Korea v. Maldives
17.11.2004
The #1 sport in the world. No NOT NASCAR… FOOTBALL. Tonight, Korea played MALDIVES (where?) in a DO-or-DIE match for World Cup 2006 qualification. Yeah, I can’t believe we’re considered an asia/world power in football either – MalWHAT? But this is why we play the game.
In a gamble, we made a big deal out of it. Brought the #1 under 20 prospect to the game along with 11 boys and girls from local football clubs and about 4 major sports media for games, interviews and photo-ops. There were about 65,000 there in the sold out crowd, all dressed in HOT RED and rearin’ to go! And let me tell you, when they rip that giant KOREA flag out and cover the stands, chanting KO-RE-A, you can’t help but get chills all over!
The game was 0-0 at half (love football?) with several near misses and amazing saves on the Maldives side (located in Miconesia by the way.. and where the hell is that?). They played an unusal 10 back defense really hampering our chances, but half way through the second half, we struck with a beautiful top shelf strike. Adding another for good measure, we secured our place in the next round of qualifiers with a 2-0 win.
Bring it on baby!! KOREA in 2006!!
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