Olympic Football

[Anchor Lead]

Korea's Olympic national football team has arrived in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte for their quarterfinal match with Honduras. We take you there in our next report.

[Pkg]

In a curious stroke of fate, the football teams of Korea and Honduras met face to face at the Brasília International Airport. No words were exchanged. The awkwardness continued as the teams shared the same plane, prepared by the Olympics organizers. The Honduran sat in the front, while Team Korea occupied the back. The players, set to face off in just two days' time, maintained a frosty silence and only slept in their seats. The battle of nerves continued during the official press conference. In an unusual move, Korea's coach Shin Tae-yong pointed out the rough manners of the Honduran squad. His remark appears to be a response to a comment made by Honduran coach Jorge Luis Pinto during a recent four nation competition. After playing to a 2-2 draw against Korea, Pinto said that Korea had an unfair home-turf advantage.

[Soundbite] Shin Tae-yong(Coach, Korean Nat’l Soccer Team) : "Regardless of the Honduran coach's lack of manners, there will be no problem if we do not respond."

The Korean footballers led by coach Shin are getting ready to make history yet again at the Mineirão stadium where their quarterfinal match will take place.