South Korea's women's national soccer team raised its hopes of advancing to the Olympic finals for the first time in history with a draw in a return match against North Korea, which lost in the Hangzhou Asian Games a month ago.

South Korea's national team, led by head coach Colin Bell, tied North Korea 0-0 in the second Group B match of the second Asian qualifying round for the 2024 Paris Olympics at Xiamen Egret Stadium in Fujian, China on the 29th.

South Korea, which won a great 10-1 victory over Thailand in the first round, secured a valuable point 1 against North Korea, which was also considered the strongest team in Group B of the Death Group, and maintained its lead in the group (4, 1 win, 1 draw, goal difference +9). It has the same point as second-ranked North Korea (1 win, 1 draw, goal difference +1), but it is ahead in goal difference. South Korea suffered a 1-4 upset loss to North Korea in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games about a month ago.

The second preliminary round in Asia for the Paris Olympics will be divided into three groups of four teams, with one of the best performers in each group and the second place in the group gathering to play the semifinals. Whether Korea will advance to the semifinals will be determined in the final group match against China at the same stadium on the 1st of next month.

Bell came up with a 3-4-1-2 tactic. Chun Ga-ram and mixed-race player Casey Eugene Fair went on a goal hunt with a two-top, and "Ace" Ji So-yeon supported them. Both wingbacks were Choo Hyo-joo, Lee Eun-young, and the three backs were Shim Seo-yeon, Lee Young-joo, and Kim Hye-ri. The goal was guarded by Jungmi Kim.

In the beginning of the game, North Korea led the game. In the 23rd minute of the first half, North Korea's Ri Hye-kyung's mid-range shot was blocked by Jungmi Kim, and in the 25th minute, Kim Kyung-young's header fortunately headed straight for Jungmi Kim. South Korea, which brought the flow at the end of the first half, created several threatening scenes. In the 35th minute of the first half, Jang Seul-ki broke through the gate by exchanging passes with Jeon Eun-ha, but it was regrettable that he was blocked by the opponent's tackle just before hitting the shot.

With North Korea taking the flow again in the second half, Bell changed the attack by putting Son Hwa-yeon with good speed instead of fair in the 6th minute of the second half. In the 24th minute of the second half, Kang Chae-rim and Lee Geum-min were put in place of Jeon Eun-ha and Cheon Garam. 스포츠토토

South Korea's solid defense shone more brightly than North Korea's attack, which did not let go of the initiative. When North Korea rarely entered South Korea's dangerous area, it tapped the South Korean goal with mid-range shots by Hong Sung-ok and Ri Jong-geum, but was blocked by Jungmi Kim.