Once again, KOREA 2 JAPAN 0 

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Last thing I will do is change the picture of the article. Feels ironic to have Japan's team up there. 

Game Statistics

KOR - Korea		JPN - Japan
2	Goals	0
4	Shots on Goal	4
10	Shots	10
17	Fouls Committed	22
21	Fouls Suffered	16
0	Corner Kicks	7
3	Offsides	0
4	Yellow Cards	3
0	2nd Yellow Card = Red	0
0	Red Card	0
43%	Possession	57%
23	Playing Time	31

Stats of match coming in a bit.

Korea jumps as a group in midfield in celebration. 

Japan distraught after defeat. 

Korea is winner of bronze medal. 

GAME OVER! -----------------KOREA WINS 2-0----------------------------

92' ....30 seconds left in regulation.

91' Japan with corner kick.No luck. Ball hangs around penalty area. No score. Japan corner kick. Nothing. Japan's goalie has abandoned post. Korea does not recover ball.

Referee handing out yellow cards like presents. Korea's B Kim gets carded. 

90th minute of action. Additional time 3:00

Korea SUBSTITUTION
13 Koo OUT
5 K Kim IN  

2-0 KOREA 

Goal erased as Japan's OTSU ran over goalie. No goal. Stil 2-0 Korea. 

87' Japan with corner kick. HEADER IN FOR THE SCORE! 

KOREA- SUBSTITUTION
-----> 17 H Kim 

We are in minute 85 Korea still owns lead 2-0

83' Japan controls ball with time ticking away. Had ball on left side of penalty area. Kick to the middle, Korea clears ball. 

82' Japan's OTSU kicks J. Park in face.  

78' Korea controls on left side of field. Japan gets ball. Korea takes it back. Fouled by Japan. 

KOREA TO KICK FFROM 30 yards OUT OF PENALTY BOX.... Japan's goalie Gonda records ball. 

77' Ki with chance to make it 3-0! Misses opportunity. Well played by Japanese defender. Never let Ki get control of ball. 

76' Korea's goalie launches ball to other side of court. Korea controls after Nagai can not control ball. 

Back to the action... 75th minute KOREA still up 2-0

In case anybody wants to know how crowd is reacting. They appear to be counting down for the wave. Boos could be heard as I assume a section has decided not to do the wave. 

73' Yamamura of JAPAN blood coming from right eye after catching elbow from Korea's C. Park

73' Japan showing offense is not their specialty. Had break away opportunity with numbers. Could not capitalize. Pass went behind player.

NOTE: While subs were entering and exiting... Korea's Park lands on the floor in attempt to kick ball in the net. Hard nose player right there.

70' JAPAN-----SUBSTITUTION----
------> 14 Usami IN 

68' Korean----SUBSTITUTION----
------> 11 Nam

67' Golden opportuunity misses by Japan. Ball passed a few yards away from Otsu, Korean goal trapped ball. 

66' Korea gets turnover! Cannot capitalize. 

65' Japan controls the ball. Fails to attack. 

62' JAPAN----SUBSTITUTION----
-------> 9 Sugimoto 

Korean player who hit ball- Kim B. CORRECTION Ball deflected off Japan's goalkeeper's hands and into left goal post. 

59' KOREA ON THE ATTACK! Missess two golden opportunities.

First ball hit off goal post. Second shot off Japanese player!

-----JAPAN SUBSTITUTION-----
------>8 Yamamura 

Koo's goal came off right leg as he was losing his balance. After kick he fell to the ground. 

KOREA 2-0! 

56' Korea attacks on ensuing possession. Goalie kicks ball off Kim B's head. Koo recovers. KOO SCORES! 

55' Japan controls on their backfield. Japan attacks. Otsu crosses middle. Gets a right kick off. Korea's goalie Jun steps ahead

54' Korea attacks. Japan clears. 

54' Japan's Yoshida with foul. Korea controls.

53' Japan fails to get space. Korea clears ball. 

53' Korea's Oh slaps face as Japan's Higashi kicks ball off his head. Japan controls ball 

52' Japan with ball over the middle. Sakai slips as he has ball on the outside. Japan passes ball back to their backfield 

51' Nothing for Japan. 

51' Japan attacks on right side of penalty area. 

50' Korea controls on left side of penalty area. Ball cleared by Japan. 

49' Japan's goalie Gonda comes out to penalty area! Clears ball away from Korean player. 

48' Kiyote open on left side of field. Could not find him. Ball goes out of bounds. Korea ball. 

47' Korea could not bring down ball. Japan controls.

-----Start of Second half-----

Korea's Park comes out with cut under left eye. 

Second half starting soon

Three Korean players with Yellow Cards:

2- J. Oh

6- S. Ki

13- J. Koo

One Japanese player with Yellow Card:

2- T. Ohgihara 

Game Statistics

KOR - Korea		JPN - Japan
1	Goals	0
1	Shots on Goal	1
4	Shots	5
13	Fouls Committed	11
10	Fouls Suffered	12
-	Corner Kicks	4
1	Offsides	-
3	Yellow Cards	1
-	2nd Yellow Card = Red	-
-	Red Card	-
49%	Possession	51%
11	Playing Time	12

Stats of first half coming soon.

Question: You can answer in discussion box underneath... Will the score remain 1-0, will Korea add on to their lead or will Japan tie or take the lead in the second half?

------FIRST HALF IS OVER------- KOREA 1-0 Japan

Approaching 45 minute mark .... 1 minute of Additional time. 

Taking a break from action as Korea's Park is attended after head bump with Japanese player. 

---Side note--- Can tell things are physical. Japan's Ohgihara has the collar on his shirt torn. 

41' Korea attacks again! Bad pass by Koo. Had a player open on left side of field. 

40' Korea attacks. Offisides! Kim B was ahead of everybody. 

40' Japan's Nagai commits foul. 

39' Korea attacks again. Yun misses net by a few feet to the left!

Park received a lovely ball on the right side of the field. Raced up. Was challanged by four Japanese players and still found space to get the kick off.

KOREA LEADS 1-0! 

37' Korea on a breakaway. It's a 1 on 4. No. 10 C Park with the score! 

36' Japan Sakai with header. GOES WIDE RIGHT MISSING THE NET! 

36' Japan with corner kick after Korea clears ball over net. 

Koo arguing with referee about play. On replay there is contact but Koo looks to be going after ball.

34' Fight breaks out in the middle of field as Korea's Koo is charged with yellow card for hard play on Japan's Otsu. 

33' A lot of contact between Korea's Yun and Japan's Sakai down the right side of field. Korea controls ball. 

32' Korea attacks goalkeeper Gonda. He clears ball just in time avoiding Korean player

30 Minute Mark reached and still 0-0 Score. 

28' Nothing for Japan on corner. Korea controls. 

28' SAVE BY KOREAN GOALKEEPER JUN! Japan Corner Kick. 

26' Japan ball on Krean side of field. Kiyotake with beautiful feed over the middle. Japan ges nothing. 

YELLOW CARD-- KOREA-- Player No. 2 Oh

25' Korea can't handle ball. Misses opportunity to set play up on left side of penalty area. 

24' Foul on Korea. Japan controls on Korea's side of field. Header no good for Japan

23' Otsu with free kick about close to half court. Korea clears ball out

21' Japan's goalkeeper Gonda jumps out of position and saves ball. 

20' Japan with foul on right side of field 15 yards to the right of Penalty box. Korea will kick. 

19' Korea with opportunity as Koo places one in the middle of penalty area. Bad pass. Japan controls. 

18' Korea with turnover on their side of field. Korea clears ball out before Japan can control.

17' Higashi of Japan with right foot smash over the left side of net. 

16' Japan with a corner kick

12' Japan attacks on Korea's side of field. Gets nothing out of it. 

11' Foul on J. Park Japan controls. 

10 minutes into the match- Still 0-0.

9' Japan clears ball from own penalty area as Korea once again attacks their goal. 

*Note Japan has yet to create any form of threat on Korea's side of field.

7' Korea controls on right side. Now on left, let golden opportunity pass by as no one goes after ball left on the left side of penalty area.

7' Korea- Ji with handball on Japan's side of field

5' Sakai gets away with contact in penalty box as Korea attacked.

4' Korea with ball at midfield after foul on Japan. 12 Hwang kicked ball into penalty area. Korea with a header. Japan clears ball. 

Either team has yet to take control of the ball and establish any form of offense.

2' Koo warned by referee for agressive play. No yellow card given.

1' Foul on Korea's Ji 

------Start of first quarter------

Japan gets first possession.

In the mean time, you guys are more than welcomed to leave comments in the discussion box at the bottom of the article. We can embark in conversations during halftime. 

Match will begin in a few minutes.

2:36- Japan

1 Gonda

2 Tokunuga

3 Ohgihara

5 Yoshida

7 Otsu

10 Higashi

11 Nagai

13 Suzuki

16 Yamaguchi

17 Kiyotake

Korea

1 Jun

2 Oh

3 Yun

4 Kim Y

6 Ki

7 Kim B

9 Ji

10 Park C

12 Hwang

13 Koo

15 Park J

Probable starting lineups coming soon 

-----Welcome to the Live Blog of Korea vs. Japan in the Bronze medal Match-------

The Men's Soccer Bronze Medal Match will soon be taking place as South Korea and Japan will hit the field soon. Both countries were eliminated from silver and gold contentions in the semifinals and one will have the chance to win the third place medal as the action takes off at 2:45 p.m. ET/7:45 GMT from Millennium Stadium.

S. Korea lost their match against the powerful Brazil. They were shutout 3-0 as they could not put together any type of offensive attack against the Brazilians. They only one shot on goal despite taking 10 shots in the match and controlling the ball for over half of the match. 

Japan suffered the same fate against the Mexicans, but they at least managed to win score a goal against them. 

Japan started out in the lead in their Tuesday match. Yuki Otsu scored a goal in the 12th minute of action to give the Japanese the early advantage. 

What ensued following this goal devastated the Japanese as Mexico scored three consecutive goals to take the match 3-1 and advance into the finals. 

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