Last Saturday Argentina, one of the sides tipped to lift the trophy in the final on July 11, were impressive in their 1-0 win over Nigeria, while South Korea enjoyed a 2-0 win over Greece.
The Koreans play Argentina at Soccer City, which will host the final, and Park says his side has nothing to fear if they can play with the same intensity they produced against Greece.
“Argentina are the best team in our group, but if we play as a team like we did [against Greece] we’re capable of getting a result,” said Park.
His coach Huh Jung-Moo said his side are growing in confidence since their win and can upset the star-studded Argentina team.
“We’ll give it our best shot, because my players can only grow in stature against opponents of their calibre,” said the 55-year-old. “In football, the lesser teams are always capable of beating the bigger ones.”
On the other hand, despite dominating the Nigerians, Argentina only managed a single goal early on through Gabriel Heinze and Maradona says his side must improve their finishing against Korea.
Maradona will also shore up his defence. Having played a back three against Nigeria, he is set to play a 4-3-1-2 formation and add AS Roma’s Nicolas Burdisso to the defence.
“There will not be any surprises,” said Maradona, who looks likely to make Lionel Messi the link man behind Carlos Tevez and Gonzalo Higuain, having played all three as out and out attackers against Nigeria.
Published in the Express Tribune, June 17th, 2010.
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