Coach Paulo Bento has no plans to ease South Korea through the remainder of Asia's World Cup preliminaries next month after guiding the nation to a place in the finals in Qatar.
Bento's team are second in the standings, two points behind an Iran side who have also secured their World Cup spot, and the Portuguese has no intention of allowing his players to relax. "We have two more games to finish this qualifying phase. We have the opportunity to take six more points. Bento's team have failed to win only two of their eight qualifiers, drawing with Iraq in the opening game of the third round before being held to a 1-1 draw by Iran in October.
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