With most attention on the exploits of Pohang Steelers in the Asian Champions League and the national team's friendly matches in Europe against Denmark and Serbia, the fact that the K-League is about to embark upon its championship play-off series has almost gone unnoticed.
Six teams are still in with a chance of the domestic title. Click to continue reading...

Pohang Steelers are just 90 minutes away from making soccer history. On Saturday night, the team from Gyeongsang province could become the most successful club in Asia – ever.
The South Koreans meet Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad in Tokyo in the final of the Asian Champions League. The opposition also has two wins under its belt. Click to continue reading...

O 17º jogo do Mundial Sub-20, foi realizado na cidade de Suez, no estádio Mubarak Stadium, com uma temperatura de 27º C.
Jogaram as seleções da Coréia do Sul (49º no ranking da FIFA) e Alemanha (4º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
27/06/1994 - Alemanha 3x2 Coréia do Sul (Copa do Mundo)
25/06/2002 - Alemanha 1x0 Coréia do Sul (Copa do Mundo)
29/11/2003 - Coréia do Sul 2x0 Alemanha (Mundial Sub-20)
19/12/2004 - Coréia do Sul 3x1 Alemanha (Amistoso)
A seleção da Coréia do Sul deu 7 chutes a gol e ficou com 58% de posse de bola e a Alemanha deu 5 chutes a gol com 32% de posse de bola. Click to continue reading...

East Asia has long struggled to produce prolific goalscorers and most clubs import attackers from Brazil, Africa and Eastern Europe.
It is a chicken-and-egg situation. Do clubs buy foreign forwards because there isn't enough local talent or is there not enough local talent because clubs pack their offensive lines with overseas stars? Click to continue reading...

The Korean thanksgiving holiday is a time to spend with family and pay respects to ancestors that have passed away. What it is not, is a time to do any unnecessary travel. More than half the nation moves around the southern half of the peninsula to visit hometowns. The nightly television news programs all start by broadcasting the same pictures with relish. Click to continue reading...

Urawa Reds manager Holger Osieck remains optimistic about his side's chances of advancing to the semifinals of the Asian Champions League despite losing hold of a stranglehold on the home-and-away quarterfinal clash against Jeonbuk Motors on Wednesday night.
The Reds outclassed the reigning ACL champions from start to finish and were up 2-0 heading into the waning moments of the match at Saitama Stadium when Jeonbuk defender Choi Jin-cheul blazed home through a maze of players to take the glean off a terrific showing by the home side. Click to continue reading...