The Taeguk Warriors will have little more than two full days to recover for the clash with Graham Arnold\u2019s side after needing 120 minutes, plus injury time, and spot-kicks to see off Roberto Mancini\u2019s team at Education City Stadium on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis win gives the team an enormous amount of energy, it gives the team even more spirit,\u201d said Klinsmann. \u201cThis is a group of players I enjoy so much working with because they badly want to do well for their country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to win the game badly before the penalty shoot-out. Anything can happen in a penalty shoot-out. Now we\u2019re waiting for these 53-and-a-half hours and we will recover, we have a good spirit and we\u2019re looking forward to Australia, which is a good team that just won 4-0.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klinsmann\u2019s side were made to work for their victory by the three-times champions, with Abdullah Radif giving the 2027 AFC Asian Cup hosts the lead only seconds after being introduced at half-time.<\/p>\n
It took the Koreans until the 99th minute to level when Cho Gue-sung headed in from close range to earn his side a justified reward after dominating late in the game and, while both teams had chances to win in extra-time, it was Jo Hyeon-woo who emerged as the hero.<\/p>\n
The Ulsan Hyundai goalkeeper saved penalties from Sami Al Naji and Abdulrahman Ghareeb to leave Hwang Hee-chan to score the winning spot-kick and keep alive Korea\u2019s hopes of a first AFC Asian Cup title since 1960.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew this would be a very difficult game against a very good Saudi Arabia team,\u201d said Klinsmann. \u201cWe are happy. We should have scored a couple of goals more because we had many chances but Saudi Arabia also had more chances, all the way to the penalty shoot-out.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe prepared for (penalties), we trained for it and Hyeon-woo made two saves which is wonderful. We expected this game tonight, we got this game against a very good team and now we\u2019re looking forward to the quarter-final.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mancini was left frustrated by the defeat and apologised for walking down the tunnel before Hwang smashed his match-winning penalty into the top corner of the Saudi goal, but insisted his side\u2019s elimination would not see him walk away from his post.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to say thank you to all my players for what they did,\u201d said the Italian. \u201cThey are improved a lot.”<\/p>\n
\u201cIn football you can lose, you can win. You play against a very strong team and my players did very well. We lose in a penalty shoot-out, and a penalty shoot-out is a lottery.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow we are a team. It\u2019s clear we need to improve more because we want to play at this level and if we want to win against these teams we have to work more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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