Korea coach is satisfied after wasting win against Russia
Russia
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1 – 1
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South Korea
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South Korea wasted a chance to win over Russia in eighth Group
in the World Cup but the coach Hong Myung Bo was satisfied with one point out
of the match on Tuesday.
Hong said - who carried the captaincy when South Korea
reached the semi-final of the 2002 World Cup on home - The most important thing
was not to lose his team at the beginning of his career tournament and praised
his players after a 1-1 draw.
Hong told reporters "in tournaments such as this the
first game is the most difficult and the team is exposed to great pressure. I Believe
that my players did their best, both tactical and physical all the time and
played intelligently."
South Korea participated in the tournament after losing four
times in the last five friendly matches including the score 4 - zero against
Ghana last week. Korea suffered from defensive errors which recently repeated
yesterday.
And alternative Hoon Lee Keun scored goal to Korea in the 68th minute after a fatal
error from goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev in dealing with a weak shot.
But after just six minutes Korean goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryong
responded shot from substitute Alan
Jajoev to reach other alternative Alexander Kerzhakov, who took advantage of
defensive confusion and equalized from close range.
and Hong feels optimistic about the chance of progress in
Korea and the competition before playing in Group H with Belgium and Algeria.
Korea coach said: "I think we will play a lot better in
the next meeting.
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