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 […]
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Asian Cup Matchday: Bahrain Round of 16 Preview
With the group stages finished and Group C won with a more convincing performance against China, the Taeguk Warriors will now begin the knockout stage […]
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 […]
Park v. Son: Asia’s Best in the Prem
With Son Heung-Min’s white-hot December, online debates have naturally started to heat up comparing two of Asia’s finest in the Premier League: who’s the better […]
Korea 2:2 Panama / Momentum Stalled
Cheonan Baeksoek Stadium: Korea looked bright at first, scoring early and looking like they were going to run all over Panama to end the October […]
Korea 2:1 Uruguay / Historic 1st Win over South American powerhouse
Stunning, that’s one of many ways to described a symbolically important victory over Uruguay, a perennial South American footballing powerhouse. Today’s 2:1 result gives Paulo […]
Korea v Uruguay Friendly Preview
Korea v Uruguay international friendly Friday October 12, Seoul World Cup stadium, kickoff 8pm Korea time / 7 am US EST TV: MBC / NAVER […]
Ji scores, gets injured in celebration / Son in the Champions League today: KPA Roundup + midweek listing
Ji Dong-won has finally gotten back to scoring for Augsburg – he was so excited he leapt into the air and…somehow injured his knee on […]
Captain Sonny: the Right Man for the Bento Era
The Bento Era has begun. And with it, the Captain Sonny era has also begun in earnest. It was confirmed over the international break by […]
Korea 0:0 Chile / Positives and Negatives from Bento’s 2nd game in charge
Korea just wrapped up their international week with a 0-0 draw with Chile in Suwon. A sold out Suwon World Cup Stadium cheered, raised their […]