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Korea 2:1 Colombia / Son and Lee Jae-sung repeats scoreline in 2nd straight win against Colombia

March 26, 2019 Roy Ghim 10

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

March 22, 2019 Roy Ghim 11

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 […]

Asian Cup Matchday: Bahrain Round of 16 Preview

January 22, 2019 Michael Welch 7

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)

January 16, 2019 Roy Ghim 28

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

January 2, 2019 kkim 18

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

October 16, 2018 Roy Ghim 15

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

October 12, 2018 Roy Ghim 35

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

October 11, 2018 Roy Ghim 1

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

September 18, 2018 Roy Ghim 1

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

September 14, 2018 Michael Welch 21

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 […]

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