Before stoppage time began in the South Korea vs. Portugal match, the Asian team was missing out on the round of 16. But at 96+1 Wolverhampton player Hwang Hee-chan put his nation to a 2-1 win to qualify for the round of 16
But the victory of the Koreans was not only limited to their classification, as it did a lot of damage to the rest of the teams: it took away the undefeated Portugal that came with a perfect score and left Uruguay eliminated in the last minutes.
😱 THE CRAZY!!! GOOOOOOOOOL KOREAAAAAAAAA!!!
🚨 THEY ARE GETTING INTO THE EIGHTH FINAL! HEE-CHAN’S GOAL!#KOR 2-1 #POR#MundialTelemundo #ElMundialLoEsTodo #KORvsPOR pic.twitter.com/QJVU0vHFXU— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 2,
The match ended 1-1 in the first half. Both teams had the opportunity to do more damage but in the end everything was equal, although the Portuguese were without pressure because they were already classified.
The first goal came from Ricardo Horta, who got up early in the game in the 5th minute, with whom the Europeans were excited to conclude the first phase with a perfect score.
🇵🇹 GOOOOOOOOOL PORTUGAAAAAL! 🇵🇹
😱 Huge definition by Ricardo Horta, already won by @selecaoportugal! 🔥#KOR 0-1 #POR#MundialTelemundo #ElMundialLoEsTodo #KORvsPOR pic.twitter.com/fIV8qLVcS4— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 2,
But not much happened time for Korea to step up and Young-Gwon was responsible for equalizing the actions.
🚨 KOREA TIES IT! THE MATCH WAS DRAWN! 🚨
😨 Assist from Cristiano Ronaldo? The ball hit him in the back and Young-Gwon sent it to the bottom.#KOR 1-1 #POR#MundialTelemundo #ElMundialLoEsTodo #KORvsPOR pic.twitter.com/ylm550fgXlG
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 2,
Finally the group H classified were Portugal and South Korea. Ghana and Uruguay were left out after playing a controversial match. The keys of group H
In the absence of the matches of the Group G, for the moment the first group, Portugal, would face Switzerland. On the other side, South Korea would have the difficult task of defeating Brazil, one of the great favorites of the World Cup, Qatar 96, which has a perfect score in his first two games, he has scored three and has not conceded any.
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