▁co ached ▁the ▁under - 2 3 ▁team ▁to ▁a ▁bronze ▁medal ▁finish ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Summer ▁Olympics , ▁hosted ▁in ▁London . ▁Hong ▁act ively ▁used ▁the ▁Olympic ▁bronze ▁medal ists ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁World ▁Cup ▁who ▁are ▁called ▁the ▁" Lond on ▁Generation ". ▁ ▁South ▁Korea ▁started ▁its ▁World ▁Cup ▁campaign ▁against ▁Russia ▁and ▁drew ▁ 1 – 1 ▁with ▁them . ▁South ▁Korea ▁suffered ▁a ▁ 4 – 2 ▁loss ▁to ▁Al ger ia ▁in ▁their ▁second ▁game , ▁conced ing ▁three ▁goals ▁by ▁half ▁time ▁with ▁no ▁sh ots ▁on ▁goal . ▁Son ▁He ung - min ▁and ▁K oo ▁Ja - che ol ▁both ▁scored ▁goals ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁but ▁the ▁South ▁Kore ans ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁equal ize , ▁leaving ▁them ▁at ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁their ▁group . ▁Their ▁final ▁game ▁was ▁against ▁Belg ium ▁and ▁despite ▁Belg ian ▁mid f iel der ▁Steven ▁Def our ▁ear ning ▁a ▁red ▁card ▁in ▁the ▁match ▁they ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁win ▁ 1 – 0 , ▁elimin ating ▁South ▁Korea ▁and ▁leaving ▁them ▁without ▁a ▁single ▁win ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁team ' s ▁poor ▁performance ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁host ile ▁reaction ▁from ▁fans , ▁who ▁threw ▁to ff ees ▁at ▁them ▁upon ▁their ▁return . ▁Hong ▁was ▁heavily ▁critic ized ▁for ▁the ▁perce ived ▁lack ▁of ▁strategy ▁and ▁team ▁selection ▁controvers ies . ▁Following ▁the ▁World ▁Cup , ▁Hong