Least it was a draw. It shows that team can fight back and also score a few goals each game. Bring on Gambiaaa
Turns out the Gambia is the team to watch out for. Korea hasn't lost so far, but both were very close games, which make me nervous about the Gambia match coming up. I hope this won't be another one of those lose-to-the-team-that-we-least-expect kind of situation again.
I guess a positive to take from an overall “meh” group stage performance is that we allowed only 1 open play goal.
I still have gripes when Korean goalkeepers punch away balls on corners or when they save it they push it towards the sides when I think they can take the sting out of the ball with their diving hand and gain possession for the team
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we don't have a star player this time around, but i've seen the gambia match and our boys won the majority of the aerial duels. so i reckon we've got a decent defense at the back.