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2025. U-20 Asian Cup Preliminaries Group C, Korea crushes Middle Eastern football and advances to the preliminary round in first place in the group. Last week, the 2025 U-20 Asian Cup preliminaries were held in Kuwait. Korea was assigned to Group C, the group of death, which includes Middle Eastern powerhouses. In Group C, which includes the home team Kuwait, Middle Eastern powerhouses UAE, and Lebanon, they had to win 1st or 2nd place in the Middle East to get a ticket to the main tournament. Korea's U-19 team participated. What results did they get from this tough fight? Here are the highlights of the matches against the three Middle Eastern teams. Korea won all four matches, including the weak Northern Marina Islands (10-0), and advanced to the main tournament in first place in the group. In this tournament, Korea showed a decent performance, scoring 8 goals against 3 Middle Eastern countries and allowing only 2 goals. In particular, the attacking lineup was strong, with Yoon Do-young scoring 2 goals, Kim Tae-won scoring 2 goals, and Kim Gyeol scoring 2 goals. Four players, including Hong Seok-hyun, added 1 goal each, making a total of 7 goals, showing a variety of scoring routes.