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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Yeah, I remember hearing that about the Togo side. On the one hand, I can understand wanting to get paid, but on the other hand... well, let's just say that the news was met with dumbfounded stares in Korea, where patriotism runs as thick as kimchi. I honestly believe that the Korean side would play even if they got paid nothing. Even if the government, in some wild fit on insanity, decided not to pay for their traveling expenses, etc., the Korean people would pull together and raise the money for them--and it would probably take only a few hours. To an outsider, Korean solidarity can even be a little frightening. If you think Americans are patriotic, you've obviously never met a Korean. :) So, yeah, no Korean I have spoken to has the slightest clue of how to even begin trying to fathom what Togo threaten(ed) to do. Jason: The orangey kits... I honestly don't know. I thought their kits last time around were decent, but each time they seem to move further and further away from true red, all the way saying "this is redder than the last time." The best I can figure it, they're slowly migrating through the spectrum. Expect them to be yellow about twenty years from now. Some more thoughts on the Korea-France match (if I may be humored).... The mood here in Korea before the match was a bit odd. By that I mean people talked about winning, and everyone knew that winning was indeed a possibility, but I don't think anyone really expected to win. At around the 75th minute, the Korean announcer said something to the effect of "Well, we've still got Switzerland ahead of us and are currently at the top of the group, so being behind 1-0 to France isn't that bad for us." I think he meant a number of things. Firstly, considering how much pressure France put on (especially in the midfield) and the almost complete lack of Korean scoring chances, we were lucky to only be down by one. It could have easily beeen two or three to nil by that point. Secondly, even if Korea lost, it didn't mean elimination. Perhaps that's a somewhat defeatist attitude, but Korean fans are used to seeing their side take things down to the wire. Honestly, I'm not sure if the country would have known what to do with itself had they clinched a berth in the Round of 16 after only two games--and all on their own, at that. Korean tournament appearances are always nail-biters. That's why I was so psyched about the draw (and also because it looked like we were going to lose, and because the goal was scored by my favorite player). Working out possible scenarios is pretty much a national pastime here (considering that it always goes down to the wire), so I decided to work them out for myself. There are three matches left, each with three possible outcomes, but obviously not all of those 27 permutations matter. The following are the ones that matter. [b]NOTE: Skip the following if you do not like maths and long, drawn-out (and mostly pointless) hypothetical discussions.[/b] For starters, if Korea can win against Switzerland, it doesn't matter what happens in the other matches--Korea will finish first in the group. If Korea draws against Switzerland, though, things get tricky. If France and Switzerland both beat Togo (which is the most likely scenario), we are left with three teams with five points. It will come down to goals, and this is most likely where Korea's relatively poor showing against Togo will come back to haunt them. The first tie-breaker is goal differential, and a draw with Switzerland will leave Korea at +1. France and Switzerland both stand at zero, so it will come down to how they do against Togo. You can bet they're going to be beating the ever-living crap out of the poor Togo side--and not playing keep away for the last fifteen minutes of the match. If there is still a tie it will go down to total goals scored. Basically, Korea would go through if France beat Togo by only one goal and scored no more than one goal more than the number of goals Korea score in their hypothetical draw with Switzerland [b]or[/b] if Switzerland score no more than two goals more than this number in their match against Togo. After total goals scored it comes down to head-to-head results, but all three teams will have drawn against each other, so it would go down to drawing lots (which would suck). But what if Togo win one of their remaining matches? Let's say Togo beat Switzerland tonight. That would put them in second place in the group with three points. If France win against Togo, they would go to five points to tie Korea (remember, we're still talking about the hypothetical draw against Switzerland in the final match). In this scenario, France and Korea would both go through, with the order depending on goal differential. If Togo loses to Switzerland and beats France, then Korea would go through with Switzerland. If Togo beats both Switzerland and France, Korea would go through in second place behind Togo. Togo draws would also help Korea. A draw against Switzerland would mean the Swiss finish with three draws and be eliminated, and Korea would go through with either Togo or France, depending on the result of the match between those two sides. A Togo draw against France would have pretty much the opposite effect (i.e., Korea would go through with Switzerland). But do I see any of these rather complex scenarios happening? No, not really. Obviously we'll have a better idea of how things stand after tonight's match between Togo and Switzerland, but if Korea draws against Switzerland their chances of advancing are slim. What if Korea loses to Switzerland? Well, that would leave them with four points and a goal differential of [b]at most[/b] zero. Their only hope of going through would be a) Togo beating or drawing with France and losing to Switzerland or b) Togo drawing against both France and Switzerland. If Togo were to lose both matches then Korea would be eliminated, and if they won both matches the fight for second place would come down to Korea and Switzerland, and that could get sticky. But that's a very unlikely scenario, so I'm not even going to entertain that thought until I see tonight's match. To sum up: Korea need to win against Switzerland. That's really all there is to it. I just hope the boys play their hearts out in that final match. 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