Blog 28

2010 World Cup held in South Africa this summer. 32 countries were playing to get the World Cup trophy. Although Spain got the trophy and others got knocked out, all teams were playing hard and people are proud of their national teams. My country, Korea Republic, was involved in 32 countries that played in 2010 World Cup. Korea was in group B and had to play against Argentina, Greece, and Nigeria. All of these teams were in higher rank in FIFA ranking. While only two teams could go to the next round, it was really hard group for Korea. Most of the experts in soccer thought that Korea will finish lasting in the group. However, Koreans thought this year’s Korea national team is better than any other Korea national teams before. For the first match against Greece, Korea won 2 to 0. People in the world were surprising of Korea’s victory. However, the important match was the second match against Argentina. Their offensive squad was the best in the world. They had Lionel Messi, the best player in the world, with Gonzalo Higuain and Carlos Tevez. Korea lost 4 to 1 by them poorly. The opportunity to go to the next round goes to the match against Nigeria. Korea had to at least draw to them to go to the next round. When Nigeria scored first, people thought that Nigeria will go to the next round. However, Korea scored 2 goals right after Nigeria scored. Although Nigeria scored one more goal after that, the game drew by 2 to 2 and Korea went to the next round. It was the first time that Korea went to the second round outside Korea. Although Korea lost to Uruguay in the second round, koreans will not forget about the team Korea in 2010 World Cup.