[OT] 2002 World Cup, part 2

ninthcouncil · Jun 19, 2002

The Vieri miss was only just worse than a spectacularly inept Nuno Gomes effort for Portugal against the same opponents. That Korean goalkeeper must have the Evil Eye!

Ruvion · Jun 19, 2002

No, it's 'cause the Koreans have defenders that are less than spectacular...and a dollop of the dashing Irish smile that throws off their opponent in a crucial moment.

Berandor · Jun 19, 2002

The italian soccer club of Perugia has released Ahn, who scored the golden goal for Korea, from their line-up...

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Rashak Mani · Jun 19, 2002

Berandor said:
The italian soccer club of Perugia has released Ahn, who scored the golden goal for Korea, from their line-up...

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I read in the newspapers that he played for an Italian Team and my first thought was his job would be a hard one to go back too.... yet firing him isnt very sportsmanlike... thou if he goes back to Korea where he most probably is a Sex symbol now wouldnt be too bad...

Ruvion · Jun 19, 2002

He was a sex symbol when he went abroad...I was a little dissapointed in Perugia's decision to let him go, that's just not a decent thing to do (or sportsmanlike).

Rashak Mani · Jun 19, 2002

Going back to Italy would have been very dangerous for him thou... the guy who "kicked Italy" out of the World Cup...

Heard he got a proposal from another team already... pretty fast no ?

Ruvion · Jun 20, 2002

Pretty fast. And if he's smart, he's going to take it. Preferrebly somewhere far from Italy...

Just heard from news that Perugia decided to let him go before the World Cup (you be the judge), while the chairman of club Perugia said something to the effect of "As a Nationalist, I would never let him play on my team after ruining Italian soccer."

[edited for the link below, to attest the very words from the horse's mouth]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/19/ahn_perugia_ap/