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Taiwan women's football team loses to South Korea in extra time, misses East Asian Cup semifinals

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Taiwan's women's national football team lost to South Korea 5-3 in extra time in the East Asian Cup qualifiers.
  • The match was tied 2-2 after regulation time, with both teams trading goals.
  • Taiwan's loss means they will not advance to the final four of the tournament.

Taiwan's women's national football team narrowly missed advancing to the East Asian Cup semifinals, suffering a 5-3 defeat to South Korea in extra time during the qualifying final. The match remained deadlocked at 2-2 after 90 minutes of regulation play, with both sides exchanging blows.

In the first half, Taiwan held South Korea scoreless. The second half saw both teams take the lead at different points. South Korea scored first, but Hsu Yi-yun equalized for Taiwan. Chen Chin-wen then leveled the score again in the 62nd minute, forcing the match into extra time.

During extra time, South Korea took the lead in the 105th minute. However, Lee Yi-wen responded almost immediately in the 106th minute with a remarkable long-range goal that leveled the score once more. Despite this surge of momentum, Taiwan conceded two more goals late in the match, ultimately falling 5-3 and failing to secure a spot in the final four.

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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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