There was another very big match at the World Cup with big surprises, with huge disappointments and a triumph for South Korea who beat Portugal 2-1 with a goal from Hae Chang-hwan in the second minute of stoppage time and finished 2nd in the 8th group . and qualifying for the “16” (against the first from the 7th group) World Cup in Qatar.

The Asians equaled Uruguay by 4 points, but scored more goals in the group (4-4, against the Uruguayans 2-2) and took a ticket to the playoffs of the tournament.

Portugal finished first in the 8th group despite their defeat and will face the second-placed team in the 7th group in the 1/8 finals.

At the Education City stadium in Al Rayyan, Portugal started the match impressively, taking the lead. Only in the 5th minute, Pepe perfectly “spotted” Diogo Dalot on the right flank, brilliantly dodged the opponent and at the right moment turned to Ricardo Orta, who easily brought the score to 1:0 in favor of the Iberians.

In the 15th minute, Canselu did a good job and shot from the right and from a difficult angle, but the goalkeeper of the South Korean national team saved. The South Koreans gradually began to pick up the pace and equalized in the 27th minute when a ball from the left corner hit the back of Ronaldo and was “laid” on Jung-Gwon Kim, who caught Diogo Costa with a projection and scored 1-1.

In the 35th minute, a Dalot shot was impressively saved by Kim Sung-Kyu for a corner, and in the 41st minute, a Son shot from outside the penalty area found Diogo Costa at hand.

A minute later (42 minutes), Vitinia’s blow was repelled by Kim Sung-Kyu, and Cristiano Ronaldo missed the fish’s head in a rebound.

South Korea started pressing a little more after 60 minutes as they were looking for another goal to get back into the qualifying game. In the 66th minute, Son’s shot did not bother Diogo Costa, and a minute later a very powerful shot from Olympiacos midfielder Hwang Inbeom ran into the Portugal goalkeeper and made an impressive save.

The South Koreans continued to pursue the second goal and finally succeeded in the second minute of stoppage time. Son put on a terrific solo performance and at just the right moment made a pass to He-Chang Huang who unmistakably put his team ahead amid a roaring celebration.

After the final of the match, the South Korean players immediately grabbed their mobile phones and watched the last minutes of Ghana’s game against Uruguay, celebrating the 2-0 final even more fervently in another match that qualified them for “16”. .

Referee: Fakudo Tejo (Argentina).
Yellow: Kang-In Lee, Hye-Chang Hwan

SOUTH KOREA (Paulo Bento): Kim Sung-Kyu, Yin-Soo Kim, Woo-Young Chung, Hwang In-bum, Song Heung-Min, Gwe-Song Cho (90’+3′ Cho Yu-Min), Lee Gae-Sung (Hwang Hye-Chan, 66), Kim Moon-Hwan, Lee Kang-In (Hwang Woo-Jo, 81), Kim Jung-Gwon (Song Yun-Ho, 81), Won Kung-Gon.
PORTUGAL (Fernando Santos): Diogo Costa, Dalot, Pepe, Antonio Silva, Canselo, Ruben Neves (Leao 65), Mateus Nunez (Paligna 65), Vitinia (Carvalho 81), João Mario (Bernardo Silva 81), Cristiano Ronaldo (Andre Silva, 65), Ricardo Horta.

Uruguay was excluded

Uruguay missed out on slip-out qualification after being knocked out of the ’16’ World Cup in Qatar despite beating Ghana 2-0 in Al Wakra, on the final round of the 8th group of competition. Goals were scored by de Arascaeta (26′, 32′), but Portugal and South Korea got two “tickets” from the group.

One phase can change the course of a football match. This was on display at Al Yanoub Stadium today, where Ghana appeared to be in control and narrowly missed a 1-0 lead when they earned a penalty in the 21st minute after Rosset brought down Kundus. André Ayew accepted the execution, but the Uruguayan goalkeeper saved. The “Ghosts” of 2010 began to … pursue Africans, who, due to a missed penalty 12 years ago, lost the opportunity to go to “4” of the World Cup in South Africa. Their psychology has fallen to the limit, and “Celeste” took advantage of this in the best possible way.

In the 26th minute, after Ziggy’s unstable save from Suarez’s shot, De Arascaeta took the lead and opened the scoring from close range. Six minutes later (32 minutes) the Flamengo striker was back in shooting position to make it 2-0, a goal for which the Ghana goalkeeper was again responsible.

Difficult things for the Black Stars, who only wanted a win, so they should have one of the biggest upsets in the history of the competition. Uruguay will not miss such an opportunity. He very comfortably held the lead, which he could increase in the 60th minute, but the referee did not see a clear penalty for Nunez’s somersault, although VAR called him to a phase review.

However, after 65′, some of the biggest coaching … blunders began to be made. Diego Alonso decided to act like everything was decided, not realizing that his team was directly dependent on the outcome of another Portugal-South Korea group game. At that time, the score was 1:1, and the Asians’ goal would have taken them to the next round at the expense of Celeste.

Well, everything was open, and this should be taken into account by the Uruguayan technician and his partners.

Despite this, Alonso “sat down” at a score of 2:0, bringing out his best players as if he wanted to give them an applause: De Arascaeta, Suarez, Nunez! And when South Korea led Portugal forward, the Uruguayans could no longer threaten. There were 12-13 minutes left and they hadn’t even created a phase against the eliminated team. Thus, for the first time since 2006, Uruguay did not qualify for the playoffs of the World Cup.

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany).
Yellow: Sulemana, Alidu-Coates, Nunes, Suarez, Cavani, Jimenez

GHANA (Oto Ato): Ziggy, Seydou, Amartei, Salissa, Baba, Partei, Abdul Samed (Kiere, 72), Kundus (Isaac, 90+8), Andre Ayu (Bukari, 46), Jordan Ayu (Sulemana, 46) ), Williams (Semeno, 72′)

URUGUAY (Diego Alonso): Rosset, Varela, Jimenez, Coates, Olivera, Pellistri (De La Cruz 66), Valverde, Bedancourt (Vecino 34), De Arascaeta (Canobio 80), Suarez (Cavani 66), Nunez (80′ Maxi Gomez)