Well I must say that Sunday the 7th of March will live for a while
in my memory. No doubt it will in Steven Watsons also, here are his teammates
as they lined up against the Koreans.

England	: 13. David Watson, 2. Steve Watson, 5. Ian Pearce, 6. Andy Myers,
	  7. Chris Bart-Williams, 8. Darren Caskey(c), 9. Nick Barmby, 
	  10. Jamie Pollock, 11. Alan Thompson, 17. Ian Selley, 
	  18. Anthony Hughes
Coach	: David Burnside

Korea	: 1. Kim Hae-Woon, 2. Yoo Sang-Soo, 3. Kim Jin-Woo, 6. Park Cheol,
	  7. Kim Dae-Ui, 9. Lee Ho-Seong, 10 Choi Yong-Soo, 11 Cho Hyun-doo,
	  12 Choi Sung Yong, 14. Cho Jin-Ho, 15 Lee Kyung-Soo
Coach	: Park Sang-In

Referee	: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

	Before any of the English fans blame the Referee, being German, for
the lack of a more positive result I must say he's been one of the best
Referees yet and can thank him that Mr Barmby stayed on the field for the
duration.
	First things first though and a good crowd of what looked like over
20 000 but was only about 16000 had lots of vocal English support while the
Koreans were less well supported the fans still managed to make themselves
heard and seen. By far the majority, however, was Turkish support for the
match which was to follow but we'll get to that later.
	England, currently ranked 19th at this level, were wearing black
armbands in respect of Bobby Moore's death, and were also out to improve
their chances for a spot in the senior side with Graham 'I choose really
good squads' Taylor in attendance.
	The build-up during the week was such that when Ian Pearce was 
fouled in the opening minutes he let forth a violent stream of abuse which,
if one is any good at lipreading, included at least 3 instances of the
dreaded fornication word. That aside the game was a fairly clean affair with
England showing their hand early by going to the air at every oppertunity,
hoping to catch the shorter Koreans on their weakness. Pollock from a free
kick, and Caskey from a Barmby pass both tried their luck at heading the
ball into the net of the Koreans. By a mixture of luck and skill the Koreans
held out the slightly inaccurate English in these opening minutes.
	England looked very composed and didn't panic, which is surprising
considering they hadn't played as a team for quite some time. Korea on the
other hand did well to contain the English, Korea passed well and showed great
skill for a side of amateur (status, not ability) players and were counting
on a fast break, counterattacking style, sometimes resulting in offside
decisions but showing initiative nonetheless.
	Nick Barmby managed to get himself booked after about 15 minutes of
play for what seemed to be kicking the ball into the grandstand after a 
decision went against the English. The commentator, however, suggested that
it was for backchat. This didn't put England off their game and they went 
close once more only a minute later. Korea, fighting valiantly, seemed to be
there for the taking. Cho Jin-Ho was doing his level best for the team and
was easily the best player for Korea, he worked tirelessly causing the
English backs some consternation. That said the Koreans really didn't have
many chances and had two reasonable shots at goal for the half. Anthony
Hughes squandered another oppertunity after a long throw-in was flicked on.
The Korean keeper risked life and limb to protect the scoreline.
	After a fairly docile period of play things took a nasty turn for
the English. Korea, playing a looping ball forward into the area, had missed
the forwards coming through to meet it. Steven Watson, either unaware the
ball was going to cause no further immediate trouble or just wanting to get 
on the scoresheet, tried to kick the ball away for a corner but only managed 
to get the very tip of his boot on it. His namesake in the goal was unable to
stop the ball from slotting into his net. Korea and it's fans on the other
hand didn't give two hoots about the circumstance and celebrated the goal.
Good sportsmanship no doubt stopped them from thanking the dejected Watson
personally.
	England, still reeling from the earlier goal, almost went two behind 
when the ball was headed over the advancing keeper via a Korean speculator
3 minutes later. Unfortunately for the Koreans the glancing header was too
fine to cause permanent damage. The writing was on the wall.
	Trying harder to balance the scoreline, which still seemed inevitable,
England mounted pressure on the Koreans for the rest of the half and early
in the second with no success. Before the Referee blew for halftime he still
had time to book Thompson for taking Cho Jin-Ho's legs out from under him in
a frustrated tackle.
	In the second half the rains came down and Korea emphasised how
dangerous they really were when an inswinging corner was prevented a path
into the net by a goalmouth scramble. Korea then got it's first yellow card
when Lee Kyung-Soo was penalised for bringing a man down when a break
looked on.
	Play see-sawed with neither side looking like scoring for a large
portion of the second half. David Burnside felt that perhaps Julian Joachim
can do more and took Ian Selley off after 75 minutes. It was around this time
that Nick Barmby should have walked. Wunderkind or not he tackled late with
studs showing and should have got his second yellow and been given his
marching orders. Still it must be said the Referee probably saw it better than
me and as he had officiated very well up to that point I'll concede the point.
	David Burnside left Barmby stranded up front by stacking the midfield
which often left 3 or 4 defenders on Barmby, he didn't see a lot of the ball.
	Chris Bart-Williams tried his luck with a good volley on the turn, only
to see it sail over the crossbar, and Korea also changed personnel with 
Jeon Kyung-Jun on for Kim Dae-Ui. Korea still threatened with some forward
surges but the 84th minute proved to be their undoing.
	Ian Pearce got to the ball ahead of the defenders around him from an
England corner and headed in from the six yard box. Hapless defenders only 
managed to divert the ball into the roof of the net. England pursued the winner
in the remaining minutes with Myers getting the best oppertunity only a minute 
later but only hit the side netting.
	The Koreans played well and can be proud of the result, David Burnside
will speak for the English. "But we can only improve, just wait and see the
next time". England play the USA on Tuesday.

	Korea 1 (S Watson og 33) - England 1 (I Pearce 84)