South Korea took the men's football gold at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, beating the hosts Japan 1-0 in the final at Toyota Stadium. About 30,000 people watched. It is Korea's fourth men's title in a row.
Japan had the better of the chances, but Swansea City forward Eom Ji-sung scored the only goal on the hour with a left-footed strike against the run of play. Japan hit the post late on and still could not find an equaliser. They were chasing their first men's gold since 2010 under Go Oiwa, who becomes senior national coach after next year's Asian Cup.
"We had to do a lot of defending tonight, but we always knew there would be one chance for us," Eom said.
The gold also earns the Korean squad exemption from military service. Almost every able-bodied South Korean man must serve at least 18 months, but Asian Games gold and Olympic medals of any colour are exempt. The win also eases a difficult year for Korean football after the senior side went out of the World Cup group stage following a defeat by South Africa.
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Original summary by Proventier.