London2012.com, 10 August 2012
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| Republic of Korea players celebrate after defeating Japan during the men's Football bronze medal play-off match between on Day 14. |
Arsenal's
Park Chuyoung set them on their way with a superb solo effort in the 38th
minute before captain Koo Jacheol sealed the win 11 minutes into the second
half.
Japan
enjoyed plenty of possession but found it tough to break down a well-organised
Korean defence.
Republic of
Korea captain Koo was heavily involved from the off and had a penalty appeal
waved away when he went down far too easily with Hiroki Sakai in close
attendance.
It took
almost half-an-hour for the first shot on target, with Jung Sungryong
unconvincingly parrying Hiroshi Kiyotake's low shot.
Sakai
headed over from a corner for Japan, but it was Republic of Korea who took the
lead when Park seized on a poor defensive header to brilliantly turn Daisuke
Suzuki and fire low beyond Shuichi Gonda.
Yuki Otsu
crafted a great chance to level early in the second half, but he scuffed his
shot after neat interplay with Keigo Higashi.
And the
miss was punished a few seconds later when Sunderland's Ji Dongwon flicked on
goalkeeper Jung's long ball downfield to allow Koo to shoot across Gonda into
the net.
It was
almost 3-0 just short of the hour but Gonda managed to tip Kim Bokyung's
curling effort onto the post.
Japan
pushed forward in search of a way back into the game, but their hopes of
setting up a tense finish ended when Yoshida's header was ruled out for a block
on Jung with three minutes to go.
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