We've made it to the world cup for the 3rd time this century but do we have it in us to repeat the success we had in 2002? Critics from South Korea as well as the rest of the world hail us, The Korea Republic Nation Football Team, as the best of Asia and a group of pioneers for the sport. However those same critics question our ability to advance through our position in group B. Argentina is a sure favorite to advance and Greece is the former Euro champ, while Nigeria is widely considered one of the best African Teams ever. However I believe that South Korea will triumph over all opposition.
After 2002 our fan base has been growing and growing. If we win the whole cup this year we will return to Korea as heroes and will have brought a new excitement to the sport was never anticipated in Asia. Likewise strong teammates such as Park Chu-Young and Park Ji-Sung will be the leaders of this new brand of Korean hero. However if we fail to advance past the first round I do not expect there to be very much heartbreak. Our fans while loyal are few and a loss while devastating to us as a team will be easily forgotten with time.
I highly anticipate our preformance in South Korea and hope we will be able to advance to at least the semi-finals. I hope to bring a new generation of young South Koreans to the sport and encourage them to follow in our footsteps as athletic ambassadors for all of Korea.
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I feel the team is close to a victory as they keep growing, but I feel they aren't fully there yet. If we want to achieve a win, there's a long process of hard work that is required to accomplish it. Park Chu-Young and Park Ji-Sung defiantly will bring their team far in the competition. South Korea also hasn't always gone to the world cup, we probably won't win until we consecutively get into the world cup.
ReplyDeleteThe always try to keep the politics out of sports, but its really unavoidable. You'll always get the awkward matches like the 1974 West Berlin vs East Berlin, the 1982 Poland vs USSR match, and the much more recent 1998 Iran vs U.S match, to name a few. I wouldn't be surprised to see a heated North vs South Korea match in the mix here, and it having serious political consequences, that just happens.
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