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Our players had to struggle with the rough play of their opponents throughout the game. The Italians sometimes fouled openly, and the referee's whistle didn't blow well. Of course, the refereeing is part of the game, but even so, there were a lot of decisions that were particularly unfavorable to us.

Then there's Kim Hyung-yeol.

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Against our exhausted players who fought for 8 minutes in the quarter-finals and had only one short day of rest, Italy played with a wild play reminiscent of a martial arts.

Grabbing clothes and pushing them down was the norm, and there were several occasions when I held my feet high in the face and hit them with my arms.

Italy committed 120 fouls, more than twice as many as us, to throwing the ball at our player who fell due to foul play.



The actual fouls were much more than this.

This is because the Argentinian referee Perez often looked away from him in front of him.

[Lee Hwang-jae/SBS commentator: You use your elbow like that to hit your opponent's face, and the referee says he didn't see it, that's too much.]

In particular, during Lee Seung-won's shooting situation in the 26th minute of the second half, Gilardi turned away from Lee Young-joon for pushing him inside the penalty box,

and [Lee Jae-hyung/SBS Caster: If Gilardi hadn't pushed Lee Young-joon, the rebounded ball could have been shot, which is a pity.]

In the second half of extra time, from a good free-kick position, Pafundi pushed Bae Seo-joon openly and no foul was called, which was a 'problematic decision' that could have affected the outcome of the game.

[Kim Eun-joong/U-18 World Cup coach: I'm a little disappointed about the decision, but it's part of the game, so I want to say thank you to the players for giving their best.]

Even under such adverse conditions, our athletes did not lose their composure and fought for victory until the end, and the fighting spirit of the young Taeguk Warriors was even more valuable regardless of victory or defeat.

(Video Editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Lee Jae-joon)

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