"Under-fire Bento's failure in ASIAN Cup poese a ray of questions"

SBS Korean Program's weekly soccer review 'Soccer Tong(through)' looks into what has brought about South Korea's early exit in the tournament, ripping the national dream of reigning the tile in 59 years apart.

Qatar have scraped past Sout Korea in a quarter final. Source: Getty Image

Asian Cup hosts UAE and Gulf rivals Qatar pulled off titanic upsets as they sent defending champions Australia and Son Heung-min’s South Korea crashing out in the quarter-finals. 

South Korea manager Paulo Bento blames his team’s profligacy for their Asian Cup quarter-final exit to Qatar but key players including the world-class top player Song Heung-min admits fatigue, exhaustion and insomnia.

Korean Australian soccer expert Jun Hyeong Lee analyses.