South Korea upset Portugal, scored an epic victory and made it to the round of 16

Football and especially the World Cup usually give away fheartbreaking endings and epic triumphs which trigger unbridled joys and celebrations and also frustrations and tears.

The heartbreaking triumph and never-ending celebration for access to the round of 16 in Qatar came from South Korea, who this Friday he got the victory he needed by turning around an incredible match against Portugal and win 2-1. Tears and frustration for Uruguay, who beat Ghana 2-0 but were eliminated for scoring fewer goals than the Asian team.

In the end, the heart attack with an unexpected goal that triggered the exultation of the South Korean team was followed by minutes of agony in which all the players were hug each other in the middle of the field and after the Uruguay match on mobile phones. It was just under ten minutes in which a goal from the Uruguayan team left them empty-handed.

Uruguay tried but failed and the The final whistle at Al Janoub Stadium sparked the madness of Korean soccer players and fans who had not moved from their posts in Education City.

Korea did not play a great game this Friday, but the genius of Son Heung-min, his great figure and a precise definition of Hwang Hee-chan, gave him an unexpected victory against a Portuguese team who imposed conditions throughout the match and ended up losing in a against lethal when looking, run away, win.

The Portuguese team was the best in Group H, mainly due to the hierarchy of their individual players. They beat Ghana in their opener, then Uruguay and this Friday they looked to be aiming for another win. Is that he immediately took advantage and he always had control of the ballattacking with wings and generating superiority in almost the whole field.

Barely five minutes had gone by when Dalot vaulted over the right-back and slotted in a low cross which Ricardo Horta converted into a goal. The recipe has been repeated and South Korea has been unable to find a way to stop On the sides Joao Cancelo and Dalot.

But football, which has already shown more than once in this World Cup that it doesn’t always reward those who try, has given us another proof. 25 minutes into the first half Cristiano Ronaldo starred in a blooper when the ball hit him in the back as he rounded from a corner and Kim Younnwon got the equaliser.

From then on little changed until that epic finale. It is that Portugal handled the ball, stringed together passes and, every time they looked for it, played close to the Korean goal, but failed to define. South Korea didn’t look like a winning team. He defended in his field, withdrew and staked everything on a saving counter.

That recipe, which kept him away from Diogo Costa for almost the entire second half, finally paid off. It was an epic run from Son after a corner for Portugal. The first added minute was played. Tottenham’s English striker managed the counterattack perfectly and placed Hwang Heechan, who called cross and unleashed madness.

There was no time for anything else. Portugal received a slap I didn’t expect but it still qualified first in group H and awaits second place in group G made up of Brazil, Switzerland, Cameroon and Serbia in the round of 16. South Korea will see them with the first of that group.

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