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The manager of South Korea national football team, Hong Myung-bo, is not happy with the performance of his back line in the game against Algeria.

South Korea lost that game by a profound margin of 2-4 and they are now finding themselves very close to getting eliminated from the tournament. They have one more group game left i.e. against Belgium and even if they win that match; there is no guarantee of them advancing to the knockouts.

The manager of South Korea national football team, Hong Myung-bo, is not happy with the performance of his back line in the game against Algeria.

South Korea lost that game by a profound margin of 2-4 and they are now finding themselves very close to getting eliminated from the tournament. They have one more group game left i.e. against Belgium and even if they win that match; there is no guarantee of them advancing to the knockouts.

In the game against Algeria, South Korea’s start was bizarre. Their defence was totally wayward and as a result, within the first 40 minutes, they were down by 0-3. They pulled things back a little bit with a couple of goals in the second half, but, they could only reduce the margin of defeat with those goals.

Talking to the reporters in the post match press conference, Myung-bo said, “The numbers don’t lie. The outcome of the match itself suggests how many errors we committed today.”

“We made a few changes in the second half, but, so much damage had been done earlier that making a comeback was extremely hard. Our back line was disorganized in the initial parts of the game and they took advantage of that.”

When asked if his team took Algeria lightly, the South Korea boss said, “No, I don’t think so. We had the idea that they were a balanced unit and we would have to play very well to beat them. Anyways, the game is done and dusted now and the only thing that we can do from here is to have a good preparation for the last game and try and win it.”

The game between South Korea and Belgium will be played on Friday at Arena de Sao Paulo.

South Korea have been given a tough draw at the upcoming World Cup after being grouped along with Kuwait, Oman, and Australia in the group stages. Australia have been put as the favourites to win the competition early on. South Korea’s manager Hong Myung-Bo has agreed that this is indeed a very tough draw for his team. Even though South Korea has managed to reach the finals of major tournaments in recent years, he says that this will be a tough test since they have to deal with a giant like Australia in the group stages itself.

South Korea have been given a tough draw at the upcoming World Cup after being grouped along with Kuwait, Oman, and Australia in the group stages. Australia have been put as the favourites to win the competition early on. South Korea’s manager Hong Myung-Bo has agreed that this is indeed a very tough draw for his team. Even though South Korea has managed to reach the finals of major tournaments in recent years, he says that this will be a tough test since they have to deal with a giant like Australia in the group stages itself.

South Korea – just like Australia – have qualified for the World Cup 2014. They will be looking to do well at this major tournament before shifting their focus towards the Asian cup. Hong Myung-Bo can be confident about his team’s chances of promotion at the moment since Australia are not doing too well. Even after the arrival of former Brisbane Roar’s manager Postecegolou, the team has been struggling to get results. Myung-Bo says that in the home advantage of Australia makes it very difficult for his team.
However, he has tried to be realistic by saying that the World Cup comes first and he wants to concentrate on this tournament.

“We’ve been grouped with the home team, Australia have home advantage and it will be a very difficult match. I know [Postecegolou] is the new coach of national team but I’m also the new coach of the Korean team. Before we play in the Asian Cup, we have the World Cup, so after we play in Brazil, we think about how we play against Australia. I haven’t thought about it but most important thing is how we prepare and hopefully we can make the quarter-finals,” said Myung-Bo.

South Korea have managed just two wins in the last five matches.