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South Korea celebrate after winning the penalty shootout against Great Britain
Scoring Summary
Great Britain
South Korea
Aaron Ramsey (pen 36′)
Dong-Won Ji (29′)
Teams
Great Britain
South Korea
Jack Butland
Jung Sung-Ryong
Micah Richards
Chang-Soo Kim
Ryan Bertrand
Young-Gwon Kim
Neil Taylor
Seok-Ho Hwang
Steven Caulker
Suk-Young Yun
Scott Sinclair
Koo Ja-Cheol
Joe Allen
Ki Sung-Yueng
Aaron Ramsey
Nam Tae-Hee
Tom Cleverley
Dong-Won Ji
Craig Bellamy
Jong-Woo Park
Daniel Sturridge
Park Chu-Young
Substitutes
Jason Steele
Lee Bum-Young
James Tomkins
Jae-Suk Oh
Danny Rose
Kim Bo-Kyung
Craig Dawson
Sung-Dong Baek
Ryan Giggs
Kim Kee-Hee
Jack Cork
Jung Woo-Young
Marvin Sordell
Kim Hyun-Sung
Substitutions
Craig Dawson for Micah Richards (60)
Jae-Suk Oh for Chang-Soo Kim (7)
Ryan Giggs for Craig Bellamy (85)
Lee Bum-Young for Jung Sung-Ryong (62)
Danny Rose for Scott Sinclair (106)
Sung-Dong Baek for Dong-Won Ji (104)
Yellow Cards
Daniel Sturridge (34)
Ki Sung-Yueng (31)
Joe Allen (71)
Young-Gwon Kim (34)
Lee Bum-Young (120)
Jae-Suk Oh (34)
· Squads: Great Britain | South Korea
One of the greatest days British sport has ever known ended with a sadly familiar quarter-final penalty shoot-out exit to South Korea in Cardiff.
Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge missed the vital last kick, allowing Celtic’s Ki Sung-yueng to send South Korea into a last four meeting with Brazil at Old Trafford on Tuesday.Sturridge was clearly angry and upset as he made his way off the field, although it could be argued Aaron Ramsey was equally culpable as he also missed from the spot in normal time when the Wales midfielder had a chance to put Britain in front.That Ramsey should score in the shoot-out, having already converted one prior to his failure, just heightened the frustration for a capacity crowd, who had seen Ji Dong-won put South Korea in front.Much like their female counterparts 24 hours earlier, GB had been forced onto the back foot by quick, dangerous opponents.Jack Butland made an excellent save to deny Ji, then Park Jong-woo fired over from the edge of the area before Arsenal’s Park Chu-young got above Joe Allen without being able to keep his powerful far-post header down.Given their dominance, it was no surprise the Koreans grabbed the initiative, although, after an eye-catching tournament to date, Butland let himself down by failing to make what, despite the pace of Ji’s shot, appeared a fairly routine save.Half an hour elapsed before GB put together their first attacking move of any significance and when that ended with an unfortunate ricochet off Craig Bellamy, Stuart Pearce’s men looked to be in for a long night.Colombian referee Wilmar Roldan then awarded the hosts two penalties in the space of four minutes which should have turned the match on its head.The first was for a handball by Oh Jaesuk as he slid in to block Ryan Bertrand’s shot, earned a booking and triggered a shoving match between the sides as Kim Young-gwon scuffed up the penalty spot.Sturridge was then clearly brought down by a high tackle from Hwang Seokho. Ramsey has been a decent penalty taker for Wales. But on both occasions here, he looked awfully nervous. Initially, he got away with it as his first shot crept under Jung Sungr-yong’s body.Second time, the midfielder was not so lucky. He went for the opposite corner, Jung read it, and palmed it away, a posse of defenders sweeping in to clear.At least the shift in fortune made for a more positive approach from GB and a sparkling run and cross from Bellamy was inches away from being turned home at the near post by Tom Cleverley.Richards was threatening inside the Korean box when he collided in mid-air with keeper Jung, an incident which ultimately resulted in both men being replaced, with the Manchester City defender looking particularly uncomfortable.Celtic defender Ki Sung-yueng and Kim both failed to hit the target with decent opportunities before substitute Craig Dawson flattened Kim with a vicious strike the Korean defender had the misfortune to get in the way of.As the crowd started to get impatient, demanding the introduction of Ryan Giggs to what had started as an unchanged line-up, Ji was unable to turn home a far post corner.Giggs was finally introduced with six minutes remaining but could prevent the outcome requiring an additional 30 to be determined.Ramsey should have turned home Sturridge’s cross before South Korea burst back in to life and after Butland had only been able to parry Koom Ja-cheol’s shot, Ji somehow guided the rebound wide when it seemed easier to just head into the corner.The Sunderland man continued his wasteful ways, but then again, so did Sturridge as a succession of openings came and went.It had to come down to penalties. Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah had shown the way. Unfortunately, the footballers could not follow.