‘I told the players they’d be exempt from military service if we reached the semi-finals. They huddled together and started crying, one by one’ How Guus Hiddink motivated South Korea’s 2002 World Cup heroes

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One of the tenets of any classic World Cup is the presence of a plucky underdog that upsets the odds and makes a deep run into the latter stages of the tournament.

In 2002, co-host South Korea played this role, as they became the first Asian side to reach the World Cup semi-finals.