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SOUTH Korea held their head very excessive as a last-gasp 2-1 objective shocked Portugal on the Qatar World Cup.
With qualification already secured, the Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal tried to keep up their all-win file of their remaining Group H encounter. However they had been in for an surprising outcome.
South Korea have but to muster a win at this 2022 FIFA World Cup. However they registered an out-of-this-world victory to progress to the Spherical of 16.
It was merely unbelievable: The South Korea’s gamers react on the remaining whistle after a dramatic injury-time objective from Hwang Hee-Chan sends them by way of to the second spherical of the World Cup.
INJURY-TIME WINNER
Hwang gave South Korea the sensational injury-time victory over Portugal that meant they beat Uruguay to a last-16 place – merely on targets scored.
Hwang ran Son Heung-min‘s cross within the 91st minute to spherical off a counter-attack and begin wild celebrations from his aspect’s followers within the stands.
Consequently, Portugal and Uruguay enter the knockout phases from Group H, on the expense of Uruguay and Ghana.
WHO QUALIFIES
Right here’s what the Spherical of 16 fixtures are:
Netherlands vs USA
Argentina vs Australia
France vs Poland
England vs Senegal
Japan vs Croatia
Brazil vs South Korea
Morocco vs Spain
Portugal vs Switzerland
And absolutely, you’ll be able to sit on the fringe of your seats and count on extra Qatar-styled upsets.
* Suresh Nair is an award-winning sports activities journalist who can be a certified worldwide coach and worldwide referee teacher
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