{"id":2182,"date":"2022-12-02T18:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2022-12-02T18:04:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T18:04:29","slug":"south-korea-beat-portugal-to-squeeze-into-next-round-at-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/sports\/fifacup2022\/south-korea-beat-portugal-to-squeeze-into-next-round-at-world-cup\/2022\/12\/02\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea beat Portugal to squeeze into next round at World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

AL<\/span> RAYYAN,<\/span> Qatar,<\/span> Dec<\/span> 2<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> South<\/span> Korea<\/span> scored<\/span> a<\/span> last-gasp<\/span> goal<\/span> to<\/span> beat<\/span> already-qualified<\/span> Portugal<\/span> 2-1<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> World<\/span> Cup<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> comeback<\/span> win<\/span> that<\/span> sent<\/span> the<\/span> Asian<\/span> side<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> last<\/span> 16<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> Uruguay<\/span> on<\/span> goals<\/span> scored.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>With<\/span> the<\/span> clock<\/span> ticking<\/span> down<\/span> on<\/span> South<\/span> Korea’s<\/span> time<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> tournament,<\/span> striker<\/span> Son<\/span> Heung-min<\/span> ran<\/span> free<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> Portugal<\/span> corner<\/span> in<\/span> added<\/span> time<\/span> and<\/span> slipped<\/span> a<\/span> pass<\/span> to<\/span> Hwang<\/span> Hee-chan<\/span> who<\/span> fired<\/span> past<\/span> Diogo<\/span> Costa<\/span> to<\/span> spark<\/span> wild<\/span> celebrations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>After<\/span> the<\/span> whistle<\/span> blew,<\/span> the<\/span> anxious<\/span> Korean<\/span> players<\/span> gathered<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> circle<\/span> awaiting<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Uruguay-Ghana<\/span> game<\/span> and<\/span> exploded<\/span> with<\/span> joy<\/span> when<\/span> the<\/span> news<\/span> arrived<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> South<\/span> Americans<\/span> had<\/span> only<\/span> won<\/span> 2-0<\/span> in<\/span> their<\/span> Group<\/span> H<\/span> clash.<\/span> South<\/span> Korea<\/span> needed<\/span> to<\/span> beat<\/span> Portugal<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> Education<\/span> City<\/span> Stadium<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> chance<\/span> to<\/span> advance<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Round<\/span> of<\/span> 16.<\/span> The<\/span> win<\/span> saw<\/span> him<\/span> score<\/span> four<\/span> goals<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> tournament<\/span> and<\/span> jump<\/span> from<\/span> fourth<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> second<\/span> as<\/span> Uruguay<\/span> scored<\/span> his<\/span> two<\/span> goals.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Winger<\/span> Ricardo<\/span> Horta<\/span> put<\/span> Portugal<\/span> ahead<\/span> with<\/span> his<\/span> first<\/span> shot<\/span> on<\/span> goal<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> found<\/span> himself<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> box<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> fifth<\/span> minute<\/span> and<\/span> converted<\/span> a<\/span> clean<\/span> backpass<\/span> from<\/span> defender<\/span> Diogo<\/span> Dalot.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ronaldo<\/span> was<\/span> looking<\/span> to<\/span> break<\/span> Portugal’s<\/span> ninth<\/span> World<\/span> Cup<\/span> goal<\/span> scored<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> great<\/span> Eusebio,<\/span> but<\/span> Kim<\/span> got<\/span> his<\/span> first<\/span> chance<\/span> half<\/span> an<\/span> hour<\/span> later<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> solo<\/span> shot<\/span> by<\/span> Seung-kyu,<\/span> but<\/span> in<\/span> any<\/span> event.<\/span> I<\/span> was<\/span> called<\/span> offside.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Portuguese<\/span> captain<\/span> was<\/span> sent<\/span> off<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 65th<\/span> minute<\/span> after<\/span> Kim<\/span> and<\/span> he<\/span> played<\/span> one-on-one<\/span> again<\/span> but<\/span> lacked<\/span> the<\/span> strength<\/span> to<\/span> worry<\/span> the<\/span> keeper.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, Dec 2 (Reuters) – South Korea scored a last-gasp goal to beat already-qualified Portugal 2-1 at the World Cup in a comeback win that sent the Asian side into the last 16 ahead of Uruguay on goals scored. With the clock ticking down on South Korea’s time in the tournament, striker Son […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[372,1],"tags":[367,368,427,150,352,366],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Z35B2SRLUJNCDCUBPBA2WB2BZE.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2182"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2185,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions\/2185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}