A late winner for South Korea noticed them qualify for the World Cup’s last-16 spherical forward of Uruguay.
South Korea defeated Portugal 2-1 of their World Cup recreation on Friday. A dramatic victory noticed Taegeuk Warriors qualify to the subsequent spherical alongside Portugal.
Final minute shock!
Portugal began off by beautiful their opponents with an early opener.
Following an help from Diogo Dalot, Ricardo Horta made it 1-0 for Portugal with a exact shot.
South Korea then pushed onerous to get again into the sport whereas Portugal seemed harmful on the counter-attacks.
Following a poor clearance from Cristiano Ronaldo, Kim Younger-Gwon snatched the equalizer for the Asian giants from shut vary.
The Koreans tried to finish their comeback within the first half. However their assaults lacked sufficient edge to interrupt Portugal’s defence.
Portugal went on to discover a higher begin to the second half too. South Korea’s defence line seemed shaky on a number of events however managed to stop Portugal from restoring their lead.
South Korea discovered their ft within the recreation regularly, rising the stress on their opponents’ backline within the remaining 20 minutes.
Nevertheless, they needed to wait till the 91st minute to safe their qualification to the subsequent spherical with a match-winner.
Following a implausible by means of go from Son Heung-Min, Hwang Hee-chan made it 2-1 for South Korea.
The aim despatched the Asian giants into the subsequent spherical regardless of Uruguay’s 2-0 win over Ghana elsewhere within the group. Portugal additionally secured a spot within the subsequent spherical because the group winners regardless of the defeat.
The 2 sides will uncover their last-16 opponents later tonight.
