June 25 in Seoul at 7:30 a.m. ET Semifinals: SOUTH KOREA vs. GERMANY (TV: Live, ESPN, Univision, 7:30 am ET; Tape, Telefutura, 10 am ET/PT, ESPN2, 3 pm ET, Galavision, 7:30 pm ET/PT). An entire nation will be watching, in the streets, at home, in restaurants and bars. Koreans young and old will plop down anywhere they can find a television. South Korea's improbable World Cup campaign continues against Germany in the semifinals Tuesday in Seoul. The Koreans face their stiffest test when they host Germany, which has allowed only one goal in five games. South Korea has depended on running teams into the ground, but it showed signs of slowing down in its shootout win over Spain (after 120 minutes of scoreless play). Germany defeated the United States, 1-0, in the quarterfinals but its backline was continually beaten by the quickness of the American attackers. The only question mark is the fitness of German midfielder Dietmar Hamann, who twisted his knee in the match against the United States. PAST WORLD CUP MEETINGS: 1994: Germany 3 South Korea 2. TALE OF THE TAPE: Average height: South Korea — 5-11; Germany — 6-1. Average weight: South Korea — 159 pounds; Germany — 178 pounds. Average age: South Korea — 26.7; Germany — 27.7. ROSTERS: South Korea 1 LEE Woon Jae, 2 HYUN Young Min, 3 CHOI Sung Yong, 4 CHOI Jin Cheul, 5 KIM Nam Il, 6 YOO Sang Chul, 7 KIM Tae Young, 8 CHOI Tae Uk, 9 SEOL Ki Hyeon, 10 LEE Young Pyo, 11 CHOI Yong Soo, 12 KIM Byung Ji, 13 LEE Eul Yong, 14 LEE Chun Soo, 15 LEE Min Sung, 16 CHA Doo Ri, 17 YOON Jong Hwan, 18 HWANG Sun Hong, 19 AHN Jung Hwan, 20 HONG Myung Bo, 21 PARK Ji Sung, 22 SONG Chong Gug, 23 CHOI Eun Sung. Germany 1 KAHN Oliver, 2 LINKE Thomas, 3 REHMER Marko, 4 BAUMANN Frank, 5 RAMELOW Carsten, 6 ZIEGE Christian, 7 NEUVILLE Oliver, 8 HAMANN Dietmar, 9 JANCKER Carsten, 10 RICKEN Lars, 11 KLOSE Miroslav, 12 LEHMANN Jens, 13 BALLACK Michael, 14 ASAMOAH Gerald, 15 KEHL Sebastian, 16 JEREMIES Jens, 17 BODE Marco, 18 BOEHME Joerg, 19 SCHNEIDER Bernd, 20 BIERHOFF Oliver, 21 METZELDER Christoph, 22 FRINGS Torsten, 23 BUTT Hans-Joerg. YELLOW CARDS: South Korea — Kim Tae Young, Song Chong Gug, Lee Chun Soo, Choi Jin Chul, Yoo Sang Chul; Germany — Kehl, Neuville, Ballack, Schneider, Baumann. REFEREE: Urs Meier. QUOTABLE: ''The players must be ready for a totally new experience against a team who never stop going forward and who will run until they drop. They will swarm on us like bees.'' — Germany coach Rudi Voeller on the task his players have ahead of them against South Korea.
