South Korea beat Portugal to squeeze into next round at World Cup

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar – December 2, 2022 South Korea’s Cho Gue-sung and Son Heung-min have fun after the match (Photo: REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Dec 2 – South Korea scored an added time aim to beat already-qualified Portugal 2-1 on the World Cup in a comeback win that despatched the Asian aspect into the final 16 forward of Uruguay on the variety of targets scored.

With the clock ticking down on South Korea’s time within the match, striker Son Heung-min ran free after a Portugal nook in added time and slipped a move to Hwang Hee-chan who fired previous Diogo Costa to spark wild celebrations

After an early opener by Ricardo Horta for Portugal, Kim Young-gwon gave the Koreans hope within the twenty seventh minute when a nook struck Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo on the again and fell kindly for the defender to comb the ball residence.

The last-gasp victory for South Korea catapulted them from fourth to second place in Group H forward of Uruguay, who beatGhana 2-0 within the group’s different recreation however failed to attain sufficient targets to complete above the Asians. Portugal high the group.

-Reuters