A Korean spectacle in Kazan

• ​Goalkeeper Jo Hyeonwoo had a “perfect game”
• Previously-criticised players stepped adult to a mark
• The Koreans showed a universe what they could do once more

By Hounche Chung with Korea Republic

From a beginning, it was different. All of a Korean players, including a starting XI and a substitutes, collected in a round in front of a bench. Like a dedicated ritual, this went on for a while, until a arbitrate was prepared to blow a alarm for kick-off. Their opponents, a reigning champions, were already set in their arrangement watchful for a Koreans to come adult to a pitch.

It was no typical match. Even if we were a precisionist who does not trust in numbers or stats, we could clearly tell a disproportion – in possession or attempts on idea – between a sides right from a off. The strong Germans were banishment on all cylinders, as if they were out to make adult for their lifeless start to a tournament.

Perfect game
However, there was a turn in this game. Every time Germany surged brazen to mangle a deadlock, something went wrong: all of their shots and crosses into a box were blocked by a group in red. Even when some of them managed to mangle through, Jo Hyeonwoo was on palm to resist a danger.

“I’ve never had a ideal diversion like this before, in my whole career,” a slim goalkeeper told FIFA.com after being named a Budweiser Man of a Match. “But we wasn’t saving all a shots by myself currently – we suspicion a other goalkeepers [Kim] Seunggyu and [Kim] Jinhyeon were also giving me a hand.”

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/a-korean-miracle-in-kazan