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nzfooty
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South Korea beats Uzbekistan 3-0
SUWON, South Korea - An early strike from Ki Sung-yung and two second half goals from Lee Keun-ho helped South Korea beat Uzbekistan 3-0 on Saturday .
The friendly match was to prepare for next week's important 2010 World Cup qualifier against UAE.
Ki volleyed home from the edge of the area in the third minute for his second goal in three internationals.
Substitute Lee curled the ball into the top corner in the 83rd minute and added another with four minutes left.
It was the first match for Uzbekistan coach Mirdjalal Kasimov. The former midfielder took the job last month.
So far in the final round of Asian qualification, South Korea has one point from one match in Group Two. Uzbekistan has two straight defeats in Group One and takes on Japan on Wednesday. The top two teams from each of the two groups of five automatically qualify for the 2010 World Cup. |
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nzfooty
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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Must win for Korea - they are facing absolutely the weakest team in their group:
World Cup qualification
15 October
Korea v United Arab Emirates
(Seoul)
South Korea are currently 3rd in the five nation group.
Top two qualify for the World Cup, 3rd placed teams
enters play-offs.
Standings at wikipedia are here.
2008 Results - National Team
January 30th: Chile (h) lost 1:0 - Friendly match
February 6th: Turkmenistan (h) won 4:0 - World Cup qualification
February 17th: China (a) won 3:2 - East Asian Championship
February 20th: North Korea (Chonqing, China) drew 1:1 - East Asian Championship
February 23th: Japan (Chonqing, China) drew 1:1 - East Asian Championship
March 26th: North Korea (a) drew 0:0 - World Cup qualification
May 31st: Jordan (h) drew 2:2 - World Cup qualification
June 7th: Jordan (a) won 1:0- World Cup qualification
June 14th: Turkmenistan (a) won 3:1- World Cup qualification
June 22nd: North Korea (h) drew 0:0- World Cup qualification
September 10: North Korea (a) drew 1:1 - World Cup qualification
October 11: Uzbekistan (h) won 3:0- Friendly match
October 15: United Arab Emirates (h) - World Cup qualification
November 19: Saudi Arabia (a) - World Cup qualification
h- home (Korea)
a- away
| nzfooty wrote: |
The draw was extremely cruel to South Korea and they have a very hard group.
Top-2 in each group will qualify for the World Cup.
Teams finishing 3rd will get another chance - they will play each other and the winner of the play-off will take on the Oceania winner (likely to be New Zealand) for a place in the World Cup finals.
Group A
Australia
Japan
Bahrain
Uzbekistan
Qatar
Group B
South Korea
Iran
Saudi Arabia
North Korea
United Arab Emirates
South Korea's fixtures:
Sep 10: North Korea (A) 1-1 D
Oct 15: UAE (H)
Nov 19: Saudi Arabia (A)
Feb 11: Iran (A)
April 1: North Korea (H)
June 6: UAE (A)
June 10: Saudi Arabia (H)
June 17: Iran (H)
H - at home (Korea)
A - away
With thanks to holyjoe. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| The Wednesday night game times make going to these matches almost impossible. They would draw thousands more fans and make more money if they played at home on Saturday or Sunday. |
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Confused Canadian
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Haven't been to a game in a while. Thinking about going to the Wednesday night game. Is Hana Bank still selling tickets, or has that changed? Like I said, it's been a while... |
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nzfooty
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
| The Wednesday night game times make going to these matches almost impossible. They would draw thousands more fans and make more money if they played at home on Saturday or Sunday. |
This is true but in this case the dates for the qualifiers have been set by FIFA and all Asian nations will be playing on the same night. |
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nzfooty
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Confused Canadian wrote: |
| Haven't been to a game in a while. Thinking about going to the Wednesday night game. Is Hana Bank still selling tickets, or has that changed? Like I said, it's been a while... |
I know that you were able to do so earlier in the year... not sure about this time.
If you read Korean you can purchase them here:
http://ticket.bigfootandsports.com/
The match starts at 8pm. |
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The Grumpy Senator
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| nzfooty wrote: |
| Confused Canadian wrote: |
| Haven't been to a game in a while. Thinking about going to the Wednesday night game. Is Hana Bank still selling tickets, or has that changed? Like I said, it's been a while... |
I know that you were able to do so earlier in the year... not sure about this time.
If you read Korean you can purchase them here:
http://ticket.bigfootandsports.com/
The match starts at 8pm. |
Hana Bank is a go. |
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Confused Canadian
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| nzfooty wrote: |
| Confused Canadian wrote: |
| Haven't been to a game in a while. Thinking about going to the Wednesday night game. Is Hana Bank still selling tickets, or has that changed? Like I said, it's been a while... |
I know that you were able to do so earlier in the year... not sure about this time.
If you read Korean you can purchase them here:
http://ticket.bigfootandsports.com/
The match starts at 8pm. |
Cheers for that. Will check the bank tomorrow. If not, I'll use that site. |
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Confused Canadian
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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Grumpy Senator, Hana Bank is indeed a go. Thanks for that.
Man, I haven't been to a game since the World Cup. And I got 3rd Class seats for 50,000 then. With tickets priced at 20,000 / 30,000 / 50,000 for an under-performing Korean team, it's no wonder the Suwon Stadium was half empty on Saturday (of course, it just being a friendly may have had something to do with it)!
A 'bit' pricey if you're going on your own, but do-able. But 150,000 for the family to watch 90 minutes of semi-entertaining football? I dunno...
Here's hoping we get our 60,000 won worth, and that my son actually watches some of the game (and doesn't get a nosebleed).  |
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nzfooty
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nzfooty
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:21 am Post subject: |
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WC 2010 qual. - Asia (Group 1)
Australia 4 - 0 Qatar
Japan 1 - 1 Uzbekistan
Team Pld Pts
Australia 2-6
Japan 2-4
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Qatar 3-4
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Bahrain 2-1
Uzbekistan 3-1
WC 2010 qual. - Asia (Group 2)
South Korea 4 - 1 U.A.E.
Iran ? - ? North Korea
Team Pld Pts
South Korea 2-4
North Korea 2-4
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Saudi Arabia 2-4
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Iran 1-1
United Arab Emirates 3-0 |
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Kimchi Cha Cha
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: was Suncheon, now Brisbane
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:28 am Post subject: |
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| The Japan-Uzbekistan draw is really good news for us Aussies. |
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nzfooty
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:46 am Post subject: |
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It is.
Remember you just hammered (4-0) a team (Qatar) that hammered Uzbekistan (3-0)... and Uzbekistan drew 1-1 away in Japan. Hard not to see you guys finish in the top-2 in the group. Japan will be there as well, despite this hiccup. |
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Kimchi Cha Cha
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:50 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I don't want to jinx it but it's looking good for us at the moment and I think Japan are clearly the other team which should go through. Korea's group is a lot closer, tougher IMO and more interesting. It's a bit of gamble who will go through out of S Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia. |
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nzfooty
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:53 am Post subject: |
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you are completely right... it really is close between S Korea/Iran/S Arabia.
Anyway, here in NZ we are already wondering what the best way to avoid a spanking is. |
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