South Korea against South Korea. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
South Korea · 1980–88 · RM
Bayer Leverkusen trailed Espanyol 3-0 from the first leg of the 1988 UEFA Cup final when he scored the goal that made it 3-3 on aggregate and forced the shootout they went on to win. That was his second UEFA Cup after Eintracht Frankfurt's in 1980, making him the first to win the trophy with two German clubs, and he scored 98 goals in 308 Bundesliga games before the IFFHS named him Asia's player of the century. Career record: 129 caps and 56 goals for South Korea; club career at SV Darmstadt 98, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer 04 Leverkusen; honours include Hall of Fame 2019.
South Korea · 1997–2002 · ST
Twenty-six minutes into the 2002 opener against Poland in Busan he met a cross on the volley with his left foot, and South Korea had their first World Cup win after forty-eight years of trying. Two Asian Club Championships with Pohang Steelers in 1997 and 1998 sit alongside 50 goals in 103 caps for South Korea and a J1 League top-scorer prize at Cerezo Osaka in 1999, when he scored 24 in 25. Career record: 103 caps and 50 goals for South Korea; club career at FC Pohang Steelers, Cerezo Osaka, Kashiwa Reysol.
The almanac puts Cha Bum-kun ahead by 4 rating points, 89 against 85.
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