"I'm sure Mexico will use different tactics," he said. "For this match, Mexico started with tactics that are prepared only for Germany. We just need to check the characteristics of each player."

Park lauded his former Manchester United teammate Javier Hernandez, who is better known as Chicharito. Hernandez assisted on Lozano's winner to help his country to the historic win.

"He did his job well and dismantled Germany's defense with one-two play in counter attack situations," he said. "He was calm until the last touch. If Germany's Timo Werner were in that situation, he would have tried to finish on his own, but Hernandez was unselfish."

For South Korea, Germany's loss wasn't the result that they wanted. South Korea were targeting a second place in the group, hoping Germany would beat both Mexico and Sweden before meeting them. But with the latest result, Germany are now fighting for the runners-up spot in Group F.

South Korea and Germany will go head-to-head at Kazan Arena in Kazan on June 27.

"For us, Germany have to beat Mexico and Sweden, but this is the result what we got," he said. "Our players should focus on our match. We'll meet Germany last in order, so before that we need to collect points (in the first two matches)."

Park pointed out that Germany will do their best against South Korea, and the players should be ready for a tough challenge.

"Germany didn't show title contenders' performance," he said. "They lacked accuracy, sharpness and solidness in attack. They'll now carefully prepare to pass the group stage, so we need to be ready."

When asked about words of advice for South Korean players, Park, who retired with 13 goals in 100 caps, said they should take a look at Iceland's performance against Argentina. Iceland in their World Cup debut collected a surprising 1-1 draw with Argentina in their Group D contest on Saturday.

"Iceland players knew what they had to do on the pitch and especially, they appeared to have a good control of their stamina,"

he said. "To prevent burnout, they didn't go for reckless attacks and they showed a good spirit on the pitch. It's something South Korea should learn."

For Park, Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow is a place where he doesn't have a good memory.

Park was at Luzhniki Stadium in 2008 when Manchester United were playing against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions final. The 37-year-old, however, wasn't even on the bench then as Sir Alex Ferguson dropped him from the match day roster. Ten years later, Park appeared at the stadium again and this time he was also not on the bench.

"I remember that I was excluded from the match roster for the final, so I didn't really want to come here," Park said with a laugh. "But the stadium atmosphere now is different than in the past. It's fortunate that I couldn't recall most of things in the past." (Yonhap)