- S oo ▁scoring ▁in ▁the ▁tournament ▁once ▁more ▁and ▁Park ▁Ch u - you ng ▁re de em ing ▁his ▁own ▁goal ▁from ▁the ▁previous ▁game ▁by ▁scoring ▁from ▁a ▁free ▁kick . ▁This ▁allowed ▁them ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁on ▁foreign ▁soil . ▁In ▁the ▁knock out ▁stage ▁they ▁met ▁Uruguay , ▁who ▁took ▁an ▁early ▁lead ▁with ▁a ▁goal ▁from ▁Luis ▁Su á rez . ▁South ▁Korea ▁equal ized ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁after ▁Lee ▁Ch ung - y ong ▁scored ▁his ▁second ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁tournament ▁but ▁South ▁Korea ▁conced ed ▁another ▁goal ▁by ▁Su á rez ▁in ▁the ▁ 8 0 th ▁minute . ▁Despite ▁maintain ing ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁possession ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half , ▁South ▁Korea ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁equal ize ▁again ▁and ▁were ▁elimin ated ▁from ▁the ▁tournament . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁World ▁Cup , ▁Cho ▁K w ang - ra e ▁took ▁over ▁as ▁the ▁coach . ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁A FC ▁Asian ▁Cup , ▁they ▁won ▁against ▁Bah rain , ▁India ▁and ▁drew ▁with ▁Australia ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁stage . ▁They ▁finished ▁with ▁seven ▁points ▁but ▁was ▁second ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁after ▁Australia ▁on ▁goal ▁difference . ▁They ▁won ▁Iran ▁after ▁extra ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁quarter - final s ▁and ▁faced ▁riv als ▁Japan ▁in ▁the ▁semi - final s . ▁They ▁drew ▁with ▁Japan ▁during ▁ 1 2 0 ▁minutes , ▁but ▁failed ▁to ▁score