Cho Youngkwang, Kim Jisoo.%2014_48_15.png)
Lineup Italy
Sebastiano Desplanches; Riccardo Turicchia, Daniele Ghilardi, Gabriele Guarino, Mattia Zanotti; Cesare Casadei, Matteo Prati, Samuel Giovane; Tommaso Baldanzi; Giuseppe Ambrosino, Francesco Pio Esposito.%2014_45_49.png)
The other finalist
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.
Data South Korea
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.
Data Italy
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.
Absences
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.
They’ve arrived!
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.
Background
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
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.
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We begin!
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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