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Saw that coming<\/a>: Brazil trounces Korea 4-1, eliminating them from the round of 16<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m not mad, just disappointed.\u00a0 Nominally.\u00a0 I actually had predicted the score would\u2019ve been 5-1, with Korea\u2019s one goal being some garbage time pity goal in the 92nd<\/sup> minute.\u00a0 Not out of pessimism, but a realistic guess based on the fact that Brazil is in a class way above Korea, and the friendly they played back in June ended in a similar score, I saw no reason why it would be any different during the World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n They weren\u2019t playing a Portugal squad who had already secured their position and really had no reason to play their best.\u00a0 They weren\u2019t playing a squad with a bitch of Ronaldo in body protect mode and being more of a liability than a threat.\u00a0 They were playing fucking Brazil, a country routinely ranked 1st<\/sup> or among the top four countries in FIFA rankings, like all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n To me, a monumental win would\u2019ve been if Korea could\u2019ve held Brazil to a 0-0 by half, but in reality it only six minutes before Brazil got on the board, and two minutes later, Neymar was notching a PK for a 2-0 score that basically ended the game after it barely started.<\/span><\/p>\n The real question was just how much gas was Brazil going to put on the rout?\u00a0 Having won the game in 15 minutes, there was little reason for them to really risk Neymar or any of their starters.\u00a0 But unsurprisingly the topic came up in numerous forums of the complete humiliation Brazil endured in 2014 against Germany, losing 7-1, and taking their history out on Korea seemed like a very realistic possibility, and it looked like my 5-1 score might become a reality.<\/span><\/p>\n Fortunately, Korea played with integrity and played out the rest of the game cleanly, not fouling like crazy, while still trying hard, forcing Brazil\u2019s goalkeeper Alisson to really work, deflecting numerous shots.\u00a0 And when Paik Seung-ho crushed his 30 yard smash into the net, that was good enough for me, to be satisfied with the result.\u00a0 At least we went down fighting and didn\u2019t get shut out, and this goal was most definitely no charity, lazy backup GK goal, it was a screamer and it was earned.<\/span><\/p>\n Ffrom what my amateur eyes witnessed, Brazil\u2019s in a class of its own with their touch<\/em>, as in the ability to so perfectly tap the most intricate light passes in between defenders to get them into prime scoring position.\u00a0 Son Heung-min is really the only guy on the Korean team with a similar ability, and it\u2019s that finesse that basically won the game against Portugal with his perfect, between-the-legs pass to Hwang Hee-chon before he kicked the game winner.<\/span><\/p>\n Like I said, I\u2019m not surprised or mad about the result, but it\u2019s always a little disappointing to see your teams lose no matter the circumstances.\u00a0 The reality is still that Korea already had a tremendously fine showing in the World Cup that shouldn\u2019t have been in Qatar, by notching a memorable win against Portugal and advancing out of groups.\u00a0 Those alone are huge achievements for a country oft-ranked among the lower quartile of World Cup teams historically, and no matter the result of the Brazil game, I\u2019m so fucking proud of Korea\u2019s World Cup run, and we\u2019ll always have the fine memories of the win against Portugal.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saw that coming: Brazil trounces Korea 4-1, eliminating them from the round of 16 I\u2019m not mad, just disappointed.\u00a0 Nominally.\u00a0 I actually had predicted the score would\u2019ve been 5-1, with Korea\u2019s one goal being some garbage time pity goal in the 92nd minute.\u00a0 Not out of pessimism, but a realistic guess based on the fact … Continue reading Well, that was not 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