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S. Korea lose football friendly against Mexico marred by COVID-19 outbreak

2020-11-15 2 Dailymotion

'코로나 직격탄' 벤투호, 멕시코에 2-3 역전패<br /><br />South Korea's national football team lost their match against Mexico on Saturday, 3 to 2, a match they played despite the South Korean side missing half a dozen players out with COVID-19.<br />It was a friendly, played in Austria, just south of Vienna, but under the circumstances, the loss is not considered very consequential for either team.<br />The Korea Football Association announced about 20 hours before the match that four players and a staff member had tested positive, and then with a retest, two more had the virus.<br />Star striker Son Heung-min was not among those infected.<br />He gave a perfect cross to Hwang Ui-jo in the 21th minute for the team's first goal.<br />South Korea is due to play Qatar on Tuesday, but the outbreak has put that match in doubt.<br />

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