Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread South Korea was very impressive. It's fun watching a team that knows its strengths and plays better than the sum of its parts. Korea could well do that to Nigeria, too.
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread Yes, your brain soon tunes them out because they are a constant monotonous sound. You would eventually only notice they are there when they STOPPED. Like when you turn off a vaccum cleaner or a loud hum thats been going on for ages. The silence would be louder!
Anyone else think that Gekas looked fat and tired? I did not know who he was, and from his scoring record, I thought he'd be a speedy little demon. Instead, I saw a stocky, balding man.
Greece's performance was so bad that made us (greeks) all feel disgusted, angry and depressed. I think they should take the next plane to ... somewhere else but not Greece. They should be fired. No question S. Korea was the deserved winner... but i feel sorry for them that against Greece they may get a false sense of self confidence... I don't think Korea played particularly well but again it was not needed. So it still looks Argentina and Nigeria from this group. As for Greece next games, they should just ship them away and bring Ireland or Ukraine to play instead. Shame! Just shame... no greek pride or heart or whatsoever...
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread Don't mind the vuvuzelas that much but I do miss the chanting which the horns don't allow. Vuvuzelas for 90 minutes is boring and monotonous.
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread The CB pairing is the weak link. No doubt. We've done well nonetheless versus Ivory Coast and Spain but against Messi they'll have to play the game of their lives.
Right... Last time in WC for Greece it was '94 and lost 4-0 in the two games but against Nigeria (2-0). This time they (nigerians) will probably get it right... :-( I think it's time to move on for Greece and focus on the under 21 team which is very good and competitive. The winners of '04 were mostly based on the under-21 team that reached the European finals. Enough wih rehaghel, vyntra, charistea and the defense-hope for a goal system. In the press conference the coach just said how the defense made critical mistakes (true) but what about the below zero attack and creativity? Sorry Korean friends, it may prove you should have gone for more...
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread the koreans have improve but todays result was more a case of greece being terrible than korea being really good. they were horrid especially in the first half, I really doubt we will see a worse team all tournament. paraguay beat them by the same score and became disinterested after going 2 0 up at about 20 minutes. senegal who didn't even make it to the final rounds of wc qualifying embarassed them at home 2 0 but the game could have been like 5 0. congrats to korea but now the real work begins
There were a few spurned chances. It wouldn't be difficult to see a 3-0 or 4-0 scoreline. Hopefully Greece will play for pride and hold or even beat Nigeria.
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread I agree. I had North Korea or New Zealand as the weakest team of the tournament. I'm going to move Greece into the front after this game. Have yet to see NK or NZ play, so that can change, but so far Greece is waaaaaaaaaaaayyy out front so far. Up front, I expected our Reds to eat the Greece back 4 alive, but expected some retaliatory probes by Greece into our final third with some long balls, but it never materialized as they couldn't seem to get their noggins on the ball to threaten us in any way shape or form.
I am so glad Greece lost and hope they have the worst record in the World Cup. After the showing the worst sportsmanship of any Olympic host durring the 2004 Olympics I root against Greece in anything they participate in.
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread I hope those guys based in the Serie A play. Papastathopoulos hasn't had a good season for Genoa but if he puts in a good game for you guys, you should do better against Nigeria. I like him better than Moras. If you guys drop Vintra, it would be a good start. Once I saw him argue with Tzorvas, it showed a lack of unity in the Greek squad.
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread Greece still qualified for the WC by beating Ukraine. and Gekas was the top scorer in the UEFA WCQs. After seeing Algeria v. Slovenia today, I can say that they are both worse than Greece.
Korea played great but also the Greeks really looked like on vacation in this game. Most of them looked so tired and slow.
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread I think Australia is on par with Greece. I know they played Germany but I saw nothing encouraging on this team.
Re: Korea vs. Greece Post Match Thread I think Aussies had better movements than the greek team. Germans didn't wait for them tough. Remember Korea also had so many missed clear chances. I hope Park JY get one in the next match