# \<spoiler\> South Korea - Portugal \<spoiler\>

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 14, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-south-korea-portugal-spoiler/114032 "2002-06-14T13:44:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-south-korea-portugal-spoiler/114032/1 "2002-06-14T13:44:28Z")

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I can’t believe there’s no thread on this yet!

Korea was very impressive. That game was FAR more entertaining than the USA game.

Still, Portugal did not seem to play poorly. Despite having only 9 men, they still nearly scored several times in the last few minutes. Korea barely had enough to hold them off. Thrilling game.

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**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-south-korea-portugal-spoiler/114032/2 "2002-06-14T13:47:21Z")

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I think it’s because most of the South Korea-Portugal discussion wound up taking place on the US-Poland thread. But yes, it was an amazing game.

I think the turning point, obviously, was when Portugal got the second red card. Up until then, I think both teams would have been ok with playing for the draw, knowing the US’s troubles. But once Korea was up two men, I think they decided scoring one for the home crowd was a good idea. At least, that’s my theory 🙂