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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (1665)	6/20/2002 3:34:50 PM
From: Jon Khymn	Respond to of 5130

Korea rise again, further south by FIFAworldcup.com Click to enlarge photo In 1966 unknown North Korea pulled off one of the absolute, all-time FIFA World Cup™ shocks, downing powerful Italy in the first round at Middlesbrough’s now-dead Ayresome Park to book a place in the quarterfinals. Now their brothers from the South have pulled off a similar shock finding themselves in the last 8 again banging up big, bad Italy along the way. The similarities between the two sides' fortunes cannot be avoided – and neither can some glaring differences. In England in 1966, the North Koreans purveyed an honest, open and attacking style of football on their way to becoming the first Asian side to land in the quarter-finals. The Italians were laid clear, held scoreless and could have certainly conceded at least another in a desperate second half. After losing to their communist comrades the USSR in the group opener 3-0, the North Koreans ran through to draw Chile, and shock the Italians before meeting Portugal in the quarterfinals. After incredibly going up by three goals on the Portuguese, brilliant Mozambique-born goalscorer supreme Eusebio hammered the Koreans into the ground with four goals in a 5 - 3 win in Liverpool. And now, 36 years later, their blood brothers from below the still-disputed 38th parallel are set to meet another attack-minded side from the Iberian Peninsula: Spain. The modern-day ‘Taeguk Warriors’ though will have the advantage of a wild throng of home fans, momentum from a more-then-impressive run through the first round, and like their Northern forerunners, the confidence of a victory over European giants Italy. All of Korea, who logged an 80% television viewing audience for the second round clash with Italy, will be hoping the red-clad side will have something left in their pouch beyond their undeniable spirit on 22 June in Gwangju. fifaworldcup.yahoo.com