National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yousef Yasem started the match with the kick off. Salah el Din Mammar Chaouche fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emmanuel Ramm having to interfere. When 김 민 came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the U21 South Korea fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 김 민 couldn't finish the play. Emmanuel Ramm made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lotfi Husam in the 12th minute. U21 South Korea's Emmanuel Ramm proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save U21 South Korea from getting a goal against them. When 김 민 came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the U21 South Korea fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 김 민 couldn't finish the play. After 29 minutes, 김 민 made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. U21 Lebanon's Ayoub Hamdi tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Emmanuel Ramm didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lotfi Husam went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 35 minutes into the match, 김 민 notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of U21 Lebanon's Ayoub Hamdi. Ayoub Hamdi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ayoub Hamdi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 김 민's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. When U21 South Korea's 김 민 in the 40th minute got a chance for a shot 40th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 Lebanon's goalie prevented a goal. Ayoub Hamdi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from A.J. Lee, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 김 민 struck a weak shot in the 47th minute. Ayoub Hamdi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 South Korea.

The wind increased when A.J. Lee made the kick off in the second half. After 53 minutes of play, U21 South Korea's 김 민 made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ayoub Hamdi was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 56th minute, 김 민 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zakour Jabalah in the 58th minute of play forced U21 South Korea's goalkeeper Emmanuel Ramm to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 played minutes U21 Lebanon got a freekick which was hit by Walid El Makhtoub. U21 South Korea's 이 진 was substituted for A.J. Lee. 김 민's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ayoub Hamdi firmly grabbed it by the left post. 김 민's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ayoub Hamdi firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 72nd play minutes 김 민 shot 1-4, a short shot which went by Ayoub Hamdi and just under the crossbar into goal. U21 South Korea made a substitution. 박 빈 replaced 박 배. 78 minutes into the match, U21 Lebanon's Salah el Din Mammar Chaouche broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Jonathan Paaps's late challenge caught a U21 South Korea's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonathan Paaps helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to U21 Lebanon getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Jonathan Paaps hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 김 민 in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ayoub Hamdi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that 김 민's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ayoub Hamdi was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 1-5 when 김 민 sped through U21 Lebanon's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ayoub Hamdi. In the 93rd minute, 이 진 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ayoub Hamdi. The goal made the score 1-6. When the match was over U21 South Korea could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U21 Lebanon throughout the match.