Korean Soccer
After watching Korea dramatically tied vs France yesterday, a few things crossed my mind.
1. The biggest strength of the Korean team is their mental toughness.
2. Their second biggest strength is their seemingly unending stamina.
Now, if you put the two together, you get the pesky, oh-so-difficult-to-beat Korean soccer team. Take, for instance, yesterday's game. They were completely dominated in the first half. ZERO shot on goal. In the first half of the second half, pretty much the same thing - except the French team seemed a bit slower - because they didn't have the stamina of the Korean team. Being dominated in such fashion by a world-power futbol team like the French would demoralize almost all opponents - but not the Koreans. This is where their #1 strength shines. They just keep running as hard as they could - believing that they can do it. and they can. as they showed.
Yes they still lack many things, such as Brazil's ball-handling skills, Brazil's striking skills, Brazil's unpenetratable defense. But boy are we tough mentally.
After watching Korea dramatically tied vs France yesterday, a few things crossed my mind.
1. The biggest strength of the Korean team is their mental toughness.
2. Their second biggest strength is their seemingly unending stamina.
Now, if you put the two together, you get the pesky, oh-so-difficult-to-beat Korean soccer team. Take, for instance, yesterday's game. They were completely dominated in the first half. ZERO shot on goal. In the first half of the second half, pretty much the same thing - except the French team seemed a bit slower - because they didn't have the stamina of the Korean team. Being dominated in such fashion by a world-power futbol team like the French would demoralize almost all opponents - but not the Koreans. This is where their #1 strength shines. They just keep running as hard as they could - believing that they can do it. and they can. as they showed.
Yes they still lack many things, such as Brazil's ball-handling skills, Brazil's striking skills, Brazil's unpenetratable defense. But boy are we tough mentally.
3 Comments:
true that.
truth of the matter is, france and switzerland are definitely the better teams in terms of their skills. but team korea has the heart and the stamina that can definitely take them far.
and thanks for comparing korea to brazil. muhahahahhaha. i got the best of both worlds.
I agree Korea has loads of stamina and endurance and that has helped us, this year as well as in 2002. But c'mon, we can't keep relying on outhustling our opponents. At some point, we need some precision, some touch and some creativity. We need to actually be a threat in the first half not just the second.-- ryan kim
so far, i think we've had enough creativity out of players like Lee Chun-Soo, Ahn Jung-Hwan, and Park Ji-Sung to be successful. I mean, talk about capitalizing on rare opportunities you know? And it happens precisely because we're so mentally tough with crazy stamina. I'm not saying thats all we need, but it's our strength, and we'll keep playing to our strength until we develop more creative players like Park Ji-Sung.
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