South Korea despite being drawn in a tough group are taking consolation from the fact that all their opponents struggled to qualify for the World Cup.
Nigeria qualified on the last day of the African qualifiers, Argentina also qualified on the last day of the South American qualifiers after a lacklustre campaign while Greece had to go into a playoff against Ukraine before confirming their place in the World Cup.
Speaking after the draw South Korean Manager Huh Jung-moo said "In a World Cup, there are no easy matches, so I have no reason to complain about our group. We are up against very strong teams. Every game we will play is difficult but we also had tough assignments in the Asian qualifying round,'' said Huh, who faced current Argentine Manager Diego Maradona in the 1986 World Cup - a 3-1 victory for Argentina -- when both were players.
"Obviously a team like Argentina will start as favorites. They have very good players who are well-known but that is not a problem for us. We are used to starting from the back. We played against them at the 1986 World Cup and we lost but with the experience gained and lessons learned, we hope we can do better."
Sunday 6 December 2009
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