Yoo Sang-Chul celebrates his goal. (Allsport)

By PA Sport Staff

'Hiddink! Make our dream come true!' - said one South Korean banner in the Asiad Stadium - and that's just what Guus Hiddink did as he led the team to their first ever World Cup win.

This was the moment South Korea had been waiting for since they played their first World Cup match way back in 1954.

In total the co-hosts had played 14 games in five World Cups without success until Hiddink arrived and made their dream come true.

Hiddink recalled what the Koreans had said to him when the former Real Madrid and Holland boss first became coach back in January 2001.

"When I started people said to me bring the first victory. Don't bother with anything more and that will be okay for us," he said.

"They had been present at five World Cups and never achieved one win.

"So this makes me very proud and this is for all the fans in Korea.

"My team has gone out and performed and has brought a lot of enjoyment to the people of Korea."

The Koreans packed into the Asiad Stadium certainly enjoyed every moment of what was the finest moment in their nation's footballing history.

The party, which will last for days, began in the 26th minute when Eul Yong Lee crossed from the left and Sun Hong Hwang, who is playing in his fourth World Cup, connected with a left-foot volley which whizzed past Liverpool's Jerzy Dudek.

The whole team, bar goalkeeper Woon Jae Lee, sprinted to Hiddink and mobbed him on the touchline as if they had won the World Cup rather than just scored a goal.

Korea confirmed their dominance in an embarrassingly one-sided match on 53 minutes when Sang Chul Yoo unleashed a right-foot shot from over 25 yards out and although Dudek got two hands to the ball he couldn't keep it out. Cue more wild scenes of jubilation.

It could have been more and substitute Jung Hwan Ahn went close three times in the final minutes of the Group D game.

Polish coach Jerzy Engel felt Korea deserved their moment of history and he claimed the atmosphere was like nothing else he had experienced.

"They were the better team and they created more chances, especially in the second half," he said.

"The crowd were incredible and in Europe the crowd start to support the team when they create a chance.

"Here they cheer when the player just has the ball and it's completely different.

"I had talked to the players about this before the game, but it was unique for me."

Dudek felt Poland had been defeated because they lost the aerial battle, while he also admitted the atmosphere had been intimidating.

"We lost every challenge in the air and if you lose in the air, you have to try and win the second ball and they won that too," he said.

"The fans were fantastic for them and they had 50,000 people pushing them on.

"I've played in Brazil and Argentina and they have crazy supporters, in a positive way, and these were just the same.

"I also think the referee was a little bit more protective to them, but then that's normal for the home team."

Koreans will now expect Hiddink to make a little bit more history by guiding the team into the last 16 for the first time.

Hiddink refused to make any predictions and he would only say: "The final destination is for the Korean press to say. My final destination is the USA game in five days' time.

"After that we hope there is another destination. We hope to go on step by step."