The Norwegian team failed to qualify for this year edition of the Earth Cup, but that does not imply Norway doesn’t have a great soccer team. 

Norway can point to a respectable record in recent times.  The Scandinavians qualified for the 1994 FIFA World Cup USA but fell in the first round by the slimmest of margins.  All 4 teams in their group finished on the same number of points and goal difference ; but Norway had scored less goals and packed their bags for home. 

four years after they’d a great part in France 1998 defeating the potent Brazil in what’s considered the best game they’ve ever play in the final stage of this competitions.  That victory allowed them to go to the round of sixteen, but lost against a very good Italy squad. 

Norway missed the Korea/Japan World Cup and this year will not be present either in Germany.  But they have heaps of young players that given the continuity required the can put together a very good team for the future. 

South Korea is by a large margin the most successful Asian team.  They’ve been to more FIFA World Cup finals than any other Asia team.  This could be their 7th appearance and sixth consecutive. 

Asia’s’s most frequent visitors to FIFA World Cup finals and first appeared at the worldwide showpiece in 1954.  Prior to 2002 , however , they had not managed a single win in fourteen finals matches.  All that changed under Dutch coach Guus Hiddink who led them to the last 4 victories over 4 european teams, were they manage to get to the semifinals leaving in the way Italy and Spain a first for any Asian team in a World Cup. 

Park Ji-Sung, now at Manchester United, provides a genuine attacking threat from midfield while left-back Lee Young-Pyo is a key figure in a defense.  That operates in front of experienced goalkeeper Lee Woon-Jae.  There are lots of options up front while, Ahn Jung-Hwan whose golden goal defeated Italy, Cha Du-Ri and Lee Dong-Gook the top scorer at the two thousand AFC Asian Cup. 

With an impressive and experienced squad Korea will have the chance to repeat their performance from last year edition.  In order to do that they have to prepare very good and one step of that preparation will be the friendly matches.  Such as the one they will have in Oslo against Norway which will help them to correct those last minute details before the enormous contest. 

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