U-17 Asian Cup Korea-Japan match failed...Japan loses to Saudi Arabia and fails to advance to the semifinals
U-17 Asian Cup Korea-Japan match failed...Japan loses to Saudi Arabia and fails to advance to the semifinals
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Singer Kim Jung-min's son Dani Daichi helped equalize in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-17 Asian Cup, but Japan's U-17 national team was eliminated after losing to Saudi Arabia after a penalty shootout.
Japan's U-17 national team failed to reach the semifinals on the 13th (Korea time) after drawing 2-2 in the first and second 90 minutes against Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals of the tournament at Ocard Sports Club Stadium in Taip, Saudi Arabia, losing 2-3 in a penalty shootout.
Dani, the son of singer Kim Jung-min, who was popular in 1990, started the tournament for the first time and helped Japan score an equalizer in the 27th minute of the second half.
With a 1-2 lead, Hiroto Asada scored with an accurate forward pass.
However, both teams failed to score additional points and entered the penalty shootout.
Japan failed to advance to the semifinals as kickers 3, 4, and 5 all missed.
Dani didn't play as a penalty shootout kicker.
Having a Korean father and a Japanese mother can have both Korean and Japanese nationalities, he played in the Japanese national team uniform at the U-17 Asian Cup.
In Korea, he played for Osan Middle School, the youth team of K League 1 FC Seoul, under the name of Kim Do-yoon, and then went to Japan to study, and now belongs to the Japanese J-League Sagan Dos U-18 team.
Dani, who played as a substitute in the final Group B match of the tournament on the 11th, scored a goal against Australia.
And on this day, he finished the tournament with one goal and one assist. 안전놀이터
Japan's elimination from the quarterfinals prevented Japan and Korea from facing each other in the semifinals, including Kim Jung-min's son.
South Korea, led by head coach Baek Ki-tae, will play Tajikistan in the quarterfinals at 2:15 a.m. on the 15th at Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium.
South Korea is trying to win the U-17 Asian Cup for the first time in 23 years.