The Manchester United star reflected "This was my third world Cup goal and it makes me very honoured but ultimately it's down t the team winning."
South Korea coach said, “If we had been a little bit calmer, we could have had an even better result, in terms of scoring goals, it could have been a little bit better for us." The Asian side grabbed this Group B fixture the scruff of the neck as early as the seventh minute when Celtic's Ki Sung Yueng's freekick from beside the left corner flag skimmed over the heads of the Greece defence for Lee to volley in at the far post.
“You have got eighteen people in the penalty area and there is a hard hit cross, anything can happen if the defender doesn’t head away the ball properly,” Rehhagel said. Rehhagel took off captain Giorgos Karagounis at the interval but South Korea continued to dominate despite Greece’s adventurous three-man attack and Park Ji-sung made it 2-0.
Torosidis gave the ball away to Park midway inside his own half. Park surged forward and beat two sliding tackles before coolly scoring with a low shot. “We shouldn’t sit on our laurels and we should attack,” Huh said. “I said at halftime that we would have more opportunities and we should take advantage.”
Greece mustered only a couple of blocked shots and appealed desperately for a late penalty when Gekas shot hit a defender. The South Korean had his arms raised but replays showed the ball hit his body. Ten minutes from time something unusual took place, Greece had a shot at goal ...but Korea's veteran keeper Jung Sung Ryong lived up to tip Theofnis Gkas's close range attempt over the bar.
Tziolis said, “I think it was a fair result. We didn’t play well, we have very few options. There’s no other option than to go all out.”
Torosidis gave the ball away to Park midway inside his own half. Park surged forward and beat two sliding tackles before coolly scoring with a low shot. “We shouldn’t sit on our laurels and we should attack,” Huh said. “I said at halftime that we would have more opportunities and we should take advantage.”
Greece mustered only a couple of blocked shots and appealed desperately for a late penalty when Gekas shot hit a defender. The South Korean had his arms raised but replays showed the ball hit his body. Ten minutes from time something unusual took place, Greece had a shot at goal ...but Korea's veteran keeper Jung Sung Ryong lived up to tip Theofnis Gkas's close range attempt over the bar.
Tziolis said, “I think it was a fair result. We didn’t play well, we have very few options. There’s no other option than to go all out.”