Son Heung-min: his moment in time on eve of Champions League final
We should be talking about Korea in the upcoming Women’s World Cup in France, or Korea about to face off against Argentina in the pivotal […]
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Son Heung-min: 3 goals help deliver Spurs to Champions League Semifinals
If I had more words to jam into the title, contextually it was a remarkable team effort – despite all the injuries + 2 transfer […]
Korea 2:1 Colombia / Son and Lee Jae-sung repeats scoreline in 2nd straight win against Colombia
Goal scorers grab all the headlines don’t they, but a more contextual headline would include the entire team effort that concluded a wild and entertaining […]
Lee Chung-yong heads up play delivers 1:0 win over Bolivia
Paulo Bento ushered Korea’s first result after the Asian Cup debacle, a somewhat clunky 1:0 friendly win over Bolivia. Tinkering slightly with his squad in […]
Hwang In-beom and family angry over derailed transfer to Hamburg by “shady” agent [UPDATE 2.15]
{Update: if have been keeping tabs on our transfer saga of Hwang In-beom since we published this 2 days ago, there’s been questions coming in […]
Asian Cup 2019 Round of 16: Korea Squeezes past Bahrain in Extra Time (v.2)
If there’s a running theme for the 2019 edition of the Asian Cup, it’s that the giant 4 of Asian football, Iran, Japan, Australia and […]
Lee Chung-yong Flying to Korea for Family Reasons / Friday Kickaround
As Korea prepares for their Asian Cup Round of 16 match with Bahrain next week, there’s breaking news in: Lee Chung-yong is temporarily leaving the […]
Korea 2:0 China / Son makes impact (but Bento management raises questions)
This will be a super short recap/summary -other Tavern writers will add to this as the day goes on. In a bit of a risky […]
Korea 1:0 Kyrgyzstan / Kim Min-Jae goal sends Korea into Asian Cup knockout stage
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium / Al Ain On paper it should have been a rout. The reality was Korea weren’t able to convert multiple chances […]
Korea 1:0 Philippines / Close Shave to start Asian Cup campaign (v.2)
Rashid Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai / United Arab Emirates In their bid to erase a 60 year hex, Korea started on their Asian Cup journey, gathering 3 […]