South Korea's prolonged struggle in order to regain its position among Asia's best
South Korea has been an Asian football superpower for quite a long time, began in 1956 when the AFC Asian Cup was first organised. Yes, the world's second-oldest continental football competition, older than the more popular UEFA European Championship. The two first editions, 1956 and 1960, were won by the Koreans, and it stood as the country's only major international honours. Still now. The same issue happens to the FIFA World Cup. South Korea has qualified ten times, the most among all Asian nations, the first in 1954, and from 1986 onward. In spite of this richness, South Korea only progressed from the group stage twice, first in 2002 held at home soil (with a lot of controversies surrounding) and second in 2010. Well, the 2002 World Cup fourth-place of South Korea, though remains scandalous, appears to be also the best of South Korea on the international football stage. South Korea, in words and by some respect, a formidable football power somehow slides into the wrong path...