6 марта 2014, 06:01 4 мин.

Южная Корея выиграла в гостях у Греции

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Greece 0-2 Korea. March 5, 2014

• Park Chu-Young 18' • Heung-Min Son 55'

В среду 5 марта (6.03 по Сеулу) национальная сборная Южной Кореи нанесла поражение в товарищеском матче с Грецией 0:2 на стадионе ‘’Georgios Karaiskakis’’, расположенном в г. Пирее, куда прибыла в минувшее воскресенье.

Pics by @Loupnikis.

Первый гол в ворота Греции на 18 минуте забил нападающий "Арсенала" играющий на правах аренды за "Уотфорд" Пак Чу Ён, вернувшийся в сборную после более чем годового перерыва. Закрепил преимущество на 55 минуте встречи Сон Хын Мин, играющий в Бундеслиге за Байер 04 Леверкузен. Проиграв в этом матче Греция не смогла взять реванш за проигрыш Корее на ЧМ-2010 в ЮАР с таким же счетом 0:2.

Обе команды использовали эту игру как ранний шанс протестировать себя перед первыми матчами группового этапа ЧМ-2014 с похожими по стилю командами. Корея играет с двумя европейскими командами Россией и Бельгией в группе H, а Греция будет противостоять Японии в группе C в Бразилии.

Greece and South Korea stepped up their preparations for this summer’s World Cup finals with a friendly match on March 5, 2014 (March 6, 2am KST) at the ‘’Georgios Karaiskakis’’ stadium in Piraeus, Greece. South Korea defeated Greece 2-0 with a bright comeback of forward Park Chu-young who scored first goal on 18'.

Heung-Min Son, Bayer 04 Leverkusen's South Korean striker was an author of the 2nd and last goal in this match against Greece. By loosing this time again Greece failed to avenge their 2-0 defeat by the South Koreans in the Group Stage of the 2010 World Cup.

Both teams used this game as an early test for their encounters against similar opponents in the Group Stage of the tournament in Brazil. South Korea will play against two European teams, Belgium and Russia in Group H while Greece face Japan on June 19 at Brasilia for Group C.

South Korea manager Hong Myung-bo has named a strong 24-man squad for this friendly and the biggest news in his selection is the return of striker Park Chu-young, who returned to the national squad for the first time in a year. Other big names of the team were Sunderland’s Ki Sung-yeung, Bolton’s Lee Chung-yong and Koo Ja-cheol of German side FC Meinz, alongside younger players with some European football experience like Son Heung-min of Bayer Leverkusen and Ji Dong-won of FC Augsburg.

Greece qualified for the World Cup finals by beating Romania in a two-leg European play-off last year. Since then, there was a serious development in the team, with Portuguese manager Fernando Santos announcing that he will step down after Brazil to resume his career in club football.

Greece squad:

Goalkeepers: Panayiotis Glykos (PAOK), Alexandros Tzorvas (Apollon Smyrnis).

Defenders: Vassilis Torosidis (Roma/ITA), Loukas Vyntra (Levante/ESP), Costas Manolas, Jose Holebas (both Olympiakos), Giorgos Tzavellas (PAOK).

Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor/TUR), Yiannis Maniatis, Andreas Samaris (both Olympiakos), Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham/ENG), Costas Katsouranis (PAOK).

Forwards: Costas Mitroglou (Fulham/ENG), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna/ITA), Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK), Giannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa/ITA), Giorgos Samaras (Celtic/SCO), Dimitris Papadopoulos (Atromitos).

South Korea squad:

Goalkeepers: Jung Sung-ryong (Suwon Bluewings), Kim Jin-hyeon (Cerezo Osaka), Kim Seung-gyu (Ulsan Hyundai).

Defenders: Kwak Tae-hwi (Al Hilal), Hong Jeong-ho (Augusburg), Hwang Seok-ho (Hirosima Sanfrecce), Cha Du-ri (FC Seoul), Kim Jin-soo (Albirex Niigata), Lee Yong (Ulsan Hyundai), Park Joo-ho (FSV Mainz 05), Kim Young-gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande).

Midfielders: Kim Bo-kyung (Cardiff City), Ha Dae-sung (Beijing Guoan), Koo Ja-cheol (FSV Mainz 05), Lee Chung-yong (Bolton), Ki Sung-yueng (Sunderland), Nam Tae-hee (Lekhwiya SC), Park Jong-woo (Guangzhou R&F), Han Kook-young (Shonan Bellmare).

Forwards: Son Heung-min (Bayer Leverkusen), Ji Dong-won (Augusburg), Lee Keun-ho (Sangju Sangmu), Park Chu-young (Watford), Kim Shin-wook (Ulsan Hyundai).