▁in ▁the ▁penalty ▁shoot - out ▁with ▁Japanese ▁goal keeper ▁E iji ▁K aw ash ima ▁saving ▁two ▁sh ots ▁and ▁were ▁be aten ▁ 3 – 0 . ▁They ▁defeated ▁U z bek istan ▁to ▁ear n ▁third ▁place ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Fair ▁Play ▁Award . ▁K oo ▁Ja - che ol ▁finished ▁as ▁the ▁tournament ' s ▁top ▁sc orer ▁with ▁five ▁goals . ▁Following ▁the ▁Asian ▁Cup , ▁key ▁players ▁Park ▁Ji - s ung ▁and ▁Lee ▁Young - py o ▁retired ▁and ▁the ▁team ' s ▁performance ▁began ▁to ▁decl ine . ▁Following ▁a ▁defe ats ▁to ▁Japan ▁and ▁Leb anon , ▁Cho ▁was ▁s ack ed . ▁ ▁London ▁Generation ▁( 2 0 1 0 s ) ▁ ▁Cho ▁K w ang - ra e ▁was ▁hurried ly ▁replaced ▁with ▁Ch oi ▁K ang - he e ▁with ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁qual ifying ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁FIFA ▁World ▁Cup ▁as ▁the ▁team ▁was ▁in ▁je op ard y ▁of ▁breaking ▁its ▁long - running ▁stre ak ▁of ▁World ▁Cup ▁qual ification . ▁Under ▁Ch oi ▁South ▁Korea ▁narrow ly ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁World ▁Cup ▁in ▁Brazil ▁by ▁finishing ▁second ▁in ▁their ▁group ▁via ▁goal ▁difference . ▁Ch oi ' s ▁contract ▁was ▁up ▁after ▁the ▁conclusion ▁of ▁the ▁qual ification ▁matches ▁and ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁former ▁player ▁Hong ▁My ung - bo , ▁who ▁had ▁capt ained ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁World ▁Cup ▁team ▁and