S.R. 8

four players had been out drinking in a hostess bar in jakarta until the early hours of the morning of July 14. The same four apparently did the same on the evening of July 16. On the 15th, three of them started an Asian Cup game against Bahrain, one which Korea lost 2-1. On October 30, a Tuesday, the KFA published an official apology on its website after the four players had been named and definitely shamed by an angry media. In a disciplinary hearing on November 2, Lee, like the three others, lost the right to play for the national team for 12 months. As captain, he was banned from KFA-organised tournaments for three years, one more than his drinking buddies.