News about Fernando Morientes

A few players, as well as the team's own supporters, gave a chance of even breaking out of the company, putting the likes of Italy and Spain to the sword in a game that no Asian nation has been able to imitate. Guus Hiddink, the South Korean side, was bereft of household names but full of charm, bringing their raucous and fervent supporters into delirium. In some quarters, the tale has been told as a fairy tale, but try reminding the Italians and Spaniards, many of whom are still resentful of their accomplishment two decades later. Controversy, conspiracy theories, and allegations of wrongdoing, directed at referees and FIFA rather than the South Koreans themselves, dominated the fallout from them getting to within a game of the World Cup final.