【韓国にイタリアが中立国での再戦を要求】
【ソウル23日＝志田健】アジア初のW杯ベスト4を成し遂げた韓国代表に、イタリアから中立国での再戦要求が届いていることが23日、わかった。欧州列強をことごとく打ち破る無敗の快進撃で、いまや韓国はイタリアだけでなく、ポルトガル、スペインからもつけ狙われる存在。W杯後も、連続リベンジマッチで世界をアッといわせる！？
『WANTED KOREA』。これが欧州の合言葉。列強をことごとく破る韓国に、ねたみ、反感、ライバル意識がメラメラ。まず名乗りを上げたのがイタリアだ。
韓国サッカー協会関係者によると、スペイン戦があった22日、イタリアサッカー協会マクシーニ副会長名義で、韓国サッカー協会にファクスが送られた。「中立地での親善試合を希望する」。18日の決勝トーナメント１回戦で2-1と破った相手が、その試合を無効とみなすかのように、再戦を要求してきたのだ。
イタリアの恨みは半端ではない。韓国戦後、指令塔トッティが「審判に試合を盗まれた」といえば、トラパットーニ監督も「見るべき人が見ればわかる」。アジアに真剣勝負で負けるなど、認めたくない…が本音だ。
ポルトガル代表のオリベイラ監督も韓国との再戦を熱望している。ポルトガル紙レコルドのタデイア記者によると「04年欧州選手権まで契約のある監督。要求も当然」。韓国に負けて1次リーグで姿を消した優勝候補チームの監督は、解任危機に瀕しているのだ。
前日に52年ぶり4強を阻まれたスペイン国内では「ドーピングのおかげ」「審判を買収している」など、韓国を中傷する報道が続出。スペイン記者に“薬物疑惑”を聞かれた韓国代表ヒディンク監督が、10選手がシロだった検査結果を示して「根拠なしの質問。レベルが低い！」と激怒するなど、この両国の遺恨ムードも高まっている。
Ｗ杯直前の韓国戦で指令塔ジダンが左太ももを負傷するという“致命傷”を負ったフランスも、どう出てくるか…。
そんな騒ぎに、ヒディンク監督は「ビッグチームは小さい国に負けると、すぐそういうことをいう」。MF李天秀も「負けたから審判へ文句をいう。欧州のクセだよ」。韓国協会広報担当も「イタリアと再戦？ そんなこといわれても。こちらはW杯中ですから。今後の（新代表）監督も決まっていないんですよ」。頭を下げて欧州列強との試合を組んできたアジアの国が、いまや余裕。
「われわれは、まだ勝利に飢えている。イタリア、スペインに続く欧州の強豪ドイツも倒したい」。ヒディンク監督は言い放った。韓国の出世物語は、まだまだ続く。 |
↑後半は下記のデイリーテレグラフの訳文ですね。ただ妬みじゃないし、真剣勝負だったと思ってるのは韓国人と日本のマスコミだけだから。
【「韓国の偉業汚すな」AFCが欧州に反発】日刊スポーツ
アジア・サッカー連盟（AFC）は24日、韓国が欧州の強豪国、イタリア、スペインを連破してベスト4入りしたのは、誤審に救われたからとの見方が欧州を中心に出ていることに対し、「韓国の偉業は誰にも汚されてはならない」と強く反発した。AFCのベラパン事務局長は「判定のミスはＷ杯に限らず、どの大会でも起こる。サッカー強国が負けたからと言って不公平な判定だったと主張するのは間違いだ」と述べた。さらに「韓国はしっかりと準備を整え、固い決意、燃えるような闘争心、優れた身体能力を発揮してベスト4を勝ち取った」と述べ、アジアで初めて4強入りした韓国を高く評価した。 |
日刊スポーツは朝日系だしベラバンは韓国現代の役員だし。つかアジア全域を巻き込むなっつの。
【北朝鮮が初めて韓国の試合を放送】日刊スポーツ
韓国の統一省は24日、朝鮮民主主義人民共和国（北朝鮮）の朝鮮中央テレビが23日夜、W杯の18日の韓国−イタリア戦（大田）を約1時間に編集して放送したと明らかにした。北朝鮮はW杯開幕以降、1日から数日遅れで、ほぼ連日試合を編集放送しているが、韓国戦を取り上げたのは初めて。
統一省によると、放送は、試合自体をW杯の決勝トーナメント戦とは言及せず、単独の試合のように扱った。しかし、韓国は過去のW杯出場で1度も勝利しなかったが、今回はイタリアを下し「第3段階（準々決勝）に進み、国民の士気も高まっている」と伝えた。
同テレビは20日の放送で、W杯のベスト16のチームを韓国を除き紹介しており、視聴者は結果的に、韓国がベスト8に勝ち進んだと分かることになる。
また放送は、試合の開催地には言及しなかったが、韓国の出場選手を一人一人紹介、さらに応援席などで翻る韓国の国旗（太極旗）もそのまま放送した。
統一省は、韓国がベスト4まで勝ち進んでいるため、W杯の放送を続けるには韓国の試合を放送せざるを得なかったとみている。（共同） |
そりゃ予想もつかんかっただろ（笑）
【旧統治国日本への「報復」】
２４日付の米ニューヨーク・タイムズ紙はソウル発の記事で、ワールドカップ（Ｗ杯）で準決勝進出を果たした韓国の熱狂を伝え、大会が日本と韓国の共催である点を踏まえながら、韓国の躍進はかつて韓国を統治していた日本に対する「報復」の意味を言外に持っていると報じた。
記事では、日本がベスト１６で興奮したのに対し、韓国はアジア勢で初めて４強に進んだと指摘。韓国側には準決勝でドイツに勝ち、横浜での決勝に進むことへの期待感があると伝え、横浜で韓国がプレーすることは韓国を植民地化した日本に対する「シンボリックな報復になる」と論じた。
さらに、「日本をしのぐことはわれわれの国家的自尊心を非常に高める」（３０歳男性）「日本国内で（の決勝で）Ｗ杯に勝利を収めることはすべての日本人に『われわれはナンバーワン。あなた方（日本人）よりも優秀』と示すことができる」（３１歳男性）といった談話を紹介した。
記事はこのほか、植民地時代の強制連行や慰安婦の問題に触れているが、日本のメディアが韓国の躍進を称賛しているとも指摘。韓国側にある「これまで日本に対して悪感情を持っていたが、今は歴史のことを気にしていない」（６０歳女性）「Ｗ杯が日本との新たな関係の始まりになることを期待している」（韓国サッカー協会役員）との声も伝えている。（共同）
元記事はこちら→The
New York Times on the Web : Subtext in South Korea: Payback for Colonialism |
ったく、在米コリアンが欧名使ってしたり顔で記事書いてんじゃないよ。
まあお陰で韓国は所詮自国の自尊心を満たすことしか考えていないという証言が得られたわけだが。
【デンマーク代表トフティンが暴行】日刊スポーツ
Ｗ杯に出場したデンマーク代表のＭＦトフティン（３２＝ボルトン）が、コペンハーゲンでレストラン従業員に暴力を加えたとして告訴されたと２４日、警察当局が明らかにした。
調べによると、同選手は２２日、レストランで口論になり、従業員２人に暴行。有罪となれば、懲役１年６月の刑が科せられる可能性もある。
トフティンは、９３年から、デンマーク代表として４１試合に出場。今大会の同国代表は決勝トーナメント１回戦でイングランドに敗れた。 |
あんさん何やってんの…(；´Д｀)
【Fans demand another
party with Korea as perfect hosts】Daily telegraph
By Henry Winter in Seoul (Filed: 24/06/2002)
A sleek bus with tinted windows and motorcycle outriders sped past the
thousands of Korea fans gathered outside the Seoul World Cup stadium yesterday
in anticipation of the team arriving for training. The light drizzle was
almost blown away by the gale of whoops and shrieks of delight as the bus
passed.
Out of sight, the coach disgorged its precious cargo, national treasures
like Hong Myung-bo, whose penalty knocked out Spain in the quarter-finals,
and the nation's darling, Ahn Jung-hwan, whose contract with Perugia was
cancelled after his golden goal humbled Italy.
Then came Hiddink, the coaching catalyst behind Korea's success and so
popular that Seoul dating agencies are swamped with calls from women desperate
to catch the Dutchman's eye. As coach and players headed off for training
in preparation for today's semi-final with Germany, even the riot police
broke off from look-out duty to applaud them.
As the Koreans made their way into the stadium, German training was winding
up. Oblivious to Dietmar Hamann and Miroslav Klose going through their
paces, an advance party of Red Devils, the official Korean fans organisation
that numbers 100,000 members, was busy pinning up a 30-yard banner declaring
"We Believe in You" to inspire the side. Cards will be placed
on seats, whole stands spelling out such messages as "Pride of Asia".
Orchestrated to start with, the emotion rolling in waves through Korea's
stadiums and out across the country now appears a spontaneous eruption
each time. It certainly fires up the players, who have taken to telling
each other "other teams may beat us technically and tactically, but
psychologically no one will get the better of us". The fans' force
is with the players.
The FIFA official who remarked that Japan is hosting the World Cup while
Korea is living it was correct. Along with 65,000 inside the ground, the
police expect one million to gather outside with a further six million
watching on massive screens. The rest of the nation will be transfixed
in front of the nearest television. Everyone craves the win that will send
Hiddink's men into a final being staged on Japanese soil.
"We suffered the harshness of Japan's colonialism for 36 years,"
said Hur Jin, spokesman for the Korean team. "If we can play in Yokohama,
even if we lose to Brazil there, it would still be huge humiliation for
Japan. For Korea's national flag to fly over a Japanese stadium would be
unbelievable. Victory in the World Cup would unify all the people in Korea
because there is turmoil in some provinces with cultural discrepancies
and economic problems.
"Our crowd are brilliant. For many ordinary people there was nothing
to enjoy. But then the World Cup came along and they hadn't known how exciting
football really is. They had only heard the rumours. We have brought it
to our people. Baseball has always been the dominant sport but football
is taking over.
"It's crazy outside our hotel as well as here. We have security guards
all around so the players will come to no harm but it is really noisy.
All of them are young women. They love the football players. They look
on them as rock-and-roll stars. They look on them like Michael Owen or
a sexy guy like Gabriel Batistuta."
But does a dark side cling to what Hiddink described as the "fairy-tale"
of Korea's advance to the final four? The latest charge levelled at a remarkably
fit side captained so stirringly by Hong is that the players' tea contains
something slightly stronger than milk and two sugars.
"We do drink red ginseng tea, that's true, and we feel it is good
for us," Hong said. "But our fitness levels come from our training
programme. We have trained very hard to be this fit." Prepared well
by Raymond Verheijen, their physical trainer, Korea do get stronger in
matches, their freshness helped by the decision to play no club football
since March.
Korea insist they are fuelled by nothing more potent than national pride.
"Nothing like that [drug-taking] goes on in our team," Hiddink
said. Of the 240 drugs tests by FIFA at this tournament, none has been
positive.
Refereeing controversy has also tainted Korea's progress with Italy and
Spain crying foul over decisions against them. "It was a loser's reaction,"
said Korea's forward, Lee Chon-soo. "When all the emotions have calmed
down, people should look inside their team as to why they lost," said
Hiddink of Italy and Spain. Hong insisted: "Our team's achievements
will not be overshadowed by such controversy."
But it is hardly surprising that FIFA have appointed an experienced quartet
of European officials for this semi-final. Amid the traditional tournament
conspiracy theorising, what can be said with some conviction is that inexperienced
linesmen, like the ones in the Spanish game, could easily have been swayed
by the noise and atmosphere.
Hiddink's thoughts were only of today. "The fear has gone. My Korean
players are always fighting to the end. We will go for it." The noise
will be akin to Galatasaray's crazy Ali Sami Yen times 10. On and off the
field, Korea's whole crusade seems like one long PR campaign to promote
themselves to the world as a dynamic nation. As long as the Germans do
not poop the party. |
再び英デイリーテレグラフ。「勝つこと以外にもホスト国としてするべきことがあるだろ。ファンはそっちをこそ望んでいる」だって。
【Koreans' progress
brings more question marks】Times June 24, 2002
from kevin mccarra in gwangiu
Spain 0 South Korea 1(aet; South Korea win 5-3 on pens)
SOUTH KOREA are in the World Cup semi-finals, but they do not deserve
to be there. After the boundless hospitality extended to visitors, it is
sad not to be able to share the excitement, yet the distortions of this
tournament cannot be ignored. When Hong Myung-bo struck home the decisive
penalty of the shoot-out, after Joaquin’s attempt for Spain had been saved,
the spine of this onlooker refused to tingle.
There was a numbness, a deflating sense that the officials had trumped
the footballers in determining who would face Germany in Seoul tomorrow.
Spain should have taken the lead shortly after half-time, when Kim Tae-young
glanced a free kick into his own net. Gamal Ghandour, the Egyptian referee,
disallowed it for a push or tug that no one else could identify.
It would be pious nonsense to pretend that the jubilation of the Koreans
is being sapped by such controversies, but they know something is amiss.
Although channel-surfers here find that the schedules are monopolised by
the World Cup, the footage of the injustices done to Spain never passes
before the eyes of even the most deep-rooted couch potato. One supporter
was not in denial. “Lucky team,” he said as he went past me.
In the second minute of extra time, the enterprising Joaquin outstripped
the defence and Michael Ragoonath, the assistant referee from Trinidad,
then ruled incorrectly that he had run the ball out of play before Fernando
Morientes headed home his cross.
When Italy deplored the unfairness of their own loss to South Korea,
they were not only denied sympathy in some quarters, but also chastised
as whingers. That was a facile attitude, considering the emotional devastation
for any nation that waits four years for its chance, then fails because
of the officials’ inadequacies. The departure of Spain may force people
to recognise that this is becoming the World Cup of historic mistakes.
South Korea, naturally, discern a different landmark in the first appearance
of an Asian side in the last four. Kim Dae-jung, the President, went so
far as to call the win his country’s happiest day since it was created,
according to mythology, 5,000 years ago. Guus Hiddink, the coach, bridled
at any reference to the unwelcome truth that Saturday’s emotional riches
had been pilfered from Spain.
“The losing team should look in the mirror, not to external circumstances,”
he said, with the glibness of success. The Dutchman would never be so dispassionate
if his own team were fatally mistreated. In reality, matches against the
tireless, brave South Koreans are much too hard for opponents to accept
that a valid goal or two will be disallowed. Spain know that they were
the better side in Gwangju.
“We all thought about what has happened at Korea’s games so far, but
we were not very concerned because you never feel that this kind of thing
can happen to you,” Fernando Hierro, the captain who will now retire from
international football, said. “But there were four or five decisions that
I found very difficult to understand. You want to believe that they can
be put down to human error, but I am not really sure about that.”
By some counts, South Korea have been spared five goals at the World
Cup by erring referees. Keith Cooper, Fifa’s director of communications,
has denied any conspiracy and he ought to be believed. It is the insidious,
unconscious influences that are the most worrying. Might the officials,
deep down, be as captivated as anyone else by the rise of South Korea and
the overwhelming atmosphere of their fixtures? Could a referee be loath
to write the last page of an enthralling story by finding against the team?
Tomorrow, Germany can only hope for a dispassionate, shrewd referee. |
「韓国が勝ち進むにつれて疑問符が増える。韓国は準決勝に進む資格がない」と、ここに来てタイムズ紙も韓国と距離を取り始めたようです。
【Red Devils promise
hell for Germany】英Yahoo! Sports Monday June 24, 08:55 AM
SEOUL, June 24 (AFP) - The Red Devils, South Korea's fanatical supporters,
have promised that Germany will get the shock of their lives when they
walk on the pitch for Tuesday's World Cup semi-final against the co-hosts.
Kim Yong-Il, head of the Seoul chapter of the Red Devils, said members
were working on a giant slogan that will "really shock the world".
Without giving away the message, Kim said it would be even more provocative
than the "Again 1966" card display that thousands of fans put
up in the second round match against Italy last week.
Italy's coach Giovanni Trappatoni complained the reference to Italy's 1-0
defeat by North Korea at the 1966 World Cup finals was intimidatory. But
FIFA insisted it could do nothing as long as there was no racism or threat
of physical violence.
The Red Devil's message of welcome for opposing teams has become one
of the biggest talking points at South Korea's matches. In the Group D
match against Poland it was "Win 3-0." For the United States
it was "Go Kor 16" -- an encouragement to reach the second round.
Against Spain in the quarter final, the Red Devils toned down the provocation
by declaring "Pride of Asia" which still captured the spirit
of South Korea's stunning progress through the tournament.
Red Devil leaders said the message for Germany will be kept secret until
the minutes before the semi-final in the Seoul World Cup stadium which
will be packed with more than 60,000 people.
"Our members are very tired as they have worked so many days and nights,"
said Kim Yong-il. "However, we get refreshment when thinking of Korean
players giving it their all. Our message this time will really shock the
world," he vowed.
The group said it takes between four and five hours for 200 Red Devils
members to set up the message in the stadium.
tw/ak
【レッドデビルズがドイツに地獄を約束】
韓国の熱狂的サポーター・レッドデビルズが、ドイツは火曜日の準決勝のピッチで生涯忘れられないショックを受けることになるだろうと約束した。（以下略） |
どこかの国のYahooでそんな書き込みがあったのね。ってまあイギリスのYahooなんだろうけど。
「常に最悪の事態を想定しろ。奴等は必ずその斜め上を行く。」（レベルE；富樫義博） |
