Joo Min-kyu's clincher, the latest goal in regular time in Korean soccer history
Joo Min-kyu's clincher, the latest goal in regular time in Korean soccer history
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Hong Myung-bo's national soccer team striker Joo Min-kyu (Ulsan)'s goal against Oman was recorded as the latest goal scored during regulation time in the history of Korean soccer A matches.
According to the Korea Football Association on the 11th, Joo Min-kyu's decisive goal, which came just before the end of the away match against Oman in Group B of the 2026 North & Central America World Cup Asian 3rd qualifying round held at the Sultan Qaboos Stadium in Muscat, Oman the previous day, was found to be the latest goal scored in the history of a Korean A-match based on regular time.
In the 11th minute of added time in the second half when Korea was leading 2-1, Joo Min-kyu sealed the victory by finishing a pass from Son Heung-min (Tottenham) on the right side with a right-footed shot from directly in front of the goal area.
Joo Min-kyu, whose wife is expecting their first child, performed a ceremony where he put a ball in his stomach and put his thumb in his mouth.
A whopping 16 minutes of added time were given in the second half of the game.
Korea, which took the lead with a goal by Hwang Hee-chan 스포츠 (Wolverhampton) in the 10th minute of the first half, allowed an equalizer with an own goal by Jung Seung-hyun (Al Wasl) right before the end of the first half.
South Korea won 3-1 in their away match against Oman with Son Heung-min scoring the winning goal in the 37th minute of the second half and Joo Min-kyu adding an additional goal in the 56th minute.
The latest goal scored in regulation time was a dramatic equalizer scored by Cho Kyu-sung (Midtjylland) in the 9th minute of added time in the second half of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar round of 16 match against Saudi Arabia in January.
At the time, Korea was down 0-1 and seemed destined to lose, but they managed to turn the game around with a header from Cho Kyu-seong, and they dramatically advanced to the quarterfinals of the tournament by beating Saudi Arabia 4-2 in the penalty shootout.
The latest goal, including overtime, was a dramatic equalizer scored by Hwang Jae-won (retired) in the 15th minute of overtime against Japan in the semifinals of the 2011 Qatar Asian Cup, making the score 2-2.
At that time, Korea failed to advance to the finals after Koo Ja-cheol (Jeju), Lee Yong-rae (Daegu), and Hong Jeong-ho (Jeonbuk) missed consecutive penalties in the penalty shootout, losing 0-3.