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| December 17th 2004 |
London, Wembley Stadium
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| NETHERLANDS - SOUTH KOREA |
6-0 (2-0)
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GOALS 34' 1-0 Beb Bakhuys
38' 2-0 Willy van der Kuijlen
55' 3-0 Rinus Israël
70' 4-0 Hong Myung-Bo (own-goal)
77' 5-0 Johan Cruijff
85' 6-0 Marco van Basten
REFEREE George Capdeville (France)
ATTENDANCE 82,000
YELLOW CARDS Suurbier (NED) - Yoo, Song (KOR)
NETHERLANDS (Coach: Rinus Michels, system 4-3-3)
1 Jan van Beveren
2 Wim Suurbier
3 Frank Rijkaard
6 Rinus Israël
5 Ruud Krol
7 Johan Neeskens (-65)
11 Willy van der Kuijlen
10 Wim van Hanegem
20 Faas Wilkes (-72)
13 Beb Bakhuys (-68)
14 Johan Cruijff (captain)
Substitutes
21 Jan Wouters (+65)
9 Marco van Basten (+68)
8 Ruud Gullit (+72)
SOUTH-KOREA (Coach: Guus Hiddink, system 4-4-2)
1 Lee Woon-Jae
22 Song Chung-Gug
4 Choi Jin-Cheul
20 Hong Myung-Bo (captain)
17 Ha Seok-Ju
6 Park Chang-Sun
5 Kim Nam-Il
7 Yoo Sang-Chul
14 Choi Soon-Ho (-76)
9 Cha Bum-Kun
16 Kim Joo-Sung (-76)
Substitutes
18 Hwang Sun-Hong (+76)
21 Park Ji-Sung (+76)
MATCHREPORT
The famous Total Football relived in London. Holland, with just one player
(Frank Rijkaard) from the succesfull team from 1988 in their starting
line-up, demolished the enthusiastic South-Koreans, who were just not good
enough to withstand this Orange machine. Holland played agressively, never
eased the pressure on the Koreans and the attacks kept on rolling over
Hiddink’s men. The Dutch coach couldn’t do anything to help stopping his
fellow countrymen.
What could they do? Song against Cruijff, Ha against Wilkes and Choi
Jin-Cheul against the strong Bakhuys who had been preferred even above
worldstar Marco van Basten. It made the brave Koreans look sad. Hong and his
men could hold on for a surprising more than 30 minutes, but they had to
thank goalie Lee for that. He saved one of Bakhuys’ famous diving headers,
turned away a bullet from Van der Kuijlen and even stopped Cruijff in a
1-on-1 encounter. In between, Korea could hardly ever leave their own half.
Van Beveren could have turned up in jacket and tie. When quick Cha
threatened to escape on the flank, Wim Suurbier tackled him heavily and was
cautioned with a yellow card. Later in the game also Yoo and Song received
one from referee George Capdeville.
The 1-0 fell after 34 minutes. Faas Wilkes curled around two opponents and
sent a cross into the box. Beb Bakhuys arrived at the second post and did
what superstrikers do in these circumstances: score the opening goal. That
broke the Korean resistance. Soon this game was all over. Four minutes after
Bakhuys’ goal Van der Kuijlen’s shot from 20 metres out made it 2-0. Bakhuys
had dropped the ball for the midfielder with the thunderous shot. Lee had no
chance at all.
After the break the same picture. Holland appeared to be prepared very well
physically. The speed was even increased, the ball went from foot to foot
and Korea was only gasping for breath. Sweeper Rinus Israël scored the 3-0
from a Johan Cruijff free kick and a quarter of an hour later captain Hong
was so threatened by Wouters (brought in for Neeskens) and Cruijff that
he put the ball behind his own goalie. It was rapidly becoming a drama for
South-Korea. Hiddink knew that this was a mission impossible, tried to bring
in fresh blood with Hwang and Park but they were also dragged down with
their teammates.
In the 77th minute the maestro himself, Johan Cruijff, contributed. Sent
deep by Wim van Hanegem he rounded Lee with a quick move and easily scored
the fifth. Marco van Basten, substituted for tiring Bakhuys, added his goal
to make it half a dozen. Holland had proven to be rightly considered a
favourite for a top spot. Korea, who had tried whatever they could, were
nothing more than a target. Hiddink could start another task: making his
players believe that this level wasn’t far too high for them. The outcome of
this match seemed to tell another story.
For the Dutch team it now became important to stay with their feet on the
ground. Too many times talented Dutch squads had failed because they
thought they were the best even before the match had been played. The win
over South-Korea was a good one, but by no means a guarantee for a great
tournement. In the course of the event far better opponents would await
Cruijff and his men. To begin Uruguay, twice world champions!
Next Tuesday, December 21, the All Time World Cup continues on Planet World
Cup. In group A Mexico and the Soviet Union meet in Yokohama, which will
complete the first matchday in this group. Can Yashin keep a clean sheet
against Mexican superstriker Hugo Sanchez? And how will five times
participant Antonio Carbajal cope with Oleg Blokhin and Eduard Streltzov?
Come back here Tuesday and you will experience all the details!
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