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AUSTRALIA 1 / SOUTH KOREA 0, February 11, 1998. |
SYDNEY, Australia February 11, 98 (AP). Ernie Tapai scored a disputed first-half goal to give Australia a 1-0 victory over World Cup-bound South Korea in their international soccer match Wednesday. Tapai scored in the 39th minute for the team coached by former England manager Terry Venables. As Tapai sent the ball into the empty net from six meters, South Korea's defenders claimed offside. South Korean coach Cha Bum-Kun backed his players and said the video replay clearly showed they were right. Venables disagreed and said the defense was caught out, as his team was when it lost 1-0 to Chile last week. "Players take a risk by not moving and the gamble is too great and that's how we lost the other night," Venables said. South Korea should have opened the scoring in the 14th minute when midfielder Ko Jong-Soo sent a long-range shot past goalkeeper Jason Petkovic and into the post. Jin Soon-Jin followed up with a header but Petkovic recovered to make the save. Ko was denied again when Petkovic turned a vicious free-kick over the crossbar. Venables, who has been linked with several European clubs since failing to qualify Australia for France '98, started his time in charge with a 2-1 winover South Korea last year. "I think the Koreans played a similar style and were of the same strength as the team we beat last year," Venables said. South Korea will play in Group E at this year's World Cup along with Belgium, Mexico and the Netherlands. 
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