Two goals in the first-half from Park Chu-young and Ki Sung-yueng were enough to
steer the visitors to a comfortable win at Al Maktoum Stadium in a game which
saw both sides finish with 10 men as Kim Jung-woo and Helal Saeed were sent off
in the second-half.
It ensured Korea Republic claimed one of the
automatic places from Group B with DPR Korea and Saudi Arabia likely to battle
it out for the second spot.
And Huh underlined he would like their
northern neighbours to make history and join them in South Africa next summer.
"I personally hope that DPR Korea can qualify with us to the finals
because it will be the first time in World Cup history to have this," he said.
"I'm really happy that we made it to the World Cup finals. We played
well and we are all satisfied with a performance that saw us win and ensure a
place in South Africa in 2010.
"I'm really honoured to lead the team to
the World Cup mainly because I'm Korean and this is really good for me," he
added.
"We now have two games (against Saudi Arabia and Iran) and
hopefully we can continue our good form
"The players were excellent
throughout the qualifiers and they did a great job."
UAE, on the other
hand, have endured a miserable campaign, collecting just one point from seven
games and coach Dominique Bathenay lamented his side's poor defending against
the Koreans.
“The game was hard for us against one of the best teams in
Asia,” he said.
“It was hard after conceding two goals in the first-half
and things could have been easier if it had finished 1-0.
“The two goals
came from defensive mistakes and it is not only the goalkeeper who we should
blame because the Koreans managed to score after they penetrated our defence
with long balls.
“I'm disappointed for this defeat but my main
disappointment is that we were missing several players in this game which made
it harder for us and it will be the same in the next game against Iran.” | 
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