Bentuho, who drew with Uruguay in the first game of the Qatar World Cup group stage, is now facing Ghana in the second leg.



In particular, the game against Ghana is of great significance to Bentuho, soccer fans, and even Korean soccer.



It is because winning this game will break a long-standing jinx that plagued Korean football.



Korean football has so far harvested 6 victories in all World Cups.



Of these, 3 wins were in the first match of the group stage, and 2 wins were in the third match.



At the time of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, they had a thrilling come-from-behind victory against Italy in the round of 16.



However, they have yet to win their second match in the group stage.


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Before this tournament, only the second leg of the World Cup final group stage had been played 10 times, but looking at the record, it is only 4 draws and 6 losses.



Even in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, which went up to the highest level ever, the second round 'winless jinx' continued.



At that time, Hiddink broke through the group stage with the best ever record of 2 wins and 1 draw, and this one draw was the second match with the United States.



America's Clint Massis gave up the opening goal, but with 12 minutes left in the second half, Ahn Jung-hwan scored a dramatic header to equalize the match.



Even in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where they had 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, but unfortunately failed to reach the round of 16, the second leg was difficult.



The national team, which won the first game against Togo 2-1, managed to draw with Park Ji-sung's equalizing goal against France, the runner-up at the time.



Even in the 2010 World Cup South Africa, where they reached the round of 16 away for the first time ever, their second leg performance was not good.



After defeating Greece 2-0 in the first leg, the national team, which had risen in morale, faced Argentina led by Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) and lost 1-4.


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The next tournament, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, is most similar to this tournament in terms of the strength and composition of the opponents in the group stage.



Hong Myung-bo, who faced off against Russia, Algeria and Belgium in turn in the group stage, raised expectations by drawing 1-1 with Russia, who was considered the most difficult opponent after Belgium.



However, they gave up four goals to Algeria, an African team that was considered a 'one-win sacrifice', and lost 2-4, and the red light was turned on for the round of 16.



It was the second leg of the group stage where they expected to win the 1986 World Cup in Mexico Bulgaria (1-1 draw) and the 1994 World Cup USA Bolivia (0-0 draw).



In the previous tournament, the 2018 Russia Tournament, the national team, which lost 1-2 to Mexico in the second leg, had to comfort the pain of being eliminated from the group stage with the 'Miracle of Kazan', which defeated Germany 2-0 in the last game.



In the 1998 French tournament, in the second game, Guus Hiddink's coach Guus Hiddink lost a crushing defeat to the Netherlands, 0-5, and coach Cha Bum-kun resigned during the tournament, which was the first time in history.



Bentuho's victory over Ghana gives him an advantage in advancing to the round of 16, and he is determined to break the jinx in the second leg, which was the 'limit' of Korean football.



Ghana's match will kick off on the 28th at 10pm at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar.



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