Korean soccer won a dramatic come-from-behind victory over powerful Portugal and advanced to the World Cup round of 16 for the first time in 12 years.
The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Paulo Bento, won 2-1 in the last 3rd match of Group H of the 2022 Qatar World Cup group stage against Portugal held at the Education City Stadium in Arrayyan, Qatar on the morning of the 3rd (Korean time).
After giving up the opening goal to Ricardo Orta in the 5th minute of the first half, Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan) scored an equalizer in the 27th minute of the first half to turn the game around.
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Afterwards, in the 46th minute of the second half, which seemed to end in a draw, Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) scored the winning goal like a thousand gold, resulting in a thrilling 2-1 come-from-behind victory.
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Korea, which drew 0-0 in its first match with Uruguay and then lost to Ghana 2-3, now has 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss (4 points, 4 points, 4 concessions), and is in second place in Group H following Portugal (2 wins, 1 loss). Above, the 1st and 2nd places in each group will advance to the Round of 16 stage.
At the same time, Uruguay, which defeated Ghana 2-0 at the Al-Janub Stadium in Al Wakrah, also scored 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss (4 points, 2 goals, 2 conceded), and even the points and goal difference were equal, but Korea was ahead in terms of points. I got my ticket to the round of 16.
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With this, Korea has advanced to the World Cup round of 16 for the first time in 12 years since the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
Including the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, which wrote the legend of the semifinals, which was the best performance ever, it passed the group stage of the World Cup finals for the third time.
(Photo = Yonhap News, Getty Image Korea)