There was more space, so Korea was able to get close to the Belgian box. But once there, they did not know what to do! Are these really professional soccer players out there? I was under the impression Korea sent amateurs.
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| South Korean football fans react as their team loses to Algeria in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, as they watch the match on giant screens in central Seoul on June 23, 2014. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) |
I understand there were really no big expectations, but what I saw was horrendous. South Korea had a mostly shit World Cup, drawing once and losing twice and looking haggard throughout.
Disappointed South Korean fans have expressed their anger toward the national team as it made its return home following an early exit from the World Cup in Brazil.
Local media showed clips of a fan throwing Korean traditional taffy candy, known as “yeot,” at the players who had lined up for a team photo at the international airport in Incheon on Monday.
The thrower was heard as shouting “eat yeot”; a common curse in South Korea.
Other fans also held up a banner designed in funeral style that said “South Korean soccer is dead!!”
South Korea finished last in Group H at the World Cup after defeats against Belgium and Algeria, and a draw with Russia. South Korea was the last Asian team knocked out of the World Cup, leaving the continent without any representatives in the knockout stages.
South Korea has been to nine World Cups, more than any other Asian team, but it has failed to build on its performance as co-host of the 2002 World Cup, when it reached the semifinals.
Coach Hong Myung-bo, who was captain in 2002, apologized to fans for the team’s disappointing World Cup performance.
Partly I kind of envy that country. in the Philippines we reward losers with praises and flowers. maybe that is the reason why we are at the bottom of the heap. we should shame losing and reward triumph. then again, it's kind of brutal to kick the team while they're down.