Classic Goals: Jürgen Klinsmann vs South Korea (1994)

July 30th, 2008 | By: Jan | 3 Comments »


 
Today, Jürgen Klinsmann celebrated his 44th birthday somewhere in Russian airspace on his way to a Bayern Munich marketing gig in Japan. Back down on earth, we celebrate his birthday with this great goal he scored during the 1994 World Cup in the USA. It was Germany’s final group game against South Korea and this is the first of three first half goals by Germany. South Korea managed to come back into the match in the second half and the match ended 3-2.

Klinsmann doesn’t have fond memories of this tournament though, as he was disappointed by the poor chemistry and team spirit within the squad. It was a valuable lesson and team spirit and chemistry were key elements for Klinsmann when he guided Germany to the Euro 1996 title as captain on the pitch and to a third place finish in the 2006 World Cup as coach on the sideline.

See also: Classic Goals: Jürgen Klinsmann vs Bayern Munich (1987)



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Username By diana | July 31st, 2008 at 5:32 am
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’somewhere in Russian airspace on his way to a Bayern Munich marketing gig in Japan.’
LOL. :) I was like thinking yesterday that it was his birthday and Bayern is in Japan at the same time as well.

Anyhow, thanks for that. USA 1994…I have to admit I didn’t remember anything out of that tournament (only reading later on that Brazil beat Italy in the final on penalties with both France and England didn’t qualify for this tournament), except that it’s the first World Cup in my living memory. When it happened in the USA, I was six-going on-seven. The same year when I also began attending primary school.

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Username By Juliet | July 31st, 2008 at 12:19 pm
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Ahhh… this was the tournament where I discovered the beautiful game whilst idly flipping through the channels. I picked Sweden right away, and they came in third. Alas, ever since, I’ve always manage to pick the team that comes in third. I wish they’d bring the WC back to the US.

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Username By Nick | July 31st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
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Lack of team chemistry, you mean Herbie Matthäus! And somehow after winning Euro 96 Vogts had to bring that loudmouth back for WM 98. What a desperate move that was… Well Germany just won the U19 EM so things are looking on the up for South Africa 2010.

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