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Tavern Preview: South Korea vs Jordan 2023 Asian Cup Group Stage

January 18, 2024 Jinseok 11

I’ve been watching some highlights from Jordan’s last few games and reflecting on our recent match against Bahrain, which got me thinking about the different […]

Asian Cup Group Stages: Korea 3-1 Bahrain Recap

January 15, 2024 Jinseok 12

The opening game of the Asian Cup for Korea ended in a 3-1 win against Bahrain. Bahrain is a team that in the past we’ve […]

Why South Korea Can and Will Beat Japan to Win the 2023/2024 Asian Cup

January 12, 2024 Jinseok 12

Third update after the Malaysia match: I take back literally everything I said in this post. Tho I guess we can keep it up to […]

South Korea 2023/2024 Asian Cup Preview

January 1, 2024 Jinseok 15

On 12/27/2023 Jurgen Klinsmann announced the squad that will represent South Korea in the upcoming Asian Cup in Qatar. There were no surprises but with […]

Potential K League Transfers to Europe: Part 3 Post Military Exemption

October 15, 2023 Jinseok 2

Thanks to Korea’s third Asian Games gold medal in a row, a whole new generation of footballers earned military exemption, something that would’ve ruled out […]

MILITARY EXEMPTION! Korea 2-1 Japan for the Gold

October 7, 2023 Jinseok 0

WE DID IT! Despite an insanely biased ref all game and falling behind in the 1st minute. Congrats to the squad. Recap to follow.

I Can’t With AFC Teams: Korea 2-0 Uzbekistan Asian Games Semifinals Brief Recap

October 7, 2023 Jinseok 0

Of the teams that South Korea encounters frequently, sometimes I wonder if Japan, Australia, and most Southeast Asian sides are the only other teams in […]

Asian Games Quarterfinal: Korea 2-0 China recap

October 1, 2023 Jinseok 4

In a match surrounded by a lot of nervousness and uncertainty in the days prior, Korea strolled to a very comfortable 2-0 win against China. […]

Asian Games RO16: Korea 5-1 Kyrgyzstan

September 28, 2023 Jinseok 0

I wasn’t planning on individual game writeups until the quarterfinals, but this one was notable enough for me to post about the match. The score […]

Korea’s 2022 Asian Games Group Stage Recap

September 25, 2023 Jinseok 3

Korean football fans had good reason to be extremely anxious going into this tournament. Despite boasting a team miles ahead of everyone else (no other […]

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