DOHA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korea coach Per Verbeek said hewas very disappointed after his team lost to Iraq and that playerswasted too many opportunities.

    "I am very disappointed that we lost," he said, adding that South Korea controlled the game but failed to score.

    "We only have ourselves to blame. We created chances but we didn't take them, " Verbeek said.

    He refused to criticized the Iraqi side for eating up precious time at the end of second half.

    The Dutchman said he understood that Iraqi players did everything to kill time.