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Ki Sung-Yueng – The Premier League’s rising Asian star
Ross Davis takes a look at Swansea City’s exciting playmaker Ki Sung-Yueng who has had a great start to the new season.
Tag: South Korea
Brazil 2014: Who will shock the world?
Alex Byers discusses the prospect of a nation causing a surprise at next year’s World Cup.
Fifa U20 World Cup Group Previews A-C
Pete Sharland previews the first three groups of the under 20 World Cup.
A South Korean factor in South Wales
Ben Barker looks at two Asians who have had a big impact on respective clubs this season.
The beckoning of history in south-east Asian football
In his first article for BackPageFootball.com, Terence Ong fills us in on the latest from the ASEAN Football Championships.
Suarez the hero as Uruguay progress past South Korea
Uruguay 2-1 South Korea Uruguay booked the first spot in the quarter finals of the World Cup this afternoon with a 2-1 win over South Korea. After a superb group stage, Diego Forlan was unusally subdued but step up Luis Suarez of Ajax who snatched two goals against the spritely Koreans. The teams and formations […]
World Cup Last 16 Preview: Day 1
It’s time to get down to the real business, the final sixteen of the World Cup. After what was nothing short of a group stage of disappointments in between a few shocks, the deadwood has been put to one side and the cream of the World Cup crop after left to fulfill our summer’s entertainment. […]
World Cup Accumulators: 15th-17th
Part of the fun of the World Cup is that games endlessly churn out of our televisions at times of the day when we might not have even realised. Even the most avid football fan can be forgiven for drifting away from the action as the days begin to blend into one, particularly when the […]
Lionel Messi – a surprise outsider?
Having not necessarily shown his best form for Argentina in the past and having had a long and testing season with Barcelona, I was originally skeptical about Lionel Messi’s chances of challenging for the Golden Boot at this summer’s World Cup. However, upon seeing the 22 year old’s display against Nigeria on Saturday afternoon, I […]
All A Bit Messi
Argentina began the World Cup with a win, but it was a far from convincing performance from their array of superstars. It was very much a case of ‘job done’ for Argentina following their 1-0 win over Nigeria today, but there were plenty of holes to pick for the critics. Maradona’s men looked set to […]