South Korea vs. Nigeria World Cup 2010 – South Korea was able to advance to the next round of the 2010 World Cup tournament with a 2-2 draw on Tuesday. The match was their final group game. Both Lee Jung-soo and Park Chu-young were able to score for South Korea in the game. Nigeria had briefly held the lead on a goal from Kalu Uche, which came in the 12th minute of the match. The team would then even the score on a 69th minute penalty kick.
The two teams played hard throughout the game, and showed that they would like to finish this round on a positive note. With Argentina securing the Group B victory after beating Greece 2-0, Nigeria was in a position to advance if they could win their game against South Korea, despite poor performances in their first two games of the World Cup 2010.
The Nigerian coach said that he was disappointed with his team’s inability to finish the match strong and secure a win for his squad.
“The players have done really well. They worked hard over time,” he went on to say.
Ultimately, Nigeria was unable to capitalize on several opportunities that were presented to them throughout the game. While they did score twice, they were unable to continuously create offensive pressure on goal, and ultimately their defense failed to stop South Korea from scoring two first half goals.
Yakubu did miss a chance to tie the score in the 66th minute. He had nothing but open goal in front of him, but hit the ball wide on the shot. He later said that he was surprised that he missed the goal and was confident right up until the point that he saw the ball fly wide of the post.
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