All posts tagged "Park Chuyoung"

  • Hong Myung-bo, manager of Korea’s national football team, listens to a question at a news conference at Incheon International Airport on Friday. Hong returned from Athens, following Korea’s 2-0 win over Greece inan international friendly on Thursday that represented the country’s last tune-up before he announces his roster for the World Cup in Brazil. (Yonhap)
    “It’s not all about Park Chu-young”

    By Kim Tong-hyung Korean manager Hong Myung-bo was happy to see Park Chu-young pull off an impressive return to international football. He wasn’t happy that the performance inspired media talk on whether Korea’s World Cup hope predominantly...

    • Posted March 7, 2014
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  • Park Chu-young speaks to reporters after his first training session with Korea’s Brazil World Cup team at Panionios Stadium in Athens, Tuesday (KST). Korea will face Greece in a friendly, which will start on Thursday at 2 a.m. (Yonhap)
    Four things we learned from win over Greece

    By Kim Tong-hyung Park Chu-young and Son Heung-min were on target as Korea clinched a 2-0 win over Greece in a friendly match in Athens Wednesday. The game served as the final tune-up test for the national...

    • Posted March 6, 2014
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  • Park Chu-young, left, and Kim Shin-wook will get plenty of looks on Wednesday's friendly against Greece. (Yonhap)
    Park Chu-young or Kim Shin-wook on top?

    S. Korean National team’s striker position still up for grabs heading into friendly against Greece in Athens Wednesday By Kim Tong-hyung Kim Shin-wook seems to exist in his own version of “Groundhog Day,” where certain themes, such...

    • Posted March 3, 2014
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  • Alarmed by his team’s lack of offensive production as the World Cup finals near, Korea’s national football team manager Hong Myung-bo has decided to add Watford forward Park Chu-young to his squad. (Yonhap)
    Park Chu-young back in World Cup mix

    By Kim Tong-hyung A disappointing European football career looks to be winding down for Korean forward Park Chu-young, now reduced to a benchwarmer in the English second division. But he is significantly more valuable to Korean national...

    • Posted February 19, 2014
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  • After struggling in Arsenal for a long time, forward Park Chu-young made his first appearance for Championship club Watford on Monday (KST), which was his first game action in nearly 100 days. Park needs to prove his value to join Korea’s national squad for the upcoming Brazil World Cup. (Korea Times)
    Park Chu-young debuts for Watford as World Cup talks loom

    By Kim Tong-hyung There was a time, not so long ago, when Park Chu-young was regarded as the future of Korean football. Now, the diminished 29-year-old is struggling to prove he should be part of the present....

    • Posted February 3, 2014
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