Korea head coach Lee Min-sung is willing to take the blame for his team's lackluster performance so far at the top Asian men's under-23 football tournament in Saudi Arabia, where his side lucked their way into the knockout stage. Lee's Korea lost to Uzbekistan 2-0 to close out Group C action at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Stadium in Riyadh on Tuesday. Korea conceded twice in the second half. They owned nearly 67 percent of ball possession, but it was mostly an empty calorie, as the young Taegeuk Warriors got outshot 4-1. Uzbekistan had eight shot attempts to Korea's six. "We were thoroughly defeated by Uzbekistan today," Lee said at his postmatch press conference. "We didn't execute the plays that we wanted to. It was disappointing, and we're going to have to regroup." And despite this deflating loss, Korea will indeed have a chance for a bounceback. They still finished as the runner-up in Group C with four points on a win, a draw and a loss to book a ticket to the quarterfinals — with the top two teams from each of the fo