Korean youth soccer reached the world quarterfinals 40 years ago
Forty years ago at this time, the Korean Peninsula was gripped by soccer fever. At the 1983 FIFA World Youth Football Championship (June 2-19 in Mexico), the South Korean national team, coached by Park Jong-hwan (87, then 47), defied expectations to reach the quarterfinals. On June 5, the U-20 team, led by Kim Eun-joong (44),…
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