{"id":32351,"date":"2017-06-15T10:13:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T10:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=32351"},"modified":"2017-06-15T10:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T10:13:40","slug":"south-korea-fires-head-coach-stielike-loss-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/south-korea-fires-head-coach-stielike-loss-qatar.html","title":{"rendered":"South Korea fires head coach Stielike after loss to Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">South Korea fires head coach Stielike after loss to Qatar<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Uli Stielike has been fired as South Korea&#8217;s head coach after poor results in World Cup qualifying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">South Korea&#8217;s football association made the announcement Thursday, two days after a 3-2 loss in Qatar. It was South Korea&#8217;s third defeat in the last five qualification games and left hopes of progressing to a ninth successive World Cup uncertain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8220;Since coming in 2014, he has worked hard for the development of Korean soccer,&#8221; said Lee Yong-soo, chairman of the KFA&#8217;s technical committee. &#8220;But results in qualification for the World Cup have not been what we wanted.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The KFA did not immediately announce a replacement<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">With two games remaining in Group A \u2014 and the top two progressing to the World Cup automatically \u2014 South Korea is in second place with a one-point margin over third-place Uzbekistan and only four points clear of fourth-place Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The upheaval comes at a precarious time South Korea&#8217;s qualifying campaign. After a home game against unbeaten Iran \u2014 which has already secured a spot at Russia 2018 and hasn&#8217;t conceded a goal in eight games \u2014 in August, the South Koreans travel to Tashkent for what is potentially a decisive game against Uzbekistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Stielike&#8217;s high point was leading South Korea to the final of the 2015 Asian Cup where it lost 2-1 to Australia after extra-time. Since the third round of qualification for the 2018 World Cup started however, the former Real Madrid midfielder has come under increasing criticism for the team&#8217;s indifferent performances and results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">There were calls for the KFA to act after South Korea&#8217;s loss to China in March, just its second in 31 games against China. Losing to last-place Qatar for the first time in 33 years forced the KFA&#8217;s hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/soccer\/2017\/06\/15\/south-korea-fires-head-coach-stielike-after-loss-to-qatar\/102875526\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/south-korea-fires-head-coach-stielike-loss-qatar.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea fires head coach Stielike after loss to Qatar Uli Stielike has been fired as South Korea&#8217;s head coach after poor results in World Cup qualifying. South Korea&#8217;s football association made the announcement Thursday, two days after a 3-2 loss in Qatar. 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