In Koreatown, supporters of the Republic of South Korea were out by the hundreds along Bloor Street. But there was to be no delirious street celebration this time like the quarter-final victory over Spain in 2002.

I watched the second half at Clinton's Tavern, which was totally packed -- mostly Koreans, but a healthy proportion of soccer tourists like myself.

Plenty o' chanting and singing  in Korean (and lots of premature screaming on marginal scoring chances :) ), but when Switzerland added a disputed insurance goal at the 77-minute mark,  things got real quiet real fast.

Many Korean fans started trickling out shortly after that. Instead of running in the streets after the game, there was aimless milling around and the occasional "fuck" heard as a verbal expression of frustration.

It would appear that some expressions are universal. :)

And since the Koreans were particularly in-our-face to those flying the flags of nations they defeated in 2002, it would appear some measure of balance has been restored.