First major wake-up call for South Korea at this stage prior to 2010 World Cup. After winning with authority to Ecuador and Japan, scoring four goals without conceding none in the two friendlies, the Asian team has played against a selection of second or third order in Europe, including Belarus.
In this friendly, played at the neutral ground of Austria, the most worrying for Korea was their very poor performance in attack. Do no harm to a rival who finished fourth in their qualifying group of the playoffs does not speak too well of the team of Huh Jung-Moo. Even more, accounting for almost all its stars, including the Red Devil Park Ji-sung.