Korea Republic 0-1 Mexico: Player Ratings
An unusual match in terms of flow as Korea controlled the first half, but didn’t really generate much of anything. A Kim Seunggyu blunder early […]
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South Korea 5-0 Trinidad and Tobago Review; Cho Yu Min injured, Cho Wi Je in; El Salvador Preview
In the first of two friendlies ahead of the World Cup, South Korea handily beat T&T 5-0. It wasn’t all smooth sailing as the scoreline […]
The Hydration Break Controversy: Yet Another Failure from Hong Myung Bo [Update: +South Korea vs Austria Preview]
Our beloved South Korea national football team lost in a humiliating fashion to the Ivory Coast just three months before the World Cup. For our […]
Report Card: Grades for the Korean 2018 World Cup Squad
Another World Cup in the books, another Tavern series. We’ll be unpacking the World Cup that was for the Korean national team in the coming […]
Tactical Preview: Korea vs Sweden at the 2018 World Cup (Part 1)
Hope everyone has been enjoying the 2018 World Cup so far. Iran has Asia’s first win, Spain vs Portugal lived up to the hype. We […]
Meet Korea’s 2018 World Cup Squad: Defenders
Welcome to the Tavern of the Taeguk Warriors’ official 2018 FIFA World Cup “Meet The Squad” series. You can refer back to this series to […]
Preview: Korea spars with Bolivia in last public World Cup Tune-Up
In the final televised and public World Cup Tune-Up before the 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup kicks off in just over a week, the Korean […]
17 for 2017: Rising Stars of 2017
Rising stars of 2017 After the successful ‘rising stars’ post in 2015, we decided to include another short ‘risings stars’ post this year. We will […]
Building the World Cup Roster: December 2017
No major changes, but still some noteworthy moves as we build the World Cup Roster. The rules are rather simple: 23 players, 3 of whom […]
Building the World Cup Roster: November 2017
Let’s build the 23-man World Cup roster! The rules are rather simple: 23 players, 3 of whom must be goalkeepers. Funnily enough, North Korea managed […]