Asian Games soccer finals match between Korea and Japan... Lee Young-jun, Um Ji-seong, and Bae Jun-ho challenge for 4th consecutive victory

(Toyota [Japan] = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = Lee Young-jun (Grasshofer), Um Ji-seong (Swansea City), Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City), etc. will appear as starters in the match between Korea and Japan, where the fourth consecutive Asian Games men's soccer championship is at stake.

The Korean U-23 soccer team, led by coach Lee Min-seong, will appoint Lee Young-jun as the starting front line striker for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games final against Japan to be held at Toyota Stadium in Japan on the 3rd.

Yang Min-hyuk (Westerlo), who returned to the starting lineup along with Uhm Um-seong and Bae Jun-ho, is expected to play in the second line, and captain Lee Ki-hyuk (Gangwon), who missed the semifinal against China due to foot inflammation, will return and work with Lee Seung-won (Gangwon) in the midfield.

The defensive back four consists of Bae Hyeon-seo (Gyeongnam), Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), Shin Min-ha (Gangwon), and Choi Seok-hyeon (Ulsan), and the goalkeeper's gloves are, without fail, Kim Jun-hong (Suwon).

Myung-Jun Kim (Genk), Seung-Soo Park (Newcastle), Hyun-Joo Lee (Aroca), and Sang-Yoon Kang (Jeonbuk) will wait on the bench.

Korea, which achieved consecutive wins in Incheon in 2014, Jakarta and Palembang in 2018, and the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, will set a milestone of four consecutive wins if it wins this game.

In the Asian Games men's soccer match, there were three consecutive finals between Korea and Japan, including in Jakarta and Hangzhou.

In Japan, Nwadike Uche BS (Aalborg), a European striker with a Nigerian father, was selected as the starting player.