Soccer Football - World Cup - Group F - South Korea vs Mexico - Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia - June 23, 2018 South Korea's Son Heung-min scores their first goal REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) - "Systemic problems" in the domestic league is the reason why South Korea are on the brink of elimination after they lost both of their opening two World Cup games, coach Shin Tae-yong said.
After their amazing run took them to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup, South Korea, on the brink of elimination on Group F, have failed to reproduce a similar performance and deep changes are needed if they want to improve.
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