he would have been the power dribbler and adequate finisher we needed to complete our offensive abilities (and possibly defeat Spain with less guilt and defeat Germany). but we wouldn't have beaten Brazil in Yokohama.
why wouldn't we have? we have a good record against south american teams. we'd just over power them. kim namil would take ronaldo out the field 5 minutes into the game. the luck would have been with us too.
i think so. Well that is if losing to two South American teams and drawing with another one this year wasn't already a wake up call 3 years early. Some people are still living in a World Cup state of stupor. Maybe they should leave that hof that's still playing replays of the games and get some fresh air. Korea is ranked 21 (and soon worse) in the world for a reason kids. Teams ranked outside the top ten DO NOT win World Cups. rfe
i don't think that any true korea fan thinks that the korean nt is going to win or even finish in the top 4 in 2006. a lot of things can change in three years, but i think there's a decent chance that korea can get out of the first group stage. and i don't think there's any shame in losing to argentina and uruguay. and we outplayed japan, a very strong team that recently put a whuppin' on your all-whites
Japan is ranked below you guys. junjunforever said that you guys have a good record against south american teams. I was making the point that it doesn't look that good right now. And that is the first time I have SEEN New Zealand play in over ten years. I am not joking. That is how serious NZ takes soccer. We are more interested in rugby. Which reminds me, I heard Japan just beat Korea by about 80 points to 3 in a rugby international. and what was the score last time NZ played Japan at rugby? We won 145-17 in the 1995 World Cup...OUCH! Do you care? No. Why not? Because Koreans don't care about rugby (cos you suck) like NZers pay no attention to soccer (cos we suck). Face it, the national team will be very very lucky to get out of the first round in 2006 unless it can learn to score some goals. Forget the national team, support the k-league. It's where your players will come from. In all real soccer playing countries the domestic competition is fair more important to the locals than the national team (unless a big competition is up for grabs). As an aside. Does Korea qualify automatically for the 2006 world cup because they made the semis? or do they have to play qualifiers starting in a year or so? rfe
Kim Namil was injured badly after the Italy+Spain game. That's why he couldn't play against Germany. It always makes me think 'if only Namil Kim was there' whenever I see the replay of Ballack scoring on Korea. (Namil Kim was supposed to be marking him if he was there) Since Namil Kim was injured, it would have been tough to beat Brazil.
we have to qualify for 2006. and i would support the k-league if i lived in korea. unfortunately, it's kind of hard to support teams that you never have the opportunity to watch. i support the mls.
pick a team and support away my friend. I support many teams outside of Korea through the internet. Where are you or your parents from originally? or were they born overseas also? and why are a large group of people screaming outside my apartment at 1:36am? rfe
my parents are both from seoul. i guess that means i should support suwon? i think i will wait until seoul gets a team. the thing is ... i feel phony supporting teams to which i really have no ties. for example, when i started following the epl closely a few years ago, i decided that i would be a chelsea supporter, but i felt stupid supporting a team that i never had the opportunity to watch. there's something to be said about having season tickets and being able to be at every single home game. that's why i consider myself only truly a metrostars supporter
you go ahead and support the metrostars. personally i dun know shet bout the mls and i cant wait til i get to know more about the league...sooon..when i actually move there..
umm...do you know the geography of Korea? Why support Suwon? There are 3, and next year there will be four teams closer to Seoul than Suwon. Bucheon is practically in Seoul. Anyang and Seongnam are satellite cities of Seoul about 30 minutes drive south of Seoul and Incheon has the airport which services Seoul and they will have a team starting next year. Suwon is about 30 minutes further south of Anyang (maybe one hour south with no traffic and 1 hour and 15 minutes by subway south of Seoul from City Hall). You would actually have to pass through Anyang and carry on for 30 minutes on the subway to get to Suwon. I don't know why Suwon is so popular with people from Seoul. I guess it is because they were sucessful in the late 90s (they came nowhere in the last three seasons and are bottom half this year). Support whoever you want though. It doesn't matter. I usually back underdogs though when I am looking for a team to support. I hate it when people just jump on a successful team, like the chicago bulls and then the lakers and Manchester united and real madrid etc. IT IS SO BORING!!!! rfe
that is why I do not like Man U. I had a Korean friend who used to live in HK and became a Man U fan. When we met in US, he loved Iverson just as Iverson was rocking. He also liked the Detroit Red Wings just as they won the cup. From then on I decided to dislike Man U. I support teams with a reason and everybody has to be the same. I support AC Milan simply because of the shock I got as a kid when I visited Milano as a tourist in the early 90s. That red-black stripes was the first time ever that made me feel the heat of the footballitis.
I also don't like it when people like teams that are doing well, and then just jump onto the bandwagon. I, personally, have never EVER liked Manchester United. I support teams in my local league, too, but as for foreign teams.. I support Deportivo, Parma, and Manchester City. Yep, City. Oh, and...Ulsan Tigers. *ducks*