I remember when I watched this game with my family. Frankly, we had never expected to win against Germany. It was really amazing game especially Son’s wonder goal moment. Great game both team!
I remember when I slept through this game because I knew Korea was going to lose… and then I woke up to this lol. I respect the Korean players because they wanted to give their people and show them something to be proud of despite their previous performance in the group (that last sprint says it all; I was very moved by Son there). I also respect the German players for accepting defeat and learning their mistake. Such good sportsmanship from both countries.
at that time I was in Germany, watched this game among germans and I was the only korean. and I thought of course team Korea couldn't win this match, but after 2:0 the atmosphere was very .... uncomfotable haha...
Es uno de esos partidos en que la táctica venció al talento Alemania se confió y lo pago caro Se nota claramente como Alemania atacaba por tierra y aire ante una muy ordenada y suertuda defensa coreana
Qué hermoso es el fútbol, por partidos como estos esque jamás dejaré de ver este deporte tan bello. Es el partido más sorprendente, impresionante y maravilloso que eh visto. Qué gran partido se hicieron los coreanos 😉
Был на этом матче! Сидели с друзьями на трибуне за воротами справа от камеры. Во 2-м тайме всей трибуной болели за рыжего корейского вратаря 23. Jo. ! А вообще у Германии матч провалил 9. Вернер. Как только получал мяч - или удар мимо ворот, или неточный пас, или потеря на ровном месте. После матча ночевали в палатке на берегу Волги. А на следущее утро уехали на машине в Саранск, на матч Панама - Тунис (1-2). Красота!
Portero talentoso sin duda, quizá de los mejores del mundo, pero la que de verdad ganó este partido fue la santa Sueeeeerteeeeee... No recuerdo la última vez que había visto a un equipo tener tanta suerte cono el coreano en este partido. Tantos balones fallados de Alemania en situaciones de 99% gol. Pero bueno, si Alemania quiere recuperare, siempre puede volver a jugar contra Brasil, que contra ellos raramente fallan ;)
@Саша Саша No germans tried every singel way to score, but just could not and in the end they gave Neuer also opportunity to score, but lost the ball and thats why it was so easy for our son to score the goal.
Wonderful play by the Korean team with full confidence till the end of the game. This wonderful game will be remembered by the football world for ever.
For the Koreans, it was important to beat the German team. We didn't make it to the final anyway, but Germany has been a great soccer team for a long time, and winning such a team was very important to Korea. And there is a saying in Korea. 'Even if I die, I can't die alone'
I remember watching this game live. The fact that they were already out of competition but they played their best. Their passion towards soccer is in different level.
@namenlos thank u so much I've already read about it and found the answer which is completely right and reasonable. I once read in an article that american English is just a deviation from a norm that is due to ignorance or lack of intelligence. The british version has always been the ideal. And yes we don't care about their football; for us there is only one football game.
@Salma Fekari the name of the game is FOOTBALL, because it was played kicking the ball with the foot. The name of the international federation is FIFA (where the second "F" stands for FOOTBALL). The Yankee call it soccer because they name FOOTBALL a game in which the ball (not really a ball, actually) cannot be kicked with the foot: it is completely irrational. In any case, the historical name is FOOTBALL, and the INTERNATIONAL federation is FIF(football)A,
The Keeper for South Korea was great, at least 2 of those Headers were awesome saves! I give South Korea credit, they deserved to win this Match. You could see Germany getting frustrated as the Match wore on, then they seemed to panic once South Korea broke through with a score. I'm sure Germany will be back in contention, they usually are.
Since Mexico already had two W against Korea and Germany, everybody expected that Mexico's gonna beat Sweden. If Korea had two goal and Sweden lose against Mexico, Korea was going to qualify to next round. Players didn't know that Mexico lose
Germany did not play badly in this game, but South Korea with the best team in its history and the best goalkeeper in the history of Korean football, plus the Koreans' high motivation to win, and of course The VAR !! He was able to beat Germany
As a Korean I remember that night I was out with my friends at a pub and an older guy, sitting by himself, told us "Korea is gonna win" before the game started. We laughed so hard thinking that he was too drunk. At the end of the game, we were hugging and jumping together lolol
Soy Mexicano, pero ese día todos nos volvimos coreanos, ya que gracias a ustedes pasamos de fase de grupos. Lamento que no pudiéramos ganarle a Suecia, para que ambos pasáramos de fase de grupos, pero algún día vamos a pagar esta deuda futbolistica.
holy. shit. i didn't remember Korea's defense being so good. hats down to the goalkeeper specially, what a performance! if it were me, even more given how important the game is, this would've been another 7x1
@John Wig The 0:1 happened right after a corner kick. Apart from the fact that a high defense line during a corner kick at your own goal is nonsensical tactics...in that situation there were 5 germans+Neuer vs 3 koreans in Germany's penalty area. And still one of the koreans was waiting completely unguarded right in front of Germany's goal. Who then scored. That's not tactics, but lack of defensive quality. And the 0:2...Neuer tried to be Ronaldo and subsequently lost the ball 80m (!) in front of his own goal. That's not 'sweeper keeper' or 'tactics. That is dumb.
The way the german defense left that korean player completely by himself just before the 1:0 says everything about the 'quality' of the german team back in 2018. Not that they are much better nowadays...
As a Korean, It was awesome and unbelievable :) but I really respect German. They would be angry to losing but they agreed this game. Good luck to German at 2022 World cup!!
as a german, I can only say that it was a game with a lot of respect between both teams. both teams played well but the south korean gk was just incredible and the win was highly earned
@Chris Chihoon Hwang Cause this German side was trash compared to previous years. Idk wtf that manager or board was thinking, plus players were injured.
Son is a legend,he will always be best remembered for helping South Korea defeat Germany for 1st time ever at World cup,also for helping his team Spurs reach their 1st ever Champions League final.Great Captain for his nation.If I am not mistaken he might have won Asian cup for SOUTH Korea too.
@sami malek son was granted an exemption to his service by helping South Korea win gold at the 2018 Asian Games - which meant that he was only required to complete basic training over a shorter period of time.
In this match, ozil created a lot of golden chances for scoring but those useless forwords like werner & gomez could not use this chances for scoring. If it was podolski or kolse Germany surely would have been scored 3-4 goals !! Had to admit after the retirement of kolse , podolski,lahm,basti Germany suffered so much!!
No idea why Werner is still considered a first string player in the German team. His only good trait is his speed, but his technical and scoring abilities are average at best. The dude might be good in a counter-style team, where he has plenty of free space in front of him and where he can get into 1:1s with the other side's goalkeeper. For a possession-based team like Germany he simply is not good and reliable enough. And Gomez...obviously, for quite a while there was hope he could take over Klose's old role as the target man who can participate in the short passing game. But unlike Klose, or Klinsmann back in the 90s, Gomez did not have the 'it' factor at big tournaments. If Germany manages to get another 'finisher', they will perform much better than during the last 8 years.
Ohhh siempre recordaré este partido, incluso lo uso como ejemplo de vida. Korea ya estaba eliminado y no por eso iba a regalar el partido. Se enfrentaba al campeon vigente y lo eliminó del mundial, y no solo eso, sino que lo dejó último en la tabla de posiciones.
If there is a Football God, he was with South Korea. Goalkeeper was INSANE. Out of nowhere, no expectation, his performance was WORLD CLASS. Like where is this dude now
Para Son este no era un partido, era el partido.. Y pensar que Alemania cuenta con una gran cantidad de fútbolistas reconocidos (que korea también pero no a nivel de alemania en nombres) y con buen fútbol y estrategia se lo ganan de una manera categoría..
utilizaron la estrategia de aguantar y aguantar hasta que cometan el minimo error para sacar provecho de eso, Alemania fue muy confiado de que ganaria el partido y cuando todos sus planes se veian frustrados comenzaron a bloquearse, el animo cambia y los koreanos supieron aprovechar esos errores...por lo que te das cuenta que asi seas una potencia en el futbol, mientras el equipo este unido nada podra con eso..buen trabajo en equipo
What about Algeria beating (West) Germany in 1982? The Germans said humorously that they would score 7 goals against Algeria and would dedicate the seventh goal to their dogs.
There are lots of comments from friends from Mexico that they are happy for Korea. As a Korean myself, I have to say, we didn't appreciate Mexico losing to Sweden. Because going into this game, we knew we can get into the Knock-out phase, if Mexico beat Sweden, and we beat Germany by 2 goals. This is why Son was sprinting desperately down that field for that 2nd goal. We have done our part. But Mexico didn't. They cost us our chance to advance. So Mexico? No no no we really didn't appreciate you losing to Sweden.
@Derek Lee That's cool I also don't like Mexico and I'm not Mexican either so congrats on trying to get me there lmao imagine that's the best insult you can have. Sucks that South Korea got lucky as fuck in this match and still couldn't advance.
Alemanha pós 7 x 1... Que delícia de jogo, mano! Top demais ver eles se lascando! E outra: todo mérico a Coreia!!!! Jogou muito! E o goleiro deles que jogou pra krl! Foda demais!
One funny story is that some players from this match gathered in Korean TV show, and they all joke abut that Keeper blocked very easy shot but he made to look like so difficult one. 😂😂
I remember watching this game in extreme stress because I am a Mexican and if Korea beat Germany, even if they didn’t get to pass to the next round, Mexico would be allowed to pass. Fun fact, when Korea won, the Korean embassy in Mexico got swarmed by happy people and people were so exited, they jumped so mutch, that we were actually able to create a small earthquake. Lol
Creo que confundes el día, lo del pequeño sismo "artificial" en ciudad de México fue el día que se le gano a Alemania. Y para los que niegan que se puede crear un sismo, ahí están los registros de varias agencias sismológicas internacionales que registraron ese día un sismo artificial en tiempo real en la ciudad, dato científico haha... P.D. México tiene mucho mas cosas maravillosas que cosas negativas, solo depende del cristal con que lo mires.
"El mejor partido" pero Alemania y Corea del Sur no pasaron de fase grupos. "El mejor partido" y *fue un busca pies* 7:24 "El mejor partido" y el segundo gol *fue producto de la desesperación* de Alemania 8:11 que tuvo muchísimas opciones de gol. Corea del sur no hizo un buen partido, tuvo en suerte en *ambos goles.*
@patito lindo :3 cuac :3 Aun me sigue sorprendiendo de que Corea eliminó a una poderosa Alemania del mundial de Rusia pero bueno en el futbol siempre habrán sorpresas
Siento discrepar, pero para muchos, los 2 mejores partidos de la historia de los Mundiales de fútbol son, el 8-3 de Hungría a Alemania en el Mundial de 1954 disputado en Suiza y el otro es aquella semifinal de México 70 entre Italia y Alemania ganada, tras, prrórroga incluida, por los primeros por 4-3. Quiero imaginar que al decir "el mejor partido" os estaréis refiriendo al de Rusia 2018 en cuyo caso volvería a discrepar de vosotros porque así, de botepronto, recuerdo ya 2 partidos mejores que el Alemania-Corea de esa edición como fueron el España-Portugal de la primera fase (3-3) y sobretodo el partido de octavos entre Francia y Argentina (4-3).
Damn !!!!!! My god Koreans are just an exceptionally amazing race I mean futuristic technology crazy innovation highly competitive people well mannered cultured disciplined kind and extremely polite and honest and on top of that ruling in sports as well ... WOW BOW DOWN EVERYONE
Que papelón de Alemania.... último campeón del mundo, lleno de figuras...!!!! Tuvieron ocasiones de goles pero el fútbol aveces tiene que tener esa pisca de suerte... lo tuvo Corea
The quality of the match could be explained by two facts: One team was playing for the qualification; the other was playing for the honor and the prestige.
@Will Lee why would the coaches do that to the players?? Yes, they may have probably been informed in the last 15 mins from their staffs or maybe not... but even so, have you ever thought that might affect the players performances and mentality if they were told?
I was stressed out during this I had to root for my Mexican Country And hearing that if South Korea wins against Deutschland, we are in for the finals Sadly, we lost, but thanks to Korea
Looking at the game again it still gives me the chills vith an unbelievable keeper this has to be the best win ever for the koreans Huge respect to the korean goalkeeper Incredible perfonmance
