In today's heated 3rd round of the East Asian Cup, South Korea
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Took down Chinese Taipei 4-0.
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China
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and Japan
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The game was a 0-0 draw. With this result, South Korea
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placed third in this East Asian Cup. After the match, South Korea
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's head coach, Klingbeil, said bluntly, "We were the best team in the tournament, but despite that, it's still unfortunate that we didn't win the title."
This year's East Asian Cup, South Korea
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The goal was to win their first title in 17 years, however, finishing in third place with one win, one draw and one loss. Speaking at a press conference after the conclusion of the match against China and a 4-0 win over Chinese Taipei, Bale said, "We have shown a good team performance in all three matches, and today we scored again and won the match, we dominated the matches against Japan and China but in the end we couldn't win. We still have a lot to learn from Japan and China.
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Both were good at capitalizing on our mistakes. Although we were the best team in the tournament, it is indeed sad that we were not able to win the title."
Facing the Japanese media's question about failing to win despite good performances against such strong teams as the United States, Canada, Japan and China, Bell responded, "We may be ranked lower than our opponents, and South Korea has 1,400 registrations.
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players, while Australia has 400,000, China has 1 million and Japan has 10,000. On top of that, we need to stay competitive, we need to keep fighting and be confident that we can win. We also need to have extreme mental strength and be at our best."
