Korea 0 - 7 FC JK (392615949)

A scorching day at City of Kimhae Stadium, where 12000 spectators were in place for today's match. Tanju Buruk was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manuel Baltes and Mikołaj Tarczyński. Korea tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Seo - Shin, Kim, Kim, Jung - So, Park, Jung, Kim - Shin, Cho.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for FC JK. The following players had been chosen: Vähäsöyrinki - Jeon, Cristea, Gurevitz, Han - Lee, Holoubek, Lahdelma, Yoo - Kim, van den Bosch.

The strategy for FC JK was to use their ability to press. The pressing tactics used by FC JK were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. The visiting C. van den Bosch was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 28 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. FC JK's B. Holoubek was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 36 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for C. van den Bosch who increased FC JK's lead to 0 - 2. The referee signalled a penalty 37 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. A. Cristea knocked it home to make the score 0 - 3. M. Schneeberger was called on to replace FC JK's M. Vähäsöyrinki after 38 minutes following a nasty collision. Some fine movement on the left led to a FC JK goal after 40 minutes, making it 0 - 4. W. Yoo was noted down as the scorer. J. Shin of Korea was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to FC JK, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

In the lead, FC JK adjusted their style of play with 46 minutes gone. After 46 minutes, the FC JK players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. After a short break after 46 minutes, FC JK seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. The sunny day didn't make things easy for S. Cho who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. FC JK increased their lead after 55 minutes when C. van den Bosch broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. This third goal completed a hattrick for C. van den Bosch. With 62 minutes played, J. Lahdelma of FC JK fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The corner kick from A. Cristea was powerfully met by the head of H. Kim to make the score 0 - 6. Confident in their lead, FC JK's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, J. Lee would have put FC JK up another goal 68 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. FC JK pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Kim from Korea a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 76 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! FC JK's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. After 81 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave H. Kim a chance to increase the lead for FC JK, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 7. FC JK had most of the ball, with 72 percent of possession.

Korea's top performer was clearly Y. Shin. M. Seo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating FC JK player was without a doubt C. van den Bosch. However, M. Schneeberger made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.