Koreans hope for domestic boost

It may just have been the third/fourth place play-off, but over four million South Koreans still took to the streets to watch the match.

It may just have been the third/fourth place play-off, but over four million South Koreans still took to the streets to watch the match.

Police estimate around 500,000 people gathered at City Hall Plaza in Seoul alone to watch South Korea lose 3-2 to Turkey.

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