Lackluster Koreans show little urgency in World Cup loss to South Africa
GUADALUPE, Mexico — Korea could not have picked a worse time to submit such a lackluster performance at the FIFA World Cup. Needing only a draw against South Africa on Wednesday in their final Group A match in northeastern Mexico, South Korea instead absorbed a 1-0 loss on a goal
GUADALUPE, Mexico — Korea could not have picked a worse time to submit such a lackluster performance at the FIFA World Cup. Needing only a draw against South Africa on Wednesday in their final Group A match in northeastern Mexico, South Korea instead absorbed a 1-0 loss on a goal by Thapelo Maseko. The result left South Korea in third place in the group with three points.
They opened the tournament by rallying to beat Czechia 2-1 on June 11, but they lost to Mexico 1-0 a week later. In the expanded, 48-team tournament, the eight best third-place teams out of 12 will progress to the knockouts. South Korea must now wait to see if they will advance after all, with Groups J, K and L set to finish up their play Saturday across the United States.
With Mexico punching their knockout ticket thanks to that victory, South Korea still had a chance to advance to the round of 32 on Wednesday, as long as they avoided losing to 60th-ranked South Africa. However, losing is exactly what 25th-ranked South Korea did, while displaying a shocking lack of urgency. South Korea head coach Hong Myung-bo held lon
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