World Cup 2010 – South Africa

Argentina 4 – South Korea 1

Team Analysis
South Korea

By Oscar Langone
Starting Line Up
Substitutes
1 Diego POZO (GK)
21 Mariano ANDUJAR (GK)
3 Clemente RODRIGUEZ
4 Nicolas BURDISSO (+23')
5 Mario BOLATTI (+82')
8 Juan VERON
12 Ariel GARCE
15 Nicolas OTAMENDI
16 Sergio AGUERO (+75')
18 Martin PALERMO
19 Diego MILITO
23 Javier PASTORE
Starting Line Up
Substitutes
1 (GK) LEE Woon Jae
21 (GK) KIM Young Kwang
3 KIM Hyung Il
5 KIM Nam Il (+46'HT)
6 KIM Bo Kyung
9 AHN Jung Hwan
11 LEE Seung Yeoul
13 KIM Jae Sung
15 KIM Dong Jin
20 LEE Dong Gook (+81')
22 CHA Du Ri
23 KANG Min Soo
Basic Formation

4
2
3
1
Basic Formation vs Opposition

 First Half
Very Defensive
Everyone was behind the ball in their half
Lots of pressing and defending in groups to win
the ball
2 - 3 players where always closing down the
opposition in their half
Basic Formation vs Opposition
 Basic Formation vs Opposition

 Second Half
 Less Defensive
 Pressing higher in
Argentina's half
 They used to greater
affect BPO – BP to
create fast counter
attacks
 Attacking shape and Movement

 First Half
 Too many long balls
 No Fluid attacks
 Only relied on shots
from outside the box
 Lack of ball possession
Attacking shape and Movement

• Not attempting to play out from the back

 Attacking shape and Movement

 Second Half
 Improved ball
possession
 Use of the wide players
 More players pushed
forward
 Overlapping
 Quick 1-2’s
 Defending Shape
 Defending really deep allowing Argentina all the
ball possession
Defending Shape
 Bad Defending
 Key points

Building up and playing out from the back

A good percentage of the game South Korea
did not play out from the back
They predominately relied on quick counter
attacks with minimal build up
 Key points

Attacking and scoring

Relied heavily on opposition mistakes
Utilised fast breaks particularly wide
Good use of quick 1 – 2’s to take advantage of
their speed
Outside of the box shooting
 Key points

 Defending
Everyone behind the ball
Pressing on the ball in their half
Bad marking costing them 3 of the 4 goals
scored by Argentina
 Key points

 Transition
Lost possession too frequently due to the use
of long balls
They used BPO – BP to create fast counter
attacks
Key Players
 17 Lee Chung
Young
Scored the goal
Right attacking
midfielder
Good passing of
the ball
Hard working
attacking midfielder
Key Players

 7 Park Ji Sung
Captain
Great play maker
Ability to create
space
Very comfortable
on the ball
Key Players

 12 Lee Young Pyo

Right back
Good passing
technique
Good combination
play with Lee
Chung Young
 Set Plays

 Corner Against
Zone marking
Seven players in
the box
Only one player on
front post
 Set Plays

 Corner Against
Set Plays
 Free kick against (Argentina's 2nd goal)
Zone marking again, Almost 10 players back
Set Plays
 Corner for
Front post ball, 5 players in the box
 Free Kick for
 8 players up with 2 in the wall and 3 on the edge of the
box
SWOT Analysis
 Strengths
Quick counter attacks
Fast players with good ball technique
Quick movement of the ball
Use of 1-2’s and overlapping
Good shooting from outside the box
SWOT Analysis
 Weaknesses
Bad marking with set pieces (ball watching)
Unsuccessful use of zone marking (2 goals
conceded from set pieces)
Too many players focus on opposition key
players (Messi) leaving other players free
 Opportunities
Asia is the up and coming power of football
 Threats
Other power football nations of the area
Summary
 South Korea
Played well but Argentina was better equipped
to defend and strike
They played with more confidence after closing
to 2 – 1
Their great asset is the pace in counter attacks
With a bit more luck ( side net shot ) the result
could have been quite different
Overall Argentina's class was too rich for them
and they where heavily punished by their
defensive mistakes
Thanks!!!!