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Germany fell for South Korea's 'reverse psychology', says delighted Shin Tae-Young

The South Korea head coach Shin Tae-yong felt telling his players they only had 'a one per cent chance' helped them to win

South Korea head coach Shin Tae-yong told his players they had "only a one per cent chance" of beating Germany to motivate them ahead of their stunning 2-0 victory in Kazan.

Goals in second-half stoppage time from Kim Young-gwon and Son Heung-min earned Shin's side three points as they dragged the world champions out of the competition along with them - Germany's first elimination in the opening round for 80 years.

Germany had 28 shots at goal in the match but only six on target, while Korea scored from two of their five accurate attempts, and Shin anticipated mistakes being made by Joachim Low's side.