Korea & Sweden Soccer Teams Tie
The South Korean and Swedish soccer teams tied 2-2 in a friendly held in Seoul:
South Korea did more than enough to suggest new coach Dick Advocaat has them on the right track when they drew 2-2 with Sweden in a friendly in Seoul.
The 2002 World Cup semifinalists took an eighth minute lead through Ahn Jung-whan but Johan Elmander equalized within a minute.
South Korea regained the lead in the 52nd minute through Kim young-chul and the Swedes again drew level six minutes later with a goal from sub Markus Rosenberg.
The Koreans’ early score came when Ahn Jung-whan controlled a Seol Ki-hyeon headed knock-down before rifling a left-footed volley low past Eddie Gustafsson from the edge of the box.
The lead was swiftly wiped out when Johan Elmander played a neat one-two with Niclas Alexandersson before slotting low into the corner of the net past a helpless Lee Woon-jae.
Sweden struggled to cope with the pace and movement of Manchester United’s Park Ji-sung and Tottenham’s Lee Young-pyo in particular and were fortunate to go in level at the break.
I have to agree with the CNN/SI analysis because the South Korean soccer team is playing better. I don’t know if it is because of Coach Advocaat or the great play of the above pictured Park Ji-sung who continues to dominate play. There is still a lot of time between now and the World Cup, but things definitely appear to be improving in Red Devil land.
