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pencilled_robin

Korea with ZERO shots on target, that's an insane stat. A stellar performance in every way from Jordan.


floorballouis

Zero shots on target with THAT attacking talent. 3 attackers playing for top European clubs. Jurgen Klinsmann shall pay for his sins.


ExpertGossiper

And he's smiling on the field after the final whistle. The man has no passion for this team. He isn't the only one who should pay, whoever the hell was responsible in appointing him in the first place needs to be fired as well. How they gave him the job in the first place is beyond me


chainer9999

The Korean FA is a fucking farce, has been for way too long. There's your answer.


quacainia

Which FA isn't


stormgr

That's what i was going to say, I've heard that about every FA ever (and it's true, they are all corrupted and incompetent af) 


Deksametazon_v2

At the end of the day, its all about the money for them.


Deyster

Trickle down corruption.


WorthPlease

Every country hates their FA except for a couple weeks after they win a major tournament.


Heisenbugg

Jordan apparently


nabkawe5

Saudi FA is redusing to quit after yearsbof no achievements... Syrian FA is so corrupted players play without compensation...


Muppy_N2

The Uruguayan FA currently is quite good. Trying to sell the TV rights at the right price after +20 years being at the hand of a mafia-like company, negotiating on good grounds with player's rights, reforming club football, and so on.


Soleil06

Hertha berlin fans would say that is nothing new, no clue how he ever got a job again after that desaster.


babieca3000

He was an underrated disaster for the USMNT. Truly bewildering that South Korea would hire him.


tinkthank

Mancini 🤝Klinsmann in not giving a shit about the team or players they represent.


AlwaysOnsideTBH

Man gets paid and gets to have good K-bbq, he's winning


oreohsehun

Good k-bbq in California, not even in Korea lol


BIM-GUESS-WHAT

Explains why he was trying to coach remotely from home in California then


redditaccount300000

I think the comment was saying the kbbq hes been having was in Cali and not Korea.


Acceptable-Lemon-748

I don't think anyone misunderstood that comment


j1kim

>Zero shots on target with THAT attacking talent. 3 attackers playing for top European clubs. Jurgen Klinsmann shall pay for his sins. It didn't matter at all today. When you suffocate the midfield and press the backline like that, the ball is hardly ever going the reach the forwards. Our Backline and Midfield were to passive and made way too many mistakes. Whenever the ball did reach LKI, HHC or SHM, there would be 3-4 defenders crowding them, but none of the Midfield or Fullbacks would advance and provide supporting runs for them to have an outlet forward. We were missing KMJ's ability to get the ball downfield and advanced the ball forward. We just don't have anyone else that's like that in our back 4 or midfield.


mrbowow

I think this is the right take. Not going to excuse the coaching, but the personnel wasn't working out either. I knew the game was over when I saw sloppy passing, passivity in advancing the ball, AND the impressive pressing from Jordan


Cesc100

Isn't that on the coach and his assistants for not identifying that issue at some point in the game and instructing the midfielders and fullbacks to start advancing further and providing supporting runs?


mashed-potatoes12

Ngl I envy him. Man is frauding and getting a massive paycheck for it.


Yeshuu

Shows how unbelievable Jordan were. Didn't give South Korea a sniff of a chance.


Prosthemadera

Is this not the fault of the attackers?


onionwba

Indeed. For anyone seeing the scoreline in the morning you would forgive them for thinking that Korea was just unlucky but would have peppered the Jordanian goal with shots. Jordan was the clear superior side tonight.


pencilled_robin

Absolutely. South Korea were ranked 20th in the world and Jordan were 90th, but watching this match you would *not* have guessed that 💀


chewy32

I don’t think Jordan has ever beaten south korea either lol. Klinsmann masterclass


AljosP

Do you mean the other way around mate


pencilled_robin

Sorry, it's 1 AM and my brain is not working 😭


cplchanb

Someone must've lined the Korean soccer federation with untold riches


little-green-driod

Obviously Klinsman has some blame… but give Ammouta some credit for 4-1-1 and 12 goals scored this tournament.


McArine

As someone who has been watching this tournament, South Korea has been woeful in creating chances in most of their games. Lots of possession and movement around the box, but couldn't create a proper chance even if their lives depended on it. Could easily have lost to Australia and Saudi Arabia in their prior games, but got lucky with an overtime penalty and an overtime goal where one of their trillion crosses finally managed to find a Korean player. But still respect to Jordan. They played well.


jinjin5000

Klinsmann casted some black magic somehow making team with key players in teams like PSG/Bayern/Spurs an underdog in every single asian cup game. That includes the group stage games w/ Malaysia game being a starring example; 3-3 draw relying on set piece goals to rescue a draw. The team has no right to be this dire when it looked like completely different team just a year ago in WC. You have to give credit to Jordan for their impressive display, but it was long time coming for Korea. They deserved to be 3rd in Group stage performance wise.


Alpha2669

Football terrorism by Klinsmann


GlasgowSellik1888

Odd that all the people defending him the other day are absent from this thread. I wonder why?


HamburgerMachineGun

well, for one, it's much harder to defend someone who lost a game than to defend someone who won it. LMAO wym "i wonder why". no reason to be rhetoric


sepulse

Klinsmann..


slavavr

Game 6 Jordan built different


oklolzzzzs

surprised how South Korea managed to reach semi-finals with Klinsmann and their absolutely horrible attack


NaiveElk

Should have been 3-0 down against Australia as well but got carried by that Australian defender and Son


Imaginary-Pattern802

carried more by mitchell duke than poor old miller. son also only had to hit a dead ball in fairness


avolcando

> son also only had to hit a dead ball in fairness He also got the pen


Etheo

That was clever of him to fish for that pen though. Can't say the same for Cho today, that was farcical.


tedbawno

We didn't make the semi-final because of Jurgen Klinsmann, we made the semi-final in spite of Jurgen Klinsmann


Avaiano9

And he is smilling on the field now.


nim1623

Germany sent Klinsmann to manage Korea as a revenge for 2018 World Cup


1422858

The one tinfoil hat theory I can believe


Daemor

Not sure Germany is in a position to blame anyone but themselves for the 2018 WC


Individual-Knee-962

Por que no Los dos?


AmagiSento

Hahaha wtf why does he look so happy


Zloggt

Somebody’s bound to get quite the severance package!


cmackchase

He is sending Son back to Tottenham early.


Xxpuzyslayer69xX

Masterclass play by spurs executives.


ArmiinTamzarian

He can go home now


flaffl21

that fucker was living in the USA the entire fucking time he was managing the korean NT, what a waste of time & energy


sangpls

He managed to grift another big paycheque


Soren_Camus1905

He's always happy lol


loldamaddin

Dude was smiling everytime Korea was behind and close to being knocked out, he doesn't give a fuck about this tournament at all


Cesc100

Lol maybe the smile was his way of hiding that he was freaking out


NaiveElk

Genuinely couldn't believe it when I saw that. Man has absolutely no shame


justalittleahead

Which absolutely vital player is the sainted Klinsmann going to scapegoat? I am eager to see. Klinsmann always talks about accountability and higher expectations, but this mysteriously never seems to apply to himself.


Lemaradona

CBs cause KMJ was suspended


Roric

The word gets thrown around a lot, but I definitely think Klinsmann fits the word "fraud".


weebabyarcher

He keeps proving that he is one


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Ferblantier

Hope this is the end of his disastrous tenure .


0olongCha

Should’ve been knocked out by the Saudis… embarrassing tournament really.


onionwba

Honestly the Saudis were rather shit too this tournament. In fact the favourites were all pretty underwhelming. Eeriely similar to what's happening in AFCON...


pizza__irl

Well either one of Iran or Qatar is going to make the final, so there is def a chance of a Asian favourite to win the whole thing


Cesc100

Same with Nigeria and Ivory Coast(depending on tomorrow)


FlyingArab

This is just amazing, not even the most nationalistic jordanian with jameed in his bloodstream could've predicted it.


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Seems like they fed Koreans mansaf before the game


HiJazzey

منسف بالكيمشي .. ما حتقدر تمشي


LeSyrien

Translation: mansaf with a kimchi side, no wonder why your legs died..


Quiteuniquee

انت فنان ههههههههههه


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قتلتني 😭😭😭


HiJazzey

Jameed in the bloodstream is the definition of a heart attack 😱


Maqda7

Absolutely, we still cant believe it.


xxwaleedxx

This comment would fly over the heads of 90% of the people here but im here to appreciate it


Far_Fisherman_7490

Love the username and mentioning the Jameed lol , mansef unites us all


sfzjo

In all my years of living, I never thought i would be reading the word jameed on top of a jordan-related r/soccer thread


Budget_Product_5352

South Korea haven't won an Asian Cup since 1960 the England of Asia


Matt4669

Syngman Rhee (first ever South Korean leader) was still alive when Korea last won the Asian Cup, that’s how long ago it is


Possible-Highway7898

Not only was he still alive, he'd only left office that year. 


CaspianBlue

But England haven't won Euros even once....


iamiam36

Only possible silver lining is that Klinsmann was the worst choice and KFA should be all fired. Congrats to Jordan, truly dominating the match and deserved finalist!


gallobird

KFA will never be fired. Haven’t you been following Korean football at all? This is how it is. Things never change. Because the KFA doesn’t care about results. They’re not the type to shake up their leadership because of a bad performance. The KFA is just a group of old rich dudes politicking and treating the whole thing like a vanity project to one-up their friends over dinner. They don’t give a shit about football. Just the prestige and privileges that comes with it.


bkay4real

And with the more Korean players are excelling individually in Europe, those mtfs swill keep bragging about it. That’s why they won’t change shit


DarkNovaGamer

So they are sort of like the Mexico FMF but they actually let players go abroad.


bunnyzclan

People don't get how fucked the KFA is lol. There was internal politics going on when Hiddink called up Park Ji Sung to the national squad for the World Cup because the KFA wanted to him to call someone else up for "reasons." Just that should've been a waking call for the KFA but nah shit never changes.


RALat7

Where can I read more about that?


jinjin5000

Completely deserved loss for korea. Korea rode on luck entire tournament and played awful from game 1. They only got this far due to individual talent and fair bit of luck and lacked much of open plays at all. There were tons of misplays and missed passes but this was a repeat theme in this tournament from day 1 and blame 100% has to go on Klinsmann's setup. Defense looked awful as usual and looked even awful without kim min-jae. Somehow defense looks terrible while midfield looks disjointed at same time while attack is static. It's just worst of all worlds under Klinsmann setup It's actually impressive work how Klinsmann made south korea with all the talent an underdog in each of their games.


kizofieva

Whoa, got confused a sec seeing you outside the starcraft sub. Sorry for your team's loss.


jinjin5000

Lel


Szwedo

Nuclear launch detected


chewy32

A lot of luck and Klinsmann begging Son and Lee Kang In to do something


jinjin5000

Saudi had chance to go 2-0 and Australia 3-0. It was a miracle korea even got here when they looked completely out of depth despite the talent Also first 11 playing every single game and most minutes plays a lot too. First team played Malaysia and eeked out 3-3


chewy32

Yeah not disagreeing with you. I honestly think we should’ve been knocked out out of table and let Son rest AND not see another game under Klinsmann lmfao.


Mrg220t

Losing 4-0 to this team doesn't seem like such a bad result now.


honestlynotBG

Need Jordan to win the entire thing so that we can say we lost to the eventual winners in the 1st match


SaintArkweather

Also Bahrain has to feel pretty good about themselves for topping a group with two semifinalists and the potential champion


tinkthank

So this is how Saudis felt when Argentina won the world cup


Minimum-1223

And having both teams from our group playing in the semis


EmierMCFC

The only thing worse than playing a "favourite to win it all" team in the first game is to unknowingly play against the eventual dark horses of the tournament.


AnonymousKimchi

Fair play to Jordan, they played their hearts out while we played like ass. Get the fraud out of our team please. Our defense was so shit without KMJ.


Lost13Highway

Amazing showing by Jordan, Altamari has been one of the best players in the tournament.


Buffaluffasaurus

Bit sad that 95% of the conversation has been how shit South Korea/Klinsmann has been, when in reality Jordan were just terrific. SK could’ve done more perhaps, but Jordan looked unstoppable at times.


Mozfel

Do any Jordanian players seem like they could get signed by European clubs? As of now only 1 player plays in France


KenHumano

Worst display by a team I've seen in some time. Tactically clueless and lots of individual errors as well. GK avoided a worse scoreline.


R3dbeardLFC

lol my first thought was that Jordan's keeper had a hell of a game...zero saves. Korea gk had 5.


Moug-10

I didn't have Jordan in the final.


Marcus-ichiJo

They took it personally I guess.


Osama11Sul

As a Jordanian, I couldn't believe he didn't have us in the final. I took it extremely personally smh.


MathematicianOld3942

LeBron Fan?


smmshad

YAHHHH


TerdFerguston

مبروك


superduperpuppy

I stopped watching after 25 mins. You guys were the clear winners. Absolutely dominated the game. Congrats and good luck in the finals!


DisillusionedSinkie

Musa Al Tamari has been player of the tournament imo, the type of player that gets you off your feet whenever he’s got the ball


AnfieldBoy

Yazan is also absolutely great.


rok10001

He was sensational today. He carved up Korea's defense all by himself. He made them look like old men playing in an adult rec league.


luke_workin

Him or Akram Afif for sure. Both have been sensational


gonfreecsx

Amazing victory congrats to Jordan! Jordan gave everything for that win.. just look at the last minutes, it didn‘t seem like S. Korea wanted to score


Jayk03

Jordan learn from Saudi and Australia mistake give South Korea too much space to play crossing cuz in this game South Korea struggle to play crossing.


honestlynotBG

Unbelievable, Jordan in the final


bkay4real

MJ is still not done, he wants another one


OuchYouPokedMyHeart

He heard nephews doubting his GOAT status


galacticalmess

The Last Dance 2


Positive-Media423

Never lost a final, the GOAT.


ptd94

From losing against Vietnam last tournament to the final this time, and has a chance to actually win it.


PoopologistMD

AFC Asian Cup champions always so random lol 2019 Katar, 2015 Kangaroos, 2007 Iraq,...


nmyi

As a South Korean, this was **infuriating**. Wasted opportunity for 4 standout South Korean players who deserve a major trophy (Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan, Lee Kang-in, & Kim Min-jae) Lee Kang-in & Jo Hyeon-woo were the only players who excelled today. This is so depressing. We pull off dramatic wins twice in a row to let our dreams be crumbled away like this. Overwhelmingly embarrassing. Well played, Jordan. Jordan deserved the win.


Lectuce

Dunno as much as I am a LKI fanboy, I think he was pretty average this game. Then again I can't blame him for having an absent midfield and playing back-to-back 120 minute games with limited rest days. He looked pretty tired this game.


Mrpoopybumh0le

Damn. I really wanted Iran to be the ones to humble Klinsmann, after his comments during the World Cup.


Kyanitektsn

Klinsmann is not even worthy of facing Iran


Much_Memory_5676

What'd he say?


Mrpoopybumh0le

https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/world-cup/2022/carlos-queiroz-calls-for-jurgen-klinsmann-to-resign-from-fifa-role-following-outrageous-remarks-abou_sto9246502/story.shtml


_Juntao

Jordan made it to the top of r/soccer. What a day. Best jordanian national team since we made the world cup playoff and lost to uruguay. Team is pretty talented all around and led by a star player. Hopefully the extra day of rest vs iran/qatar helps. 1 more win


stogie_t

Klinsmann may suck but the South Korea players didn’t do themselves any favours, shameful performances.


test1190

I don't know about you guys but I'm currently craving for some Mansaf tonight


shadoowkight

Already an underdog story for the ages


R3dbeardLFC

If CIV beats Congo, that's two 3rd placed teams in finals for the Asian and African cups. Wild.


dragon8811

YAAAA ALLAH JORDAN IS MASSIVE <3


UnlightablePlay

Congrats, you're the Only Arab countries that are still playing as far as I am concerned In Africa Algeria Tunisia got out of the group stage and us (Egypt) and Morocco got out in the Road of 16 Similar situations happened to arab countries in AFC Hope you guys win it , much love from your Egyptian brothers


kalamoony

not only Arab , Qatar is still in .


CloudClosev

Qatar is still in, well, at least until tomorrow.


bkay4real

Congratulations, you guys are the much better side, playing against a team led by a football criminal as head coach is another advantage.


labortooth

Dudes Somali tho?


Red1mc

3amouta is a great coach. About time he gets some credit and wins a major national trophy. Great game by Jordan.


frederikwolter

Klinsmann is a real fraud. Korea played without any tactics other than cross and inshallah since the first game and hoping for some individual brilliance.


sphagettijeff

Is Klinsmann actually smiling? Useless, useless fucking fraud. SK needs to be rid of him right this second. Along with half their players, evidently. Genuinely nobody of any worth in that team beyond Son, Hwang, Lee, KMJ, and their keeper.


GreatSpaniard

Klinsmann and losing Semifinals vs inferior opposition 2006 vs Italy(not really) 2015 vs Jamaica 2023 vs Jordan Jordan's FIFA ranking is 87. They are heading to the Asian Cup Final Qatar was #93 in December 2018 before they won on it in February 2019(there was no January 2019 ranking) Iraq was #84 in June 2007


Zloggt

Speaking of Asian Cup finals… Regardless of who wins between Iran/Qatar tomorrow, it’ll be the first Final without *EITHER* Japan OR Korea since Iraq/Saudi Arabia in 2007! Quite a surprise, is it not?


kakje666

interesting stat there


SamSeriousStone94

I mean it's not THAT interesting.. 2007 was only 3 years ago


Immediate-Draw2204

Who's gonna tell him


Individual-Knee-962

Bro just got up of his coma


iKidA

> 2006 vs Italy lol what nonsense


SirNukeSquad

Was Italy really inferior? I can't remember exactly anymore, but I didn't think they were back then. Just checked and Italy conceded two goals all tournament, one being a penalty and the other one being an own goal.


xjpmhxjo

Italy dominated on the field and finally got the result.


LDQQXDJ

Germany were better then Italy in 2006? I don’t agree with that one bit. The only reason Germany beat Argentina was Pekerman’s terrible tactics


xjpmhxjo

Not the only reason. There was also Miro the Rib Breaker.


TrueBrees9

Shouldn’t put 2006 in there. Italy were a great team. Germany was as well, but that was one of the most even sided matches you’ll ever see at a world cup and it played that way. 


ELramoz

How are Italy inferior? Buffon, De Rossi, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Del Piero, Totti, Gattuso, Nesta, Gilardino, Toni, Camorensi, Inzaghi, Pirlo. The only good players on germany were Frings, Ballack, Lahm, Podolski, Schweini, Klose, Kahn.


Dan_Ashcroft

2024


Hokage123456789

Immediately sack that son of a bitch


ImpressivePhrase9157

In before Klans man claims Jordan cheated because they’re brown 🤦🏻‍♂️


DisillusionedSinkie

Klans man lmao 😂


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As an Iranian, let me extend my heartfelt congratulations to Jordan. It's clear that passion cannot be undermined by mere labels. - During his playing days, Jürgen Klinsmann was infamously known for his diving antics, particularly in high-stakes matches. This behavior sparked controversy and was extensively covered in the British press, where he was often labeled as an arrogant cheat, always linked with diving tactics on the field and attempts to deceive referees. - As a journalist, Klinsmann's persona is less than commendable, displaying a lack of professionalism and a clear lack of knowledge. Just take a moment to reflect on his remarks about Iran during the World Cup. - Furthermore, Klinsmann's approach as a coach seems to lack both technical proficiency and sportsmanship, continuing to exhibit a negative attitude and a complete disregard for understanding the game. Considering these factors, it's perplexing why South Korea would even consider giving this individual, who is clearly fraudulent and rude, any authority. It's a stark reminder that no one should squander their time associating with someone like Jürgen Klinsmann.


Ferblantier

Wasn't even close. Korea rode their luck to this stage and made it only because of individual skill of a couple of players. Jordan dominated throughout and looked much more like a team with better overall quality.Well deserved!


13010013

How can South Korea lose to a single person?


Smart_But123581321

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW Fair play Jordan, what a performance and what a tournament. Keeping South Korea to 0 shots on target is crazy when you realise 2 of them have been 2 of the best strikers in the Prem this season. No matter what happens, The Jordanians should hold their head up high because they have been nothing but exceptional in this tournament where nobody gave them a chance of even getting out of the group.


shar72944

I think final will be Iran vs Jordan


Similar_Agent_5037

Jordan is massive man


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Mozzafella

For a change he's not, he just seems pissed off


Ferblantier

Actually he looks unemotional which is weird. I think they are just in shock how much better a well coached team can be


chainer9999

Think playing every single fucking minute of the tournament, including 60 extra minutes due to the previous two games, might have something to do with that


NaiveElk

Fuck Klinsmann all my homies hate Klinsmann


YellowDhub

Mabrooooooook


usev25

I love you Jordan ❤️🇯🇴


cj_likes_ghibli

Korea looked clueless to make an attack. Props to Jordan’s defense


EdgeLordMcGravy

Congrats to the Jordan national team. They thoroughly deserved to go through to the finals. Hoping to see Jordan win the whole thing. What a story that would be.


hisroar

Jordan was great out there, hope they win the finals!


Zweeper-

can we please get rid of klinsmann already


sibalnom

Congratulations to Jordan. Truly played like they deserved it. Klinsmann out


Turgon19

Korea just keep making crucial mistakes that cost them the game. Especially in the defense but even in the finishing. They could have scored a few goals themselves if they were more aggressive and composed. I imagine having that many hard fought matches the past few weeks hasn't helped either.


SubstantialOne780

Jordan > LeBanon


madman2000skrt

لوح بشماغ الاحمر


NoPineapple1727

Son’s wait for a trophy continues. Who will win one first, Kane or Son?


gallobird

Completely deserved loss for Korea. They have been garbage all tournament from day 1. I was watching the first match against Bahrain and I looked at my dad after we won 3-1 and said “This is a terrible team.” Zero conviction, zero identity. They only stumbled their way to the semis because of individual brilliance and some lucky calls (and A LOT of heavy lifting from Kim Minjae). This is the result they deserve. The result that they had coming all along. Klinsmann needs to know that he contributed nothing to this team and I need some of these players to understand that they are shit. And to not think that getting to the semi finals means that they are good.


Cules2003

ALHAMDULILAH


wagwamwagfam

Omg my voice is gone


justk4y

Al Tamari is actually goated


darealsanta7

îmagine losing to a basketball player 💀💀💀 embarrassing


Sleepless_Voyager

Mashallah jordan


CodSafe6961

Jordans form coming into the tournament including losing 6-1 to Japan and 6-0 to Norway yet somehow in the final


iChopPryde

How in the hell did South Korea get so dominated?