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SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

Actually - whilst I've no problem with Korea and their soccer fans - I must confess I'd love to wear a "Reds go home together" t-shirt, and kudos to the OP.

pegpig · Joined: 10 May 2005

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SPINOZA · Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul

kprrok · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: KC

Greekfreak · Joined: 25 May 2003

Anybody who's played soccer as a kid should have been taught to PLAY THE WHISTLE, but in the WC, too often people dive expecting fouls or stop play expecting Santa to bring them a gift, and the other team makes them pay for it. Most of the time.

I must confess, there are quite a few unsavory posts on my WC blog concerning Korea's finger-pointing at the officiating. You'll never hear me complaining that Greece were done in during qualifying because of the officiating. They lost 2-1 to Albania in the opening match, for phucks sake!

Either way, 1-0 or 2-0, they needed more than a tying goal, and they didn't really look like they'd ever get one. The Swiss goalie made a few good instinctive saves and kept them in the game.

Deep down inside, if you asked most Koreans before the tourney started or even now, they didn't have very high expectations for the team. Advocaat did the most he could with what he had, and besides which, it was a much tougher group than four years ago.

I think the formation stunk all the way around, as they worked a 3-4-3 in '02. This year's where they could have used the extra defender.

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peemil · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: Koowoompa

Rule one:

Don't stop play till the ref blows the whistle.

Tough shit Korea.

AbbeFaria · Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: Gangnam

Being a pretty typical American, I know practically nothing about soccer. It took me about 6 months here to figure out the red and yellow cards in my classroom that I was supposed to hand out to kids who spoke Korean during class, was a reference to soccer. However, as I watched the game, it was extremely easy to see, even to such a layman as myself, that Korea was hopelessly outmatched.

The best I could do was relate it to what I know about hockey and the playing styles there, and I found it's really very similar. In the first half, at least, Korea had no control of the ball and could almost never clear it out of their own end. I'm amazed the Swiss didn't score more goals. The second half, from what I saw before I started nodding off, they seemed to be doing better, but the Swiss defense, which looked superb against Korea�but what do I know�was too strong and credit needs to be given to the goaltender who made some spectacular saves.

My point is, since this is all news to no one who watched the game, is that if this is how Korea plays typically, how could anyone, even Koreans, think they could really put up a fight in the WC? Is was apparent to me in the first 5 minutes that barring a miracle, Korea was going home. I don't feel bad for them at all. I feel more sympathy for Japan who got a severe beat-down on them by Brazil. After the second goal, they just gave up trying anyway. They knew they were beaten and it absolutely showed in how they played.

I'm actually pretty exicted that I might stop hearing that damned deahaminguk crap everywhere I go.

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RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I've heard a lot of talk about the refs favouring Switzerland. This was going around back when they beat Togo. Apparently the ref denied Togo two penalty kicks they deserved, and he later admitted it.

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