Posted in News on Jul 19, 2003.
PSV manager Guus Hiddink, who became a national hero in South Korea after leading the co-hosts to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup, will be assured of overwhelming local support when his team face Olympique Lyon in Seoul on Tuesday.
The French title holders beat K-League champions Seongnam Ilhwa 1-0 on Saturday to finish top of Group A in the eight-team tournament.
South Korea playmaker Park Ji-sung set PSV on their way in Suwon with a fourth-minute strike while Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, John de Jong and Mark van Bommel also got on the scoresheet in a one-sided Group B contest.
PSV won two and lost one of their three matches in the inaugural competition which is being backed by the Reverend Moon Sun-myung.
Nacional of Uruguay squandered their opportunity to reach the final when they were beaten 1-0 by 1860 Munich in Ulsan.
The winners on Tuesday will receive a first prize of $2 million.