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  "id": 10894506,
  "title": "South Korea score late to reach Asian Games football final",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/south-korea-score-late-to-reach-asian-games-football-final",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T08:05:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
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    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/south-korea-score-reach-asian-080528465.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea secured a thrilling 2-1 victory over China in the men's football semi-final at the Asian Games, thanks to a late goal scoring heroics from Bae Jun-ho. The Asian Games football tournament witnessed China making history by becoming the first team since 1998 to reach the final. The decisive moment came in the 82nd minute when Bae Jun-ho headed in a dramatic winner at Nagai Stadium, leaving China's goalkeeper Li Hao unable to prevent the goal. Earlier in the game, China took the lead in the 22nd minute with a superb goal from Wang Yudong following a smart team move. South Korea equalized just 11 minutes later through Lee Young-jun, but China managed to keep several good chances to retake the lead in the second half. North Korea will compete against Japan for the women's football gold medal.",
  "summary": "South Korea struck with eight minutes left to seal a 2-1 victory over a heartbroken China on Wednesday and reach the final of the Asian Games men's football.China's men have never won Asian Games football gold and were contesting their first semi-final since 1998.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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