HANOI — Ivica Osim felt he had "dropped his trousers" for the second straight game as Japan's Asian Cup campaign ended with an embarrassing penalty shootout defeat to 10-man South Korea in Saturday's third-place playoff.
'Keeper Lee Woon Jae saved substitute Naotake Hanyu's spot-kick after Kim Chi Woo scored the first sudden-death penalty as South Korea won 6-5 in the shootout after the game finished scoreless after 120 minutes, despite the Koreans having Kang Min Soo sent off just before the hour mark.
Osim blamed a lack of luck and tiredness for his team's inability to capitalize on the one-man advantage, but admitted he was embarrassed by a disastrous finish to the tournament Japan had hoped to win for a third successive time.