2002 FIFA World Cup (tm) Finals - Results & Fixtures - Portugal vs Korea Republic

14 Jun 2002


Portugal	0 - 1	Korea Republic
	(HT: 0 - 0)

Game Details
Venue Incheon Munhak Stadium	Attendance 50239
Referee Angel Sanchez (ARG) Assistant Referees Ali Al Traifi (KSA) Ferenc Szekely (HUN)

Game Events
#	Date	Player	Event	Period	Mins	H/A
1	14 Jun 2002	Beto	Yellow Card	First Half	22	H
2	14 Jun 2002	Kim Tae-Young	Yellow Card	First Half	24	A
3	14 Jun 2002	Joao Pinto	Red Card	First Half	27	H
4	14 Jun 2002	Seol Ki-Hyeon	Yellow Card	Second Half	12	A
5	14 Jun 2002	Beto	2nd Yellow Card	Second Half	21	H
6	14 Jun 2002	Pedro Pauleta	Player Out	Second Half	24	H
7	14 Jun 2002	Jorge Andrade	Substitute In	Second Half	24	H
8	14 Jun 2002	Park Ji-Sung	Goal	Second Half	25	A
9	14 Jun 2002	Rui Jorge	Player Out	Second Half	28	H
10	14 Jun 2002	Abel Xavier	Substitute In	Second Half	28	H
11	14 Jun 2002	Kim Nam-Il	Yellow Card	Second Half	29	A
12	14 Jun 2002	Petit	Player Out	Second Half	32	H
13	14 Jun 2002	Nuno Gomes	Substitute In	Second Half	32	H
14	14 Jun 2002	Jorge Costa	Yellow Card	Second Half	38	H
15	14 Jun 2002	Ahn Jung-Hwan	Yellow Card	Second Half	48	A
16	14 Jun 2002	Ahn Jung-Hwan	Player Out	Second Half	48	A
17	14 Jun 2002	Lee Chun-Soo	Substitute In	Second Half	48	A

Match report

South Korea joined fellow World Cup co-hosts Japan in the second round of the tournament, a Park Ji-Sung goal eliminating nine-man Portugal 1-0 in their final Group D match. Scenes of near delirium from their ecstatic fans accompanied the South Korean success as they won their group and booked an unenviable second-round meeting with three-time champions Italy on Tuesday (18 June 2002). The decisive goal came when Park produced a wonderful piece of skill before slamming a low drive past Portuguese keeper Vitor Baia 20 minutes from the end. Having beaten Poland and drawn with the United States the South Koreans only needed a point to finish above the Portuguese and qualify for the second phase for the first time in their history. Their opponents had to pull off a win to make up for a surprise 3-2 loss to the United States but they followed pre-tournament favourites France and Argentina through the exit door. They almost saved their skins when Sergio Conceicao's last-gasp drive hit the post and bounced out. The same player still had time to force a brilliant stop from South Korean keeper Lee Woon-Jae, who had earlier heroically stretched to tip away a Pauleta header.
Park was denied a second goal in the final seconds at the other end as Baia raced out to smother the ball.
Portuguese coach Antonio Oliveira rued his team's lack of accuracy in front of goal at the end.
"I'm very disappointed. This is not the result we expected at the World Cup," he said.
"I have to compliment the Koreans, however, and wish them luck. We were unlucky with our late missed chances."
Midfielder Paulo Bento said Portugal had scuppered their World Cup chances with their loss to the Americans.
"We didn't start well. We were spending most of our time in our own half. We just had no luck - but we lost it against the United States," he said.
The packed 50,000 crowd shrieked with approval almost every time the hosts touched the ball as South Korea made a bright start, spraying the ball around quickly and neatly. Portugal, highly-favoured at the start of the event, crashed out in disgrace in a stormy encounter with two men dismissed as emotions boiled over. After a bright start by the Koreans the match turned ugly after 27 minutes when Joao Pinto launched into a two-footed tackle from behind on Park and received a red card. Portugal's players angrily surrounded Argentine referee Angel Sanchez in an ugly echo of their Euro 2000 semi-final loss to France when Abel Xavier was dismissed and several teammates jostled the referee following a controversial penalty. Three minutes later Seol Ki-Hyeon bundled the ball home but the effort was ruled out for a shove on Baia. But Portugal, who needed a win after the defeat to the USA, dug their own grave when defender Beto picked up a second card for taking the legs of Lee Young-Pyo. Park's goal followed three minutes later. He controlled a long ball from the left, sidestepped Conceicao with a neat touch from his right boot and then buried a ferocious effort under Baia with his left. The goal was just reward for Guus Hiddink's Korean side as they had dominated even before the two dismissals, leaving the Portuguese defence at sixes and sevens with the speed of their breaks. Mercurial Portuguese midfielder Luis Figo almost rescued his colleagues with 16 minutes remaining but a trademark curling free-kick flashed inches wide. Portuguese coach Antonio Oliveira swiftly withdrew Pauleta for defender Jorge Andrade in a bid to save at least a point as news filtered through that the United States were losing to Poland. Nuno Gomes came on with 14 minutes left but miskicked horribly when on his own eight yards out as a solid Portugal chance went begging. Pin-up Ahn Jung-Hwan, had a lively game after being included in the starting line-up, denying veteran striker Hwang Sun-Hong, who scored in the opening win over the Poles, his 100th cap.

(courtesy of dailysoccer)




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