Since the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea has been a very uncompromising team. The Koreans now have high-level players who have started playing in the leading football clubs in Europe. At the 2014 World Cup, the Koreans could well qualify for participation in the playoff games. However, the expectations of the Korean fans were not destined to come true.
South Korean footballers have become rivals of Russians, Belgians and Algerians in the group stage matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The Asians played in the last eighth group of the championship (Quartet N).
South Korea's opening match attracted a huge audience from Russia as the Asian footballers faced off against the Russians. The final score of the meeting - 1 - 1. It should be admitted that this match was one of the worst in the championship in terms of its content and quality.
The Koreans again played the second game unconvincingly. They have conceded three times from the players of Algeria in the first half. In the second half of the meeting, the Asians were able to score twice, but this did not help to gain the much-needed points in the match. The final score of the meeting 4 - 2 victory for Algeria.
In the final game of the group stage, as it turned out later in the entire championship, the South Korean footballers met with the Belgian national team. The Europeans barely managed to win with a minimal advantage (1 - 0).
After three rounds, the South Korean footballers scored only one point, which determined the final fourth place of the Asians in Group N. Such a result could not be acceptable for the South Korean Football Federation, therefore the final performance of the national team is considered extremely unsatisfactory. South Korea's performance in the final stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup was the worst in the last four world championships.
