World Cup Update, South Korea: 5-0 Hong Kong 0, Coach Jung-Moo Pleased

South Korean coach Huh Jung-moo was satisfied with his team’s 5-0 thrashing on Hong Kong on Sunday in Tokyo.

The result started Korea’s defence of the East Asia Champions in fine fashion.

Four goals before the break ended the game as a contest though Korea, preparing for the 2010 World Cup, will face much tougher tests against China on Wednesday and Japan on Sunday.

Goals from Kim Jung-woo, Ku Ja-cheol, Lee Dong-gook, Lee Sung-ryeol and Noh Byung-joon gave the Taeguk Warriors the win.

"I'm pretty much satisfied with the result," said Huh after the match. "It was a result of what my players did an excellent job. I hope we can play our best in the remaining two games as well."

"I'm happy about so many things, especially Lee Dong-Gook, who scored his first goal in four years. I hope this goal will trigger him to score many more goals in the future, too. We were also good in set-piece play," he added.

Those set pieces were too much for Hong Kong to handle as the team’s South Korea coach Kim Pan-gon admitted.

"This result is too far from our expectation. We conceded goals by set pieces," said Kim.

"In the last few months, we were improving a lot, we did very well, so we were expecting that we can reduce a goal (against) in this competition and if we can score a goal... that's what we are looking for."

South Korea will face Argentina, Nigeria and Greece in Group F in South Africa.

Source: goal.com