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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]