his pathetic miss? chipping a ball above a goalkeeper isn't as easy as it looks.. I'd say there were even more outrageous opportunities missed, I was happy, I wanted South Korea to progress. And I have had Park Chu-Young on my PES Master League since like 2007 even before I knew he was on the national team. Good free kick accuracy too.
@ today's matches
Group C
Slovenia 1 - 0 England (I want the United States and Slovenia to pass not because I dislike England, but because England had every obligation to qualify in the first place, and they're reduced to having to win the last game and hoping they win by a larger goal difference than the United States)
United States 3 - 0 Algeria (Algeria so far have managed one point, against England, which kind of brings me back to the point I made above, c'mon you yanks, show the world that you're not all about boring sports!)
Group D
Ghana 2 - 1 Germany (Ghana is the last hope Africa has for an African team to qualify, that's mostly why I want them to win)
Australia 0 - 2 Serbia (I predict this will be a boring game, with late goals, not much else to say here)
That make us two: I had Park Chu-Young on my Master League since PES 6, Winning Eleven 8. Great player, with a lot of talent, and he's finally realizing his talent.
South Korea will be magnificently destroyed during their game against Uraguay. My thoughts:
1) South Korea ALWAYS starts off weak. They play nervously, missing passes, not being able to read plays, etc etc. I've noticed in all three games, they've given up quality scoring chances to their opponents in the first 10-15 minutes. Greece in the 6th minute had a quality corner kick heading that just barely missed the net. Argentina pressured them ALL game. Nigeria put in a nice cross that the Nigerian player (I don't know his name sorry =/) was able to convert, even with the Korean defender, and rang a shot off the post bar. Uruaguay is a team that's highly offensive, and I see them netting a goal in the first 15 minutes if South Korea keeps up their initial weak play.
2) Korea just doesn't seem to be able to penetrate the penalty box when on a rush. Even though their passing play is good, during the nigeria game, they were not able to penetrate the penalty box for a quality shooting chance. Both goals came off free kicks; the first one was a well set play, but the second was just a lucky free kick. All games in the group play, Korea has constantly tried to shoot the ball into the net with no success. If they would just lob the ball and set up more headers, and one timers in the box, they'd have much more success. With the exception of Park, none of the Korean players can take outside shots with success. See the Argentina game: all their shots either hit the wall, or were way off whenever they tried to go for the net in a direct free kick.
3) Their lack of quality players. With the exception of Park, none of the other players will be able to penetrate the penalty box (see above), with Uruguay's defense. Park is an excellent player, I grant you, but during the Nigeria game, whenever he attempted to penetrate, they would foul him, earning a free kick, but pretty much shooting it away. Uruguay has an equal, if not better, defensive corps compared to Nigeria, and I don't see Korea being able to get quality scoring chances, apart from crosses and free kicks.
Just to correct some of your statements:
1) Lots of great teams are having that same problem during this World Cup. There isn't a team with a really solid defense, and a very dangerous attack. Argentina's defense sucks, with Demichelis giving out easy goals, fricking weak defense from Gutierrez. Brazil took two stupid goals in both games, Spain dominating in offense and taking a counter goal from Switzerland. Korea defense was solid against Greece, and the reason they took so many goals from Argentina was because they went for the win. Maybe they started slow so far, but that doesn't mean they'll always do it.
2) You know, there are TWO Parks on their team, right? The Manchester United one is a star player. And Chu Young Park also proved to be able to kick from outside of the box. He scored once from a Free Kick, and had plenty of chances to score against Greece too, and against Nigeria, some of them were saved by the keepers. Ji Sung Park scored twice already, they have lots of chances with Free Kicks and corners, with a defender having scored twice already. And they also scored more than Nigeria so far. They aren't on the next round by luck alone, and they deserved a lot more, IMHO.
3) Ji Sung Park, Cha Du Ri, Chu Young Park, Lee Chung Yong, Yeom Ki Hun and Ki Sung Yong. The great majority of those players have already played in Europe, Cha Du Ri was able to outfoot Greek defenders, and they are a lot more experienced in defense than Uruguay, whose defenders are a lot slower than Nigeria's.
Uruguay is stronger than Korea? Of course. But you can't predict the result of a game the way you did comparing with their previous games. The next round is a totally different game, the teams have different qualities. I have faith that Korea can make a good game even agains twice champions Uruguay.
shit we could face england now in the next round :/
Why can't you idiots win your fucking group :(
Well, you know you need to beat Ghana first, right?
That's like the third time I've seen it spelled "GOL". Seriously people.
I got a bit emotional at the end there, I haven't screamed that loud in a long time. USA finally ends the group where they deserve, and good job to England as well.
Sorry, but GOAL is spelled "GOL" in a lot of languages, you know?
