AFC Asian Cup Final 2015: Australia 2-1 South Korea | All goals | 호주 2-1 한국 HD
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31-1-2015
Asian Nations Cup Australia 2015 (
Final)
Australia 2-1
South Korea
Massimo Luongo
2015 호주 아시안컵
호주 2-1 한국
손흥 민
نهائي كأس أمم آسيا 2015
أستراليا 2-1 كوريا الجنوبية
(Reuters) -
Substitute James Troisi scored halfway through extra time to give tournament hosts Australia their maiden
Asian Cup title with a 2-1 victory over South Korea in a pulsating final on Saturday.
South Korea's
Son Heung-min scored in stoppage time at the end of 90 minutes to send the match into the extra half an hour, cancelling out Massimo Luongo's strike on the stroke of halftime.
It was just before another break with 105 minutes on the clock that Troisi put the ball into the net from close range to make Australia champions of
Asia nine years after they switched from the
Oceania confederation.
Former
World Cup semi-finalists South Korea had ridden their mean defence to a first Asian Cup final since
1988 but despite being the better side for much of thee match came up short in their bid for a first title in 55 years.
Luongo's goal was the first they had conceded in the tournament and for most of the second half it looked the goal-shyness which characterised the start of their campaign had returned to haunt them.
With regulation time running out, though, substitute Han
Kook Young dispossessed
Trent Sainsbury on the edge of the box and
Lee Jeong-hyeop fed the ball to Son who stroked it into the net under the challenge of two defenders.
Australia had come out to attack as coach
Ange Postecoglou had promised but in frenetic start to the match, the
South Koreans showed they had threats up front too.
Son had his sights set just too high in the second and 37th minutes and Luongo was on hand to block his shot after
Cha Du-ri's charge down the right wing in the 38th.
Seven minutes later and Luongo was down the other end to take
Sainsbury's through ball with a deft touch and lash it into the back of the net from 25 metres.
The lead was barely deserved but that did not stop the green-and-gold clad majority of the sellout crowd of 76,385 at
Stadium Australia celebrating in a frenzy.
South Korea pressed forward in search of an equaliser but were grateful for goalkeeper
Kim Jin-hyeon for a fine save from
Mathew Leckie on the hour mark, as they had been in the first half when he stopped a
Tim Cahill shot.
After Son's goal had provided a dramatic conclusion to normal time and sent the match into the extra half hour, Kim was again on hand to intercept Luongo's cross with
Socceroos lining up to put it into the net.
Five minutes later, though,
Tomi Juric nutmegged
Kim Jin-su on the edge of the box and Kim was only able to push the striker's cross into the path of Troisi, who smashed the ball into the open goal.
한국 축구대표팀은 31일 호주 시드니 스타디움 오스트레일리아에서 열린 2015 아시아축구연맹(
AFC) 아시안컵 결승전에서 연장 전반 추가시간에 나온 제임스 트로이시의 결승골로 2-1로 졌다.
한국은 전반 45분 마시모 루옹고에게 선제골을 내준 뒤 후반 막판까지 만회하지 못해 패색이 짙었지만 후반 추가시간에 터진 손흥민의 극적인 동점골로 승부를 연장까지 끌고가는 뒷심을 보였다. 하지만 연장 전반에 나온 밀리건의 2선 침투를 막아내지 못하고 분루를 뿌렸다.
이어 전반 37분에는 차두리의 활발한 오버래핑으로 오른쪽 측면을 뚫은 뒤 손흥민에게 패스가 전달됐다. 손흥민의 슛은 루옹고의 발을 맞고 바깥으로 나갔다.
전반이 그대로 끝날 것처럼 보이던 45분에 기습적인 루옹고의 골이 나왔다. 제이슨 데이비슨의 스로인 상황에서 마크 밀리건과 트렌트 세인스버리를 거친 공이 루옹고에게 연결됐다.
그 순간 중앙 미드필더와 중앙 수비수 사이의 공간이 열려있었다. 루옹고의 슛은 그대로 이 사이를 뚫었고 김진현이 빠르게 반응했지만 골망 오른쪽 구석을 흔들었다.
▲ 손흥민이 31일 호주 시드니 스타디움 오스트레일리아에서 열린 호주와 2015 AFC 아시안컵 결승전에서 후반 추가시간 극적인 동점골을 터뜨린 뒤 환하게 웃고 있다. [사진=뉴시스]
승부를 극적으로 연장으로 끌고가는데 성공한 한국은 장현수가 다리에 경련이 생겨 움직임이 크게 둔화되면서 어려움을 겪었다. 수비 공백을 막아내기 위해 곽태휘를 내리고 장현수를 최전방으로 올리기도 했다.