Rostov-on-Don: Systemic problems in the domestic league is the reason why South Korea are on the brink of elimination after they lost both of their opening two World Cup games, coach Shin Tae-yong said.

After their amazing run took them to the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup, South Korea, on the brink of elimination on Group F, have failed to reproduce a similar performance and deep changes are needed if they want to improve.

“We have systemic problems. We must think how we can improve our domestic league and work with young players,” said Shin. “We lack experience and that doesn’t come overnight.”