Lee Kang-in of the Korean national soccer team breaks through in the match between Korea and Bahrain in Group E of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup held at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on the 15th (local time). 

Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) of the national soccer team was counted as having the most dribble attempts and successes in the first match of the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup group stage.

AFC introduced various statistics and records on its website on the 17th (Korean time) under the title ‘First leg of the group stage in numbers.’

What is drawing attention is Lee Kang-in's dribbling record. AFC said, “In the first game of the tournament, no player attempted and succeeded in more dribbles than Korea’s Lee Kang-in,” adding, “Paris Saint-Germain star Lee Kang-in attempted 12 dribbles in the match against Bahrain and succeeded in 8 of them.” I pointed it out.

This is the record for the most attempts and successes, surpassing Oman's Al Ayaei, who attempted 9 times and succeeded 7 times, and Japan's Junya Ito, who attempted 9 times and succeeded 6 times.

Lee Kang-in, who made his Asian Cup debut on this day, flew past two or three defenders with a dance-like dribble, and even scored multiple goals, leading Korea to a 3-0 victory. The Man of the Match also went to Lee Kang-in.

Meanwhile, AFC introduced various other records. The opening match between Qatar and Lebanon attracted 82,490 spectators, which was the largest audience for an opening match ever.

Hong Kong's Philip Chan scored the equalizer in the fourth minute of the second half of the Group C match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), becoming the 1,000th goal in Asian Cup history.

A total of 37 goals were scored in the first group stage match, and the average score per game was 3.08.

The match with the most goals was the Group D match between Japan and Vietnam, which Japan won 4-2 after a 6-goal tussle.

Japan's Ayase Ueda scores the team's fourth goal with an assist from Takefusa Kubo in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup match between Japan and Vietnam held at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on the 14th (local time).  19가이드03