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| Lee Keun-ho scored the first two goals at 26 minutes and 80 minutes. (Yonhap News) |
Korea went into the final round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers after trouncing Qatar 4-1 at the Al Sadd Stadium in Doha on Saturday.
The game took off with a bad start for the Korean team as Qatar dominated the pitch in the beginning of the half.
It was Yousef Ahmad that rocketed past two defenders to sink in a goal at a difficult angle.
However Korea promptly responded and took the pitch from there after Kim Bo-kyung tossed up a cross from that met Lee Keun-ho’s head before Qatar goalkeeper Qasem Burhan. It was that header that was a omen for Qatar of what was to come.
Kwak Tae-hwi started the second half with another header off a corner kick which asserted Korea’s lead over Qatar.
Kim Shin-wook took his captains lead and sunk in a comfortable ground shot just outside of the box. Just before the match ended Lee greeted the ball once more, for a coup de grace header into the net.
National team coach Choi Kang-hee and his men look will on their way to the 2014 World Cup for the eighth time in a row.
The team which largely dominates the rest in the group—Iran, Lebanon, Uzbekistan and Qatar—in FIFA rankings is largely the favorite and showed people why on Saturday.
Korea will now head home to face off Lebanon on Tuesday, while Qatar will head to Iran to face the group’s second favorite.
By Robert lee
(robert@heraldm.com)
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