South Korea threatens to pull out of the asian cup in protest of Japan

[persian893]

Thursday, July, 29

AP - World News

CHONGQING - South Korea threatens to pull out of the asian cup in protest of Japans timewasting against the giants Iran which resulted in a draw. South Korea now must face Iran in the quarterfinal stage of the asian cup.

"What Japan did is outrageous, now we must face Iran instead of Japan which means an early exit. I was lucky to score against Iran four years ago, but this time around luck wont be the factor, Iran is too strong for us." Said striker Lee Don Gook.

"What Japan did was a disgrace to east asia and what we stand for. Had they not wasted time throughout the game, Iran would have won easily and we would have faced Japan instead of the persians." A korean fan told AP.

Iran who played without several of its key players dominated throughout the game and had a perfect goal dissallowed by the qatari linesmen. Huge celebrations broke out in Tokyo and other parts of Japan when the final whistle came.

"A draw against the persians was a great victory for us. Now hopefully we wont have to face them until the final." Said Tamada who failed to score the only japanese chanse of the game.

"Some might say that we played like cowards, and we did, but lets not forget that we faced Iran and not some arab or east asian team. This draw was one of the greatest achievments of japanese football." Zico told after the game.

An official from Japanese FA said he had heard about the threats from a possible south korean withdraw from the tournament.

"Im puzzled by the korean FA's descision to withdraw. We did nothing against the rules and we grabbed a point fair and square." Kawasaki said.

South Korea will face the three time champions Iran on saturday in the quarterfinal clash of the asian cup.


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They got a point. Iran should have won the game against Japan. But nevermind, we'll beat S. Korea now instead hehe. So maybe we can take revenge in the finals against Japan.

 

[Hiroshi66]

Meh, let them pull out. Its really ridiculous. I'm not really a sports person, but this type of thing is unique. And I think if China or Thailand did the same thing, the Koreans would have said something different.

Shouldn't this belong in Japan and Korea: Bil. Relations, or Sports?

 

[TwistedMac]

pull out because japan didn't let iran beat them?...

sure, must've been a dull match.. for anyone but the japanese holding their breath for 90 minutes... but so what?.. whiners.. like counterstrike playing 14 year olds.. "OMG TAHTS TEH CHEAT!!2"

 

[persian893]

those faqqin arab refs will cost us the tournament. they cost us two games allready.
i dont understand why they put arab refs at our games. they hate persians.

 

[TwistedMac]

seems to be a lot of animosity brewing in asia...

 

[Ewok85]

Well Japan got cheated out of the world cup

 

[playaa]

I say withdrawing would be more of a cowardly move then what Japan did.

 

[Wang]

South Korea threatens to pull out of the asian cup in protest of Japans timewasting against the giants Iran which resulted in a draw. South Korea now must face Iran in the quarterfinal stage of the asian cup.

This is just childish behaviour. I think South Korea is just afraid to play against Iran and that's why they threaten with this highly exaggerated and immature statement.

If South Korea can't win from Iran that's their problem, but blaming Japan for everything that doesn窶冲 go according to their views is just pathetic.

 

[Nuala]

Let them pull out!

 

[jovial_jon]

Well they've got more chance of winning if they actually play! They're just being bitter. It's a poor attitude to have really.

 

[canadian_kor]

Well, someone once said that if you're not cheating than you're not trying. You know things like these happen a lot in the sports world. If the Japanese squad thought that this was the best way to advance in the tournament, so be it. I'm sure the Korean squad would have done the same thing if they were in the same position. I think it is silly to withdraw from the tournament just because of this. I think the best way for the Korean squad to "get even" is for them to play hard, kick Iran's butt, and win the whole damn thing.

 

[bossel]

Hmm, sounds ridiculous! So much so, that I went & tried to look the news article up. Didn't find it, just a link in Google news search that doesn't work:
http://www.irankicks.com/cgi-bin/iknews/viewnews.cgi?newsid1091093323,84268,
(not that I'm convinced of irankicks as a reliable news source)
Hence I wonder if this news is genuine. It's hard to imagine (edit: Oh well, not so hard. There are all kinds of idiots in football associations:football some association issuing an official protest when a game was played in a fair way, albeit boring to death. It's pretty normal in modern football that the underdog just plays defensive & tries to hold a draw. Maybe just another red herring.

 

[Lina Inverse]

That's absolutely ridiculous!
They're just angry that Japan didn't lose and now act like some rotten brat
Let them bail out if they can't handle it.

 

[Hiroshi66]

Koreans are just patriotically stubborn. Unlike Modern Japan and Taiwan. To a lesser degree China. South Korea thinks they are much, much better than their Asian neighbors, though they seem to have a superiority and inferiority complex at the same time.

But pulling out is really their own problem. If they're too cowardly to play against Iran, that's their problem. Unsportsmanship.

 

[bossel]

Koreans are just patriotically stubborn. Unlike Modern Japan and Taiwan. To a lesser degree China. South Korea thinks they are much, much better than their Asian neighbors, though they seem to have a superiority and inferiority complex at the same time.

China to a lesser degree? Well, that's open for discussion.

 

[Hiroshi66]

Well, by patriotically stubborn, I mean towards the Japanese. Japan ruled Korea from 1910 to 1945 (parts of it from 1884) and until very recently the Koreans did not let any Japanese influence into their country. When I say Taiwan is not as stubborn, I mean towards the Japanese. The Taiwanese are very similar to Japan - basically more forgiving. The Chinese do have many Japanese haters, but not as many as the Koreans. I'll explain further if you would like.

 

[canadian_kor]

Well, by patriotically stubborn, I mean towards the Japanese. Japan ruled Korea from 1910 to 1945 (parts of it from 1884) and until very recently the Koreans did not let any Japanese influence into their country. When I say Taiwan is not as stubborn, I mean towards the Japanese. The Taiwanese are very similar to Japan - basically more forgiving. The Chinese do have many Japanese haters, but not as many as the Koreans. I'll explain further if you would like.

I think you have to be under the Japanese occupation to understand why a lot of Koreans hate the Japanese (though I think a lot of Koreans do tend to exaggerate grievances against them). As a more "reasonable" Korean, I think some of the things I hear among my people regarding the Japanese is unnecessarily crude. Yes, Japan did commit horrible crimes in the past against Koreans (and other nationalities), but to continue harbouring hatred doesn't solve anything. I also think it is wrong for those few Japanese to just dismiss those past atrocities as nothing. Horrible things happened, and it must be addressed. Regarding the characteristics of Koreans, it is true, Koreans generally tend to be more emotional than their Asian neighbours (sometimes to the point where reason/logic doesn't seem to factor in). I also found that Chinese/Japanese people are easier to deal with on a personal level (i.e., I encounter less personal friction with them). Anyways, I just want you to understand where we're coming from.

 

[Hiroshi66]

Indeed. I'm not denoting the Japanese Occupation or anything. It was probably one of the ten most brutal occupations that history has ever seen. I'm just saying that the Koreans do seem to overexxagerate it a little bit too much, as you pointed out. The Taiwanese, Chinese, and other Southeast Asians were under occupation as well - and the Taiwanese and especially some SE Asian nations like Cambodia and Vietnam saw the Japanese as liberators.

Here's another thing - in many of the SE Asian countries, the Japanese were liberators. They liberated those nations from European colonialism. Yes, there rule was equally brutal, but for some wierd reason, the SE Asians, though asking for compensation, pretty much did not make a big deal after the war's end. Same with Taiwan.

China and Korea were both independent, so its different.

 

[Dream Time]

both the Korean and Japanese teams are cowards

still remember how the South Korean team cheated in World Cup 2002...

well I don't watch soccer and I don't support the Chinese team either...

 

[Dream Time]

if the Koreans want to pull out,go ahead

and playing cowardly to draw a game with Iran is one of the greatest archievements of Japanese soccer?? are you kidding me??

cowards don't deserve to win,and it is a disgrace to have cowards playing in the games.

 

[Arch]

Well if you ask me, it sounds like japan played a damn good game, grounding out a draw which is a good result.

 

[persian893]

4 : 3 !!!!!!!!!! for IRAAAAN, 3 Goals by Ali Karimi! Good Bye South Korea!

now it seems sure that Japan will win against Bahrain and Iran will beat China

so it will be Iran v Japan Asian Cup final..... hehehehhee wonderful

 

[Hiroshi66]

Well, I guess in the eyes of the Koreans, Japan got punished for what it supposedly did.

 

[stupidumboy]

likely to be happned and I personally think its not very decent if Korean team said that, interesting that I never read this kind of news from Korean media.
*when you post this kind of article,you should post up the source with*

I kindly suggest you to post the source of this article please.
Could you?

I cannot find this article in AP news website too.
I did google searched too and failed to find this article from AP officially but I was able to find out a few same articles posted by this persian guy.

In fact ,Its different from what the Korean medias reported that while Iran may be a more difficult team than Japan, the team right now is just in right condition.,so I am very curious which one is right?

I suspect an over zealous Iranian supporter who have never missed an oppurtunity to throw some dirt on Korean soccer team, sometimes going as far as to make up a story when they can't find one.


please show me the source.
I need to tell about this to Korean medias.

 

[persian893]

the source was another forum. the "world armed forces forum" where some guy posted the article. but i suppose its really originally from that "www.irankicks.com".