why the **** is lustig starting over olsson

That's a lot on Hummels though, among others like Kroos who's a liability defensively like you said.

I make that mistake a lot in the Sunday league or wherever, totally lose position trying to intercept a pass like that. Good players will also fake you out sometimes if they sense the defender does what Hummels did there and you're hopelessly running after your opponents all of the sudden. To be as slow as Hummels doesn't help in this spot either.

Imagine what Ramos (or let's say Naldo lol) would've done there. Most likely block Chicharito (?) or foul him after the pass to prevent the one-two. Even if you don't want or manage to do that you can track back in a somewhat proper defensive shape and Boateng likely takes care of Lozano, with Özil and Kroos providing a much more effective cover.

Fun fact: Korea’s anthem used to be set to the tune of Auld Lang Syne

Watching from another angle, I don't even know what Hummels was thinking there to begin with lol. But it doesn't excuse how open Lozano's side is, I'll give him that (he criticised his team mates after the match). Yeah, it really is ridiculous how Kimmich joggs backwards, I agree.

Yeah of course it's a pretty bad mistake from Hummels, he's just way too far away from Chicharito to go for that play.

Helpful pronunciation tips re: Korean vowels.

“eu” is nothing like “eww” or “eeooo” but rather like the sound you make when starting to pronounce “ngolo kante” that “ng” is actually an informal way to say “yes” in Korean.

“eo” is more like the “u” vowel in “underwear” than anything an English announcer will say.

#themoreyouknow

Lee Yong is pressing super high. Sweden has room on the left.

Meanwhile Zlatan is sitting at a bar, paying dudes drinks.

Korea got this.

Idk fam. Jimmy Durmaz from the bench, Marcus Berg up front. gg imo

I've seen clips of Son being interviewed by German media. They pronounce his first name 'Hoing-Min', same vowel sound as in 'Noier'.

That's the Berg from HSV that we know and love

Yeah that's what it sounds like when pronounced like you would a German word. That's pretty common though- I doubt lots of Korean or English speakers get Swedish names like Berg right (I only know how to pronounce it after watching a hockey highlight clip involving Henrik Zetterberg with Swedish commentary).

I learnt all my Korean language and phrasing from The Genius.

Fighting!

Who and who?

It's something between "Berch" and "Bersch", right?

nice corner, but the weakest of toe-pokes at the end

Seems like betting the under in everything looks like a winning strategy

I'm not sure if this is true for all Swedish names ending in berg, but in the case of Zetterberg it's something like bari or barji IIRC

Yeah that o2.5 in retrospect was incredibly foolish.

My sister for a pool had to predict exact scores for every group game. I told her 1-0, 1-1, 0-0 for everything. 2-0 only in extreme examples( Belgium-Panama for instance.

Ah right, they have this weird i/j ending.

I once asked a Dane how Højbjerg is pronounced (when I still had hopes for the kid to turn into something better than some Premier LÖL midtable also ran).

And it's "Hoiber" apparently.

Korea just incapable of keeping the ball

It’s light... meh, he got the ball so it’s not a penal

Made me bet on it lol. Made sense at the time.