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 […]
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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 […]
Korea 4:0 Uzbekistan / Bento led squad ends 2018 on high note [Player Rating + Video Highlights]
So there’s no Son Heung-min, no Lee Jae-Sung nor Ki Sung-Yeung, core Korean players usually called up for international duty. For Son – a much […]
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 […]
Korea 1:0 India AFC U16 Championship / Quarterfinal win secures passage to U17 World Cup
It’s been awhile, welcome back to the Tavern and no better way to start your week than some positive news from the youth. Korea’s U16 […]
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 […]