Kang Eun-hye shoots in front of the opponent’s goal during the match between Korea and Slovenia in the Group A women’s preliminary round of the 2024 Paris Olympics handball held at South Paris Arena 6 in Paris, France on the afternoon of the 28th (Korean time).

The women’s handball team suffered a crushing defeat to Slovenia in their second match of the 2024 Paris Olympics group stage.

Korea, led by coach Henrik Signel, lost 23-30 to Slovenia in the second match of Group A held at South Paris Arena 6 in Paris, France on the 28th (Korean time). Korea

(22nd), which is in a tough group with Norway (2nd in the world), Denmark (3rd), Sweden (4th), Germany (6th), and Slovenia (11th), upset Germany in the first match, but failed to overcome Slovenia.

Korea, which has not won a medal in 16 years since winning a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has a record of 1 win and 1 loss in this tournament.

In the group stage, the top 4 teams in each group are given a spot in the quarterfinals.

Korea needs to accumulate more wins to advance to the quarterfinals, but with all remaining opponents ranked in the top 4 in the world, it will not be easy to advance through the group stage.

Korea will play its third match against Norway, a traditional handball powerhouse, at 6 PM on the 30th. Korea, which started the match amidst the cheers of numerous Korean cheering squads, took a 3-1 lead with Kang Kyung-min (SK Sugar Gliders) scoring the first goal and Woo Bit-na scoring two goals in succession. However, they were unable to stop Slovenia, which reorganized its lineup, and quickly fell behind 3-6. The Slovenian defense focused on marking Korea’s main gun, Ryu Eun-hee

Korea did not back down easily either. Woo Bit-na (Seoul City Hall) continued to attack the opposing team, and pivot Kim Bo-eun (Samcheok City Hall) scored consecutive goals with a clever play that shook off the opposing team’s defense in front of the goal, successfully reversing the score to 7-6.

The game was tight after that, but Korea was unable to control Slovenia’s fierce attacks, ending the first half down 12-14. Korea tried

to turn the game around in the second half, but instead, Slovenia took the lead. Woo Bit-na, who had scored two penalty throws in the first half, failed to score a penalty throw in the early part of the second half, and Shin Eun-joo (Incheon City Hall)’s shots from the side were blocked by the opposing goalkeeper one after another. In the meantime, the defense wall weakened, and Korea fell behind 12-21. Ryu Eun-hee’s penalty throw, which we trusted, also missed the goal.

The Korean bench used the 7-6 tactic (a strategy of putting in field players instead of the goalkeeper when attacking) that was effective in the match against Germany, but instead, they were hit twice in a counterattack.

Korea raised its defensive line in the middle of the second half and played a man-to-man defense to close the gap to 17-22, but the flow was interrupted when Kim Bo-eun’s decisive shot was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper. With

10 minutes left in the match, Korea went on a last-minute offensive when it was down to 17-25, but was unable to turn the tide and ended up losing by 7 points.

On this day, Korea’s Woo Bit-na scored 7 points, Kang Kyung-min scored 5 points, and Kim Bo-eun scored 4 points. However, it was regrettable that ‘eldest sister’ Ryu Eun-hee, who scored 6 goals in the match against Germany, only scored 2 points. 파워볼사이트