'There was no drama again' South Korea's 女 handball was completely defeated by Slovenia, which must be caught, by 23-30 '8 advance to the quarterfinals'
Jul 28, 2024
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South Korea's women's handball team, led by head coach Henrik Signel, lost 23-30 to Slovenia in the second Group A match of the 2024 Paris Olympics women's handball group at South Paris Arena 6 in Paris, France on the 28th (Korea time). Uvitna fought hard with seven points, but failed to prevent the defeat. Korea had one win and one loss. In this competition, six teams will be divided into two groups to compete for skills. They must finish in the top four of each group to advance to the quarterfinals. As they have to win at least two games, the burden on the rest of the game has increased. Korea will have to face Norway (30th), Sweden (August 1) and Denmark (April 4).
South Korea's women's handball has made the history of reaching the Olympic finals for 11 consecutive times since the 1984 Los Angeles Games. In the Olympics alone, he won a total of six gold medals, including two gold medals, three silver medals, and one bronze medal. He impressed Korea with the myth of "Usaengsoon" (the best moment of our lives). However, after the 2008 Beijing Games, the medal was broken. In Rio 2016, he experienced the humiliation of being eliminated from the group stage for the first time in his history. In the previous Tokyo match, he only reached the quarterfinals.
This game was the biggest watershed for Korean women's handball, which is challenging the quarterfinals or higher. South Korea initially set a goal of reaching the quarterfinals by catching Germany and Slovenia, their opponents in the first and second games. The first mission was accomplished. South Korea won a thrilling comeback victory against Germany in the first round on the 25th. South Korea was once down 14-18 against Germany. However, Ryu Eun-hee and Kang Kyung-min scored consecutive points to turn the game around. South Korea won its first victory 23-22. After the game, coach Signel said, `I'm happy to win. I'm proud of the players who have prepared really hard. In the meantime, the players have shown a little improvement every day. He beat Germany's strong opponent. Especially in defense, I played my best game since I came. It would not be easy for players to adapt to foreign leaders, but they followed well and gained trust. His performance is improving as well."
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In the beginning, South Korea gained momentum. 1:35 seconds, Kang Kyung-mi dug into the left and scored the first goal. At 3:27 a.m., Ubitna scored a sensational shot. Ubitna added another goal at 4:53 to take a 3-2 lead. He then allowed back-to-back goals as his concentration faltered. He was taken 3-6, allowing four goals. In the end, the Korean bench called the first timeout of 9 minutes and 3 seconds.
After the timeout, the two teams exchanged battle by hitting only the goalpost three times. South Korea gained momentum again. The defense came back to life. Woo Bit-na and Kim Bo-eun scored back-to-back goals to chase. At 13 minutes and 48 seconds, Kim Bo-eun succeeded in Ryu Eun-hee's chance with a great block, bringing the game to square one. Kang Eun-hye's goal then led again 7-6. Ryu Eun-hee dug in the center and recorded consecutive assists.
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As South Korea chased again with Kim Bo-eun's goal, Slovenia called a timeout with 36 seconds left in the first half. Aaliyah Vargagic's score again made Slovenia score, and Korea's Ryu Eun-hee's shot was blocked by Stanko's block just before the end. In the end, the first half ended 12-14.
South Korea faced a crisis early in the second half. Ryu Eun-hee was sent off for two minutes. He tried to score with an MT goal, but rather, the score gap widened by giving up consecutive goals to Tamara Mavsar and Nina Spratcher. It was all over the place until 12-17. Even Ubitna's penalty draw came out after hitting the post. At 5:43 of the second half, South Korea called the second timeout.
But the tide has not changed. Slovenia kept scoring while we didn't score a goal in the second half. South Korea, which was blocked by Shin Eun-joo's side attack, scored consecutive goals in MT goal situations to become 12-21. In fact, the game was decided. The Slovenian goalkeeper blocked all of South Korea's shots with tremendous skill. Finally, South Korea's first goal came at 9:53 of the second half. Kang Kyung-min shook Slovenia's net in the counterattack situation. As Ryu Eun-hee chased 14-22 with a penalty draw, Sloveni also called a timeout.
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Korea's momentum continued. Park Sae-young performed well. It was a pity that Kim Bo-eun's shot was blocked in a situation that could be reduced to a four-point gap. South Korea, which broke the flow, scored consecutive runs again, widening the score to 17-24. Ryu Eun-hee's penalty draw was also blocked. Han Mi-seul was sent off for two minutes.
South Korea did its best until the end. However, due to consecutive losses, the score widened to 9 goals again to 19-28. With 5:51 left before the end, South Korea launched a winning move with the final operation time. But there was no reversal. Eventually, he knelt down to Slovenia.
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
