vs. Kickoff time (Local time): 20:00, June 10, 2009. Venue: Seoul World Cup Stadium Broadcast Coverage: MBC Last meeting: Korea 2-0 Saudi Arabia
Now that we have taken care of business. This game could go either as a training ground for experience or a battle for pride. Or maybe both... But Saudi Arabia has more pressure coming here.
there is no reason why we should risk injury. our goal now being to escape from the group stage in 2010, we should use this valuable opportunity for training and experimenting. it's not everyday we can get a Saudi or Iranian A team for our training and experimenting purposes. Huh Jung Moo has restored the pride of Korean managers overall, and I think he is allowed to do whatever he wants with these remaining games. He should be allowed to screw up his unbeaten record for the greater good.
Our backline against Saudi Arabia would look like this. Dongjin(Chiwoo)------Jungsu------Yonghyung------Changsoo
Why can't we call Choi Hyo-jin and let go of Kim Chang-soo? We really need Choi Hyo-jin for Oh Beum-seok's void. Anyway I love Huh... 아마 싸우디는 방심할거다..중국을 발리고, 한국은 2진이라고 방심할텐데.. 제 생각엔, 한국이 반드시 이깁니다.. 우리 비주전 선수들도 충분히 강해요. 근데 젤 걱정하는건 사이드백.. ㅠㅠㅠㅠ 다른건 걱정안하는데.. anyway the reason I love Huh is the fact that countless times, he has said or done the actions where the majority of Koreans fans think or would do. For example, " 우리는 여지껏 그래왔던 것처럼 사우디, 이란전에 최선을 다할 생각이다. 우리의 자존심을 지키기 위해 승리하겠다 " 고 말했다. 이어 허 감독은 " 북한의 (사우디전 승리) 요청은 알고 있다. 하지만 북한의 요청에 연연하지 않을 것이다 " 며 " 사우디와 이란은 결코 만만한 팀이 아니다. 내년에 치를 본선을 대비하기 위해서라도 두 경기를 잘 치러야 한다 " 고 강조했다. This is not the first time, he actually thinks like a "fan", and also when his substitions are always most of the time spot on.. most of the time, I would have done the same subs. Anyway, that's what I realized about Huh.
they are in Seoul to lose . it is payback time. we gotta hand them the embarrassment that we had prior to 11/19/2008.
it's f@ggots not fagets. Which of course means either cigarettes or sausages. anyway, "anyway the reason I love Huh is the fact that countless times, he has said or done the actions where the majority of Koreans fans think or would do." That's the definition of "average" manager. Huh has been superb so far, but I have to agree with Junjun here. Our goal has always been to get out of group stages. Defend our 자존심 against who? Far as I am concerned, we have nothing to prove to the Iranians or Saudis. Huh has a blank check from me far as these 2 remaining games are concerned.
We will face Iran and Saudi again sometime after the WC. Probably the AFC Asian Cup 2011. So beating them this next two matches will do us good thereafter. Also we can't get laid back completely just because we already booked our ticket to South Africa.
We can beat Iran and Saudi then. We don't need to beat them now though. Save our prime assets. Maybe even let some of our guys get yellows on purpose to use them fresh when World Cup comes. Give experience to our young guys for the interest of youth development. Give our K-league veterans who never wore our crest a chance to shine. There is so much we can do with these 2 extra games for benefit of korean football... I like winning too. But that cannot be our primary objective in these remaining games...