Unfortunately, Korean football gave up its dream of advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time in its history, being pushed by the top individual skills of the world's strongest Brazil.
The Korean national soccer team, led by coach Paulo Bento (Portugal), lost 4 goals in the first half in the round of 16 match against Brazil at the 974 Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the morning of the 6th (Korean time). ) came back, but ended up losing 4-1.
South Korea gave up the opening goal to Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) as the defense broke through 7 minutes after the kick-off whistle blew, and Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) took an additional goal through a penalty kick in the 13th minute.
After that, in the 29th minute of the first half, Hischarlisson (Tottenham) was followed by a goal by Lucas Paqueta (West Ham) in the 36th minute.
In the 20th minute of the second half, Baek Seung-ho, who made his World Cup debut as a substitute for Hwang In-beom (Olympiacos), scored a chase goal in the 31st minute of the second half.
Bentuho won 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in Group H of the tournament's group stage, and succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 after 12 years as second in the group following Portugal (2 wins and 1 loss).
After drawing Uruguay 0-0, they lost to Ghana 3-2 and were on the brink of elimination, but in the third game against Portugal, they won a dramatic 2-1 come-from-behind victory and advanced to the round of 16 ahead of Uruguay with multiple goals.
It was the third time in 12 years for Korea to reach the World Cup round of 16 since the South African tournament in 2010, including the 2002 Korea-Japan tournament that wrote the legend of the semifinals.
Bentuho gained momentum and aimed to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in the history of away competitions in Qatar.
However, the wall of Brazil, which has won the most World Cups (5 times) and is ranked 1st in the FIFA World Ranking (Korea 28th), was high.
Taegeuk Warriors, including captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham), who ran on the ground wearing a face shield after suffering an orbital fracture in his team and undergoing surgery, fought on an equal footing with the strong players in this tournament, but were unable to overcome even Brazil.
Brazil will compete against Croatia, who defeated Japan in a penalty shootout, on the 10th at 0:00 AM at the Education City Stadium to advance to the semifinals.
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