{"id":94,"date":"2002-06-18T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2002-06-18T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2012-12-13T13:14:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T13:14:14","slug":"its-a-madhouse-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/blog\/2002\/06\/18\/its-a-madhouse-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a madhouse out there&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/opening\/open_fireworks.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i>We learnt that it&#8217;s not the winning that counts.  Wherever you go, playing football can be used to improve diplomatic relations and promote peace.<\/i>&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; an ex North Korean footballer talking about his team at the World Cup in England in 1966<\/p>\n<p>But the winning sure does feel good&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_embed alignnone\"><div class=\"sofvm_video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We love Korean fans\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aHlKG7FqFjk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>The Korean Red Devils celebrate after a famous victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_video_post_link\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/videos\/we-love-korean-fans\/#respond\">Comment on this video<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Koreans have taken to the streets in their thousands to celebrate their victory over Italy&#8230; and the delight that is so plainly written across their faces is equally delightful to behold. I&#8217;ve just got back from dancing down an eight lane highway in the middle of town with the crowds&#8230; beers and soju being thrust into my hands whenever they weren&#8217;t high-fiving passers-by&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/italy\/children.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n<p>Phil told me, when he got back from his wander around the city, that he&#8217;d met an American out celebrating who turned to him and said&#8230; that he had never realised that football could be like this. I know exactly what he means, as I had an almost identical feeling at France &#8217;98; my first experience of football fans that I didn&#8217;t feel threatened by &#8211; but more than that, though &#8211; my first experience of fans who celebrated a beautiful game in a beautiful way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/italy\/car_delight.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n<p>Today was Korea&#8217;s day, and they made the most of it. Their team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, with pin-up lad who missed the early penalty scoring the golden goal in extra time to send the game reviewers a narrative hook from heaven. He deserves all the product endorsements that he can get.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/195.10.250.63\/video\/mpeg\/korea_italy_streetscene.mpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/italy\/highway.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n<p><b>Te Hamin Gwo!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/195.10.250.63\/video\/mpeg\/korea_italy_streetscene.mpg\">click here or on the image above to download the MPEG movie clip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In fairness to the Italians, though, I thought they were on the wrong end of a lot of poor refereeing decisions, and unlucky to lose the game. On the other hand, some of the players have to learn to stay on their feet or else they&#8217;ll continue to lose the ref&#8217;s sympathy time and time again. They are all great players, but do themselves a great injustice with their melodrama.<\/p>\n<p><b>Oh pilsen Korea!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/195.10.250.63\/video\/mpeg\/korea_italy_horns.mpg\">click here to download the MPEG movie clip<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/italy\/overloaded_truck.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n<p>I have only one thing left to say:<\/p>\n<p><b>IT&#8217;S UNBELIEVABLE!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>But today I&#8217;m going to say it over and over again&#8230; just so I don&#8217;t forget&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/italy\/reds_car.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n<p><b>Dancing for joy<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/195.10.250.63\/video\/mpeg\/korea_italy_dancing.mpg\">click here to download the MPEG movie clip<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/italy\/bus_high_five.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/italy\/car_flag.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/seoul\/opening\/open_fireworks.jpg\" alt=\"Unbelievable!\" style=\"width:320px;height:240px\" \/><br \/>\nUnbelievable!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i>We learnt that it&#8217;s not the winning that counts.  Wherever you go, playing football can be used to improve diplomatic relations and promote peace.<\/i>&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; an ex North Korean footballer talking about his team at the World Cup in England in 1966<\/p>\n<p>But the winning sure does feel good&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Koreans have taken to the streets in their thousands to celebrate their victory over Italy&#8230; and the delight that is so plainly written across their faces is equally delightful to behold. I&#8217;ve just got back from dancing down an eight lane highway in the middle of town with the crowds&#8230; beers and soju being thrust into my hands whenever they weren&#8217;t high-fiving passers-by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-korea"],"geo":{"latitude":37.56743999999999772398950881324708461761474609375,"longitude":126.9768906000000043832187657244503498077392578125,"description":null},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}