Saturday June 12, 2010 Group Stage: Group B Finished Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Korea Republic 2 - 0 Greece

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  1. Korea sweep aside Greece

    Korea sweep aside Greece

    South Korea beat a woeful Greece side 2-0 in the World Cup Group B match at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth. More

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    Time:90'
    • Korea Republic
    • Greece
    • 90+2' FULL-TIME! And South Korea beat a woeful Greence side 2-0 in the World Cup Group B match at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
    • 90' Chung-Yong Lee replaced by Jae-Sung Kim.
    • 89' Huh's third stint as South Korea coach has been his most impressive, with the team going 27 games unbeaten until a recent friendly defeat to Serbia.
    • 88' Korea have claimed all their World Cup victories before today under Dutch coaches. A special day for Huh Jung-Moo.
    • 87' Seung-Youl Lee replaces the admirable Chu-Young Park.
    • 86' Jung-Woo Kim lashes a shot into the side netting.
    • 85' Tzorvas gets down at the near post to push Chung-Yong Lee's effort around the corner.
    • 84' Why have Greece only turned up for the last 20 minutes?
    • 83' Gekas in space in the penalty area but the cross is just over his head.
    • 82' The delivery is headed away at the near post for another corner.
    • 81' A low skidding drive from Chu-Young Park is pushed away for a corner by Tzorvas.
    • 80' Match Image Park celebrates his goal
    • 79' Korea head away the resulting corner.
    • 78' Sung-Ryong Jung makes his first real save. Gekas on the turn and the Seongnam stopper tips it over the top.
    • 77' Greece look set to join four other nations that lost their first four World Cup matches.
    • 76' Greece are the fifth team to concede more than 10 goals before scoring themselves at a World Cup. Record is 19 conceded.
    • 75' Korea fail to deal with a corner and Gekas is claiming for a penalty for handball but the flag is already up.
    • 74' Decent contact from stand-in captain Katsouranis but his effort deflects off Young-Pyo Lee for a ninth Greek corner.
    • 73' Nam-Il Kim replaces Sung-Yong Ki.
    • 72' South Korea have just started to drop off and give Greece cheap possession.
    • 71' All of a sudden Greece are dominating and have earned three corners in quick succession.
    • 70' Torosidis in space in the penalty area but goes alone at the back post rather than squaring with his team-mates waiting.
    • 69' Greece's best chance. A long ball from the right finds its' way to Dimitris Salpingidis but he pokes wide from eight yards.
    • 68' Half a chance for Kapetanos but he spoons a square ball over the top.
    • 67' Almost a terrible clanger from Alexandros Tzorvas, a heavy touch but the keeper gets away with it before a Korean can nip in.
    • 66' Gekas has worked hard but has had precious little service.
    • 65' A rare sight of goal for Gekas but his attempted bicycle kick with his back to goal is over the top.
    • 64' Park Ji-Sung has now scored in three consecutive World Cup Final tournaments for South Korea.
    • 63' Kofi: "The Greek team is imbalanced, they are playing strikers as wingers."
    • 62' Chung-Yong Lee gets to the by-line but a sliding Vyntra blocks his cross.
    • 61' WHAT A MISS! A delightful cross from Du-Ri Cha and Vyntra completely loses Chu-Young Park who must score but diverts a free header from six yards over the top.
    • 60' Greece's final change as Pantelis Kapetanos comes on for Angelos Charisteas.
    • 59' Samaras is replaced by Dimitris Salpingidis.
    • 58' Sung-Ryong Jung comfortably holds a low cross from Seitaridis.
    • 57' Sung-Yong Ki's shot is charged down by Papadopoulos.
    • 56' Torosidis into the book for a tackle from behind on Chung-Yong Lee.
    • 55' Korea Republic have won their last two World Cup opening matches, against Poland (2-0) in 2002 and against Togo (2-1) in 2006. They look good for three in a row.
    • 54' Hard to believe but Greece have been worse in the second-half than they were in the first.
    • 53' GOAL KOREA! 2-0 And it's a great goal from Ji-Sung Park. Loukas Vyntra makes a complete hash of a routine square ball from a team-mate and the Manchester United nicks the ball, holds off two defenders and calmly slots into the corner.
    • 52' The set-piece delivery has been disappointing from both sides and Korea's second corner fails to beat the man at the near post.
    • 51' Torosidis concedes a corner.
    • 50' Sung-Yong Ki's free-kick is headed away in the penalty area.
    • 49' Chung-Yong Lee is the man with the 25-yard effort this time that is blocked by a blue shirt.
    • 48' The marauding Du-Ri Cha has a shot charged down.
    • 47' Young-Pyo Lee with a sprightly run down the left which is in keeping with Korea's effort.
    • 46' The skipper Karagounis is replaced by Christos Patsatzoglou at the start of the second-half.
    • 45+1' Half-time and a deserved lead for Korea.
    • 45' Another diagonal ball and this time Charisteas is the man who almost gets the touch.
    • 44' A moment of madness from Sung-Ryong Jung who almost makes a hash of a long diagonal ball. Theofanis Gekas wasn't too far away from making a touch after the keeper came out and then backed off - he complained that the sun was in his eyes.
    • 43' Karagounis wasteful in possession once more and fails to pick out a team-mate on the edge of the penalty area.
    • 42' The veterans Katsouranis and Karagounis have in particular not been at the races so far.
    • 41' Greece are defending so deep and failing to press the ball.
    • 40' Time for Chu-Young Park to turn on the edge of the penalty area but he leans back and his 20 yard shot is way over the top.
    • 39' Greece have played with little tempo and have relied on long diagonal balls.
    • 38' An adventurous run from the right back Du-Ri Cha but he can't quite find Chu-Young Park.
    • 37' Karagounis gets a chance to put a ball into the penalty area but his free-kick fails to beat the first man.
    • 36' Jung-Soo Lee gets a warning as a trailing left arm makes contact with Charisteas as they jump for a header.
    • 35' Greece are simply not getting behind the Korea full-backs.
    • 34' The ground might not be full but there is still plenty of nose from the vuvuzela.
    • 33' The only nation that failed to score in its first four World Cup matches was Bolivia, which even failed to score in its first five (two matches in 1930, one in 1950, two in 1994), before finally scoring its first World Cup goal in its sixth World Cup match.
    • 32' Greece is the only participating team with World Cup experience to have never scored a World Cup goal.
    • 31' Six corners for Greece but just one attempt on goal.
    • 30' Torosidis wins another Greek corner.
    • 29' They are one of three teams present at the 2010 World Cup (the others being Italy and Switzerland) to have not won a match in 2010.
    • 28' Frankly Greece look disinterested at the moment.
    • 27' Vyntra, after being at fault initially for failing to deal with a through ball, did just enough to prevent the Monaco man from getting a clean shot away.
    • 26' GREAT SAVE! Greece opened up yet again as Chu-Young Park peels off his marker but Alexandros Tzorvas makes a vital save with his left boot and the ball loops over the crossbar.
    • 25' Ji-Sung Park should have had a clean sight at goal but is harshly penalised for what can be loosely described as a tussle with Loukas Vyntra. Korea denied an opportunity.
    • 24' Korea are one of six countries and the only non-World Cup winners together with Spain to have been present at the last six World Cups.
    • 23' Korea counter, a nice move involving Jung-Woo Kim but Chu-Young Park makes a hash of his shot. Half a chance.
    • 22' A confident punch from keeper Sung-Ryong Jung averts the danger.
    • 21' Sliced clearance from Jung-Soo Lee and Greece earn a fifth corner.
    • 20' Greece have four survivors from the team that played in the Euro 2004 final.
    • 19' Match Image South Korea's Lee celebrates his goal with team mates
    • 18' Headaches for Greek coach Otto Rehhagel, the oldest World Cup coach ever at 71 years and 300 days.
    • 17' A long ball over the top and Theofanis Gekas seems to have an age to bring the ball down in the penalty area but he fails to get a shot away.
    • 16' Ji-Sung Park heads away the corner at the near post.
    • 15' Teasing cross from the right by Katsouranis and a vital header behind from Yong-Hyung Cho.
    • 14' optajoe: "Greece have conceded in the 7th minute or earlier in three of their four World Cup finals matches. Sluggish."
    • 13' A lovely touch from Lee Chung-yong takes him into the penalty area and he goes down just as he is about to pull the trigger. Minimal contact from Torosidis and correctly no spot kick.
    • 12' A run down the left from Samaras but he is penalised for a push.
    • 11' Deep ball from Vassilis Torosidis but no Greek striker on the end of it.
    • 10' Greece have played eight matches against Asian opposition and are without a win in their last four, since a 2-0 friendly victory over Syria in 1951. Will that run continue?
    • 9' An important touch by Sung-Ryong Jung to palm away Giorgos Karagounis' deep corner.
    • 8' The delivery from Sung-Yong Ki flicked off the head of Kostas Katsouranis which led to the ball being missed by Lee's marker Angelos Charisteas.
    • 7' GOAL KOREA! Woeful marking from a free-kick and centre-half Jung-Soo Lee is all alone at the back post to for a simple tap-in from five yards.
    • 6' Chu-Young Park has blossomed with Monaco and the striker sees a teasing centre cut out.
    • 5' Du-Ri Cha has a long-range effort charged down.
    • 4' Vassilis Torosidis finds himself unmarked from the corner but cannot sort his feet out and pokes wide from eight yards - an early opportunity.
    • 3' Neat work from Georgios Samaras and his cross intended for Theofanis Gekas flicks off the head of Yong-Hyung Cho and out for a corner.
    • 2' An early run by Manchester United's Ji-Sung Park is ended by Giorgos Seitaridis.
    • 1' And we are underway!
    • 12:25 The teams are out to hear the national anthems which are largely drowned out by the sound of the vuvuzela. There are huge swathes of empty seats.
    • 12:20 The second encounter was a friendly at Craven Cottage on 6 February 2007. Korea’s Lee Chun-Soo scored the only goal of the match.
    • 12:15 Korea Republic and Greece have met twice before but never at the World Cup. Both matches were friendlies played on neutral grounds. Their first meeting was a friendly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 21 January 2006. Theodoros Zagorakis put Greece up 1-0, but Park Chu-Young equalised. Lee Dong-Gook had a chance to win it for Korea from the penalty spot, but missed.
    • 12:10 The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium has been built at the end of a lake with a beautiful white roof resembling flower petals. It is a bowl, like a traditional English stadium and is sure to generate plenty of atmosphere and noise. Capacity 48,000.
    • 12:05 PE is the nation's motor industry capital and was the frontier city for British settlers moving eastward from Cape Town in the 19th century.
    • 12:00 Port Elizabeth is the heartland of the Xhosa ethnic group which has produced many anti-apartheid heroes including Mandela and Steve Biko.
    • 11:55 Saturday's match brings the inauguration of the eye-catching Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium but could play host to a stalemate, with Korea's slick and relentless counter-attacking likely to be stifled by Greece's unyielding defence and 4-5-1 formation.
    • 11:50 South Korea's World Cup record is more impressive as they have reached the last seven finals and cruised unbeaten through qualification, although their failure to reach the second round on foreign soil underlines an inferiority complex outside the comfort zone of the fledgling Asian game.
    • 11:45 A Greece win would also help exorcise the ghosts of a woeful World Cup past that features three games and three defeats without a single goal scored in their only appearance in 1994.
    • 11:40 Michael Hester from New Zealand is today's referee.
    • 11:35 Teams: South Korea: 18-Jung Sung-ryong; 22-Cha Du-ri, 12-Lee Young-pyo, 4-Cho Yong-hyung, 14-Lee Jung-soo; 8-Kim Jung-woo, 16-Ki Sung-yong, 7-Park Ji-sung, 17-Lee Chung-yong; 10-Park Chu-young, 19-Yeom Ki-hun. /// Greece: 12-Alexandros Tzorvas; 11-Loukas Vyntra, 2-Giourkas Seitaridis, 15-Vassilis Torosidis; 6-Alexandros Tziolis, 8-Avraam Papadopoulos, 10-Giorgos Karagounis, 21-Kostas Katsouranis; 7-Giorgos Samaras, 9-Angelos Haristeas, 17-Fanis Gekas.
    • 11:30 Greece and South Korea could be first-round failures or dark horses with the result of their meeting possibly throwing a spanner in the works for the World Cup's top teams.

  • Summary

    • 85' Tzorvas gets down at the near post to push Chung-Yong Lee's effort around the corner.
    • 78' Sung-Ryong Jung makes his first real save. Gekas on the turn and the Seongnam stopper tips it over the top.
    • 69' Greece's best chance. A long ball from the right finds its' way to Dimitris Salpingidis but he pokes wide from eight yards.
    • 53' GOAL KOREA! 2-0 And it's a great goal from Ji-Sung Park. Loukas Vyntra makes a complete hash of a routine square ball from a team-mate and the Manchester United nicks the ball, holds off two defenders and calmly slots into the corner.
    • 44' A moment of madness from Sung-Ryong Jung who almost makes a hash of a long diagonal ball. Theofanis Gekas wasn't too far away from making a touch after the keeper came out and then backed off - he complained that the sun was in his eyes.
    • 26' GREAT SAVE! Greece opened up yet again as Chu-Young Park peels off his marker but Alexandros Tzorvas makes a vital save with his left boot and the ball loops over the crossbar.
    • 7' GOAL KOREA! Woeful marking from a free-kick and centre-half Jung-Soo Lee is all alone at the back post to for a simple tap-in from five yards.
    • 4' Vassilis Torosidis finds himself unmarked from the corner but cannot sort his feet out and pokes wide from eight yards - an early opportunity.
    • 11:35 Teams: South Korea: 18-Jung Sung-ryong; 22-Cha Du-ri, 12-Lee Young-pyo, 4-Cho Yong-hyung, 14-Lee Jung-soo; 8-Kim Jung-woo, 16-Ki Sung-yong, 7-Park Ji-sung, 17-Lee Chung-yong; 10-Park Chu-young, 19-Yeom Ki-hun. /// Greece: 12-Alexandros Tzorvas; 11-Loukas Vyntra, 2-Giourkas Seitaridis, 15-Vassilis Torosidis; 6-Alexandros Tziolis, 8-Avraam Papadopoulos, 10-Giorgos Karagounis, 21-Kostas Katsouranis; 7-Giorgos Samaras, 9-Angelos Haristeas, 17-Fanis Gekas.

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