[International Friendly] Korea vs Jamaica 2015/10/13 [R]

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When coach stielike first came to Korea, there was a translator that was different from current one. I guess he wasn't up to the task. I guess the current one, who used to work at Hyundai, gave up a gushy job to realize his dream to near the national team.

 

I think you mean cushy

 

I want to face good teams like Germany, Argentina and etc, but I also want to see where we stand against teams like Switzerland and Ecuador...I also wouldn't mind facing Mexico

 

I'm sure Hyundai still pays his wages (directly or indirectly) with another Chung family member as head of the KFA.

 

I want to face Murica too because they aren't in good shape and would be sweet to beat them with our A-team but at the same time they are the king of the friendly so I don't think the outcome would come our way...

 

We should play them in LA or NYC. It'll be like a home game.

 

despite the scoreline we still missed too many chances today.

 

and STY 동에 번쪅 서에 번쪅...

 

i want Croatia

 

LJH looks okay.

 

But you should remember we NEVER played this well against middle east teams on their fields. Besides, regardless of how weak our opponents were, 15 out of 18 matches without conceding a single goal is absolutely outstanding. We played against minnows in the past as well and that never happened.

But I have to say, I am still not satisfied with our defenders. It looks like they are lost when they are facing dribblers..

 

The interesting thing about the U.S. and Korea NTs is that the Americans did so well at the WC (made it out of the Group of Death!) while we tanked. Yet just a year later, we are on a brighter trajectory than they are.

I always thought that their WC 2014 success was fool's gold because it was built on an aging squad that really should've lost 0-5 to Belgium were it not for Tim Howard. Plus, Pepe did them a huge favour in the group stages with his imbecilic sending off, which resulted in Germany destroying Portugal and crippling them via goal differential. Relying on Portugal's stupidity and bunkering down against the likes of Belgium is not really breaking new ground for the perennially solid-but-not-spectacular U.S. team.

Anyway, my bigger point is that hopefully, the disappointment of WC 2014 will prove to be the foundation for big improvements for the KNT. Having feel-good but go-nowhere success can sometimes be even worse.

 

I think man utd's performance recently and USMNT is really reflective of how important good goalkeeping is. Especially in a small sample event like WC.

 

Against Ghana they got dominated but they still managed to score 2 goals in a typical Nad's style.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186512/statistics.html
65 Dangerous Attacks vs 22
21 Attempts vs 8
59% Possessions vs 41%.
Then there was also this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...l-boycott-over-World-Cup-appearance-fees.html
Against Portugual, they didn't have Pepe, and Ronaldo was half injured with other injured players IIRC.
Against Germany, Germany didn't really care because they already advanced.
Against Belgium they got thoroughly dominated and should have lost in a higher margin but Tim Howard made the biggest saves in the WC history.

Also keep in mind that US's players were closer to their prime in the world cup compared to Korea's (we had the third youngest side).
Right now however, many of our players are getting closer to their prime and getting better. We are also starting to have players playing regularly in their European clubs.
The Nad however has an ageing team were their best players like Dempsey and Jones are in their 30's and their best players in history, Donovan, is retired. Not only that, important players like Michael Bradley and Altidore are playing in a lower level, MLS, and it becomes present when they play for their NT.

So in a way they are going through a similar cycle that we previous went to as they would be trying to find players to replace their old dogs (we tried to replace PJS and LYP). It'll be a transitional period for them.
However, by the look of things, the new players aren't so good as players like Bobby Wood (BL2) and Jordan Morris (Stanford University) has senior team appearances for quite a few games. None of these players would be able to play for our senior team if they were Korean...
It's also not just their young players that are the problem, their youth team is a problem as well. They weren't able to qualify for the 2012 Olympics but also they weren't able to secure the direct 2016 Olympics's berth, as they got eliminated by Honduras. They would be facing Colombia in the play-off to get into the Olympics.
This is contrast to our team as we are starting to discover mature yet young players such as Kwon Chang Hoon, Lee Jae Sung and Jung Woo Young. These players I think has the potential to play for Europe in near future. We can also include Kim Seung Dae and Lee Jong Ho.
I also think our U-23 team is better too...
So ya, that's just my 2 cents regarding our team vs theirs in current time which I could be wrong. Sorry for the long read.

 

You should never expect respects if you act like what he had done for Pohang, Ulsan, and Incheon at the end. That's why I stopped supporting this guy since last few years.

 

I hope so. I just wonder how we can draw their interest to play a friendly against us on their home soil.

 

Many good points. However, after watching their last few matches I'm not so optimistic about our U-23 as you are. They have a solid chance of qualifying for Rio 2016 but after that I will be very surprised if they make it out of group play. Let's face it: this team is nowhere as talented as the London 2012 team.

 

Are you talking about SKH? More info?