{"id":56746,"date":"2024-02-05T23:32:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/south-korea-out-to-prove-doubters-wrong-in-asian-cup-semis-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T23:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T23:32:16","slug":"south-korea-out-to-prove-doubters-wrong-in-asian-cup-semis-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/south-korea-out-to-prove-doubters-wrong-in-asian-cup-semis-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea out to prove doubters wrong in Asian Cup semis | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jurgen Klinsmann said his South Korea<\/a> team are determined to prove the doubters wrong when they face semi-final debutants Jordan at the Asian Cup on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Led by Son Heung-min, South Korea are attempting to win the title for the first time since 1960 but they appear determined to do it the hard way in Qatar.<\/p>\n

They have scored late in games on four occasions on the way to the last four — South Korean media has dubbed it “zombie football” for the way they keep coming back from the dead.<\/p>\n

Klinsmann, who won the World Cup as a player for Germany, is yet to win over South Korean fans and media but told his men on Monday to block out any negativity.<\/p>\n

“As a group of players they are so experienced, motivated, so positive, they want to go all the way to the final and make their pown point.”<\/p>\n

He added: “We are hungry, fit, looking forward to the game and we want to be here all the way to the final.<\/p>\n

“The mood is positive, the spirit is good.”<\/p>\n

South Korea will be favourites to beat Jordan — the lowest-ranked team left in the competition — and reach Saturday’s final, with Iran or holders Qatar awaiting them.<\/p>\n

But South Korea and Jordan drew 2-2 in the group phase with the Koreans salvaging a point with an injury-time own goal.<\/p>\n

They also needed penalties to see off Saudi Arabia and beat Australia in extra time in the quarter-finals, with Son scoring the winner.<\/p>\n

Klinsmann may not be universally popular despite taking South Korea to the last four, but he said: “I want to do well for Korea and give this team all the knowledge and experience that I have.<\/p>\n

“There will be a lot of emotions and it’s going to be another nail-biter.<\/p>\n

“But I am enjoying every second of this tournament, it is a fantastic experience.”<\/p>\n

He said confidence is building among his side as they go deeper into the tournament and believes the country is finally getting behind them.<\/p>\n

“Now we go towards the end of the marathon and to win it is our goal,” he said.<\/p>\n

Jordan’s coach Hussein Ammouta warned his side that they must be prepared to fight to the end given their opponents’ ability to stay alive in matches.<\/p>\n

“The focus has to be big, it is going to be tiring,” said the Moroccan, whose team beat debutants Tajikistan 1-0 in the quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals for the first time.<\/p>\n

“We have to struggle and fight until the very last minutes.”<\/p>\n

Ammouta said that Klinsmann’s side have the edge technically, identifying their “control, possession, quick movement of the ball, their technical capacity to control the game”.<\/p>\n

But he said: “We are trying to make up for that tactically and through collective play.”<\/p>\n

And he said Jordan’s fans, who will likely outnumber the South Korean supporters at the 45,000-capacity Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, can play their part.<\/p>\n

“We rely heavily on the presence of our fans and I hope we put in an excellent performance for them,” said Ammouta.<\/p>\n

“We have to focus on the small details that will make the big difference.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DOHA: Jurgen Klinsmann said his South Korea team are determined to prove the doubters wrong when they face semi-final debutants Jordan at the Asian Cup on Tuesday. Led by Son Heung-min, South Korea are attempting to win the title for the first time since 1960 but they appear determined to do it the hard way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Klinsmann1707167648-0\/Klinsmann1707167648-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}