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1. South Korea advances to U-17 Asian Cup final..."Korea-Japan match" for the trophy South Korea's under-17 national soccer team defeated Uzbekistan in the semifinals of the Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup and reached the final to meet Japan. Our national team, led by head coach Byun Sung-hwan, beat Uzbekistan 1-0 with Baek In- woo's winning goal in the semifinals of the tournament at Patum Thani Stadium in Thailand today. At the beginning of the game, Korea continued its difficult game by losing to Uzbekistan by 75 to 25 in the ball share category. Korea, which had blocked Uzbekistan's attack well, scored the first goal in the 31st minute of the first half. In a free-kick opportunity obtained near the opponent's penalty line, Baek In-woo, who played as a kicker, kicked strongly with his right foot and scored the winning goal that was sucked into the corner of the goal. Our under-17 national soccer team, which kept this goal well to the end, defeated Uzbekistan 1-0 to reach the final of the tournament. Our under-17 national soccer team will clash with Japan for the trophy, which came up after beating Iran 3-0 at 9 p.m. on the 2nd of next month. This is the first time to face Japan in the final of this tournament. ????? Our country has won this competition twice in 1986 and 2002.