South Korea's men's soccer team lost to a team that had never won an Olympic match, and one player refused to shake hands after

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South Korean's men's soccer team lost its Olympics opening round match to New Zealand.

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Liberato Cacace of New Zealand is challenged by Dongjun Lee of South Korea during a first-round Olympic match on Thursday.The South Korean's men's soccer team lost its Olympics opening-round match to New Zealand.After the match, a South Korean player rejected a handshake from a New Zealand player.

New Zealand's historic win came at the expense of the South Korean team's gold-medal aspirations and even the pride of one player.The 29-year-old Wood, who scored the game-winning goal in the 70th minute of the match, is one of New Zealand's three players over the age of 23 but still allowed to play in a squad of players under the age of 23.

South Korea and New Zealand are in Group B of the Olympic tournament, sharing the group with Romania and Honduras. Romania beat Honduras 1-0 on Thursday. South Korea will now move on to play Romania on Sunday and will look to finish in the top two spots of Group B in order to qualify for the tournament quarterfinals, but it will have little room for error after the stunning loss to New Zealand.

New Zealand meanwhile has a chance to clinch a spot in the tournament quarterfinals if it can beat Honduras on Sunday.

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