Goals in either half from Lee Jung-soo and Manchester United ace Park Ji-sing, helped South Korea to a comfortable 2 – 0 win over Greece earlier today in Port Elizabeth.
It was a very poor performance from the 2004 European Championship winners, but that should taking nothing away from South Korea, whose neat and adventurous play was fully rewarded.
Lee Jung-soo gave his side the lead in the first ten minutes when he tapped the ball home following a well-whipped in free kick taken by Ki-Sung-yueng.
Then just after the half-time interval, South Korea doubled their lead when Park Ji-sung raced through one-on-one after Greece defender Loukas Vyntra sloppily gave the ball away in his own half of the field.
The Manchester United midfielder made no mistake and easily placed the ball past goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas, which sealed a confidence-boosting opening win.
It was not until towards the end of the match when Greece showed some pressure and created numerous half chances – but it was too little too late.
They now must beat Nigeria on Thursday to have any chance of reaching the last 16 round of the competition.
by Nigel Slater
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