Wednesday, August 09, 2000, updated at 16:07(GMT+8)
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Milutinovic Insists There Is No Gap between China and Korea
Bora Milutinovic, head coach of the Chinese national soccer team, denied that there is a gap between the Chinese team and the Korean team yesterday. He said the process of selecting players for the team was like "drawing".
He said, no matter what the gap or discrepancy was, the difference was that the Korea team scored a goal while the Chinese team didn't. "You decide," he threw back at the reporter. He unwillingly admitted, The best player in the match was the Korean goalkeeper. Also the referee made a mistake when he said the Chinese was offside on its last attack, it actually should have counted."
After the match between China and Korea, inadequacies of the Chinese team need to be analyzed. Milutinovic pointed to the two red lines and one blue line on the glass door in the room and said, "The red ones represent playing well and the blue one represent playing bad. This is the current condition of our team, more active than passive. If the opposite was true, I should be deeply worried."
Bora Milutinovic, head coach of the Chinese national soccer team, denied that there is a gap between the Chinese team and the Korean team yesterday. He said the process of selecting players for the team was like "drawing".