Korea: 2, Greece:0

Saturday was the big game, Korea defeated Greece 2-0!! I really had no idea that Korea was good at soccer. Koreans just tend to get very excited about their teams, so I figured it was all just hype. I was suprised at how well they played!

I met some friends at Chonnam University before the game started. Everyone is practically required to wear a red Korea "Fighting!" shirt, and it was very easy to find them at the many shops at Chonnam Back Gate (an area of town filled with shops, restaurants, hof's, and parks). There were lots of people around getting ready to watch the game at 8:30, and places filled up quickly with the college students. Here's Brian and I with some students who were going to watch the game:



These girls are striking another "cute-ie" pose:



Around 8:25, we headed into the university. They had a large screen set up on a grassy patch. There were easily 1,000 people watching it there, sitting on the ground sporting the Red Devils devil horns. I wished mine were glow in the dark! Just as we were getting there, we got our first goal, scored by Lee Jung-soo. The crowd went crazy again as their favorite player, #7 Park Ji-sung got another goal.

It was a pretty exciting game. I wanted to stay up to watch the US/England game, but with it not starting until 3:30 am, I just couldn't do it!

Next up for us is Thursday against Argentina. I'll be on my 3 day field trip with my school, but I'm sure we will find somewhere to watch it!

Go, Red Devils!