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Our team's challenge at the Qatar World Cup is now over.

For the first time in history, they failed to advance to the quarterfinals.

Although he couldn't stop the mighty firepower of the world's strongest Brazil, Bentuho left a footprint in this tournament, advancing to the round of 16 for the second time in history.



This is reporter Ha Seong-ryong.



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With 'Captain' Heung-Min Son, 'Bull' Hee-Chan Hwang, who returned from injury, and 'Monster Defender' Min-Jae Kim starting together for the first time, Bentuho collapsed in waves from Brazil with brilliant individual skills.



The opening goal was conceded in the 7th minute of the first half.



After Rafinha broke through the right side to avoid Kim Jin-soo's tackle, the cross went through our defense and Vinicius kicked it with his right foot.



The Brazilian players celebrated the opening goal with a group dance ceremony.



And conceded an extra goal in the 6th minute.



Jung Woo-young hesitated in the penalty box and allowed a penalty kick by kicking Hischarlisson's foot, and Neymar, who missed two group stage games due to an ankle injury, watched goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu's movements to the end and calmly shook the net with a kick with his right foot to win the first match of the tournament. scored a goal.



Bentoho launched a counterattack with Hwang Hee-chan's powerful right-footed mid-range shot in the 17th minute of the first half, but then gave up two more goals in the first half alone.



In the 29th minute of the first half, Hischarlisson, Marchinhos, and Silva's perfect triangle pass collapsed the defense, giving Hischarlisson a third goal, and 7 minutes later, Vinicius finished a cross from the left flank with a one-touch shot by Paqueta. They trailed by 4 goals the first half of the year.



Our players did not back down and tried to make up for the goal, but they seldom created a chance, and rather allowed a counterattack right before the end of the first half, facing a dizzying crisis.



The national team put Son Jun-ho and Hong Chul in the second half to change the midfield and defense, and had a decisive scoring opportunity in the second half of the second minute.



Heung-Min Son caught a long pass from Young-Kwon Kim from behind and dug into the space behind him, and fired a right-footed shot.



In the 23rd minute of the second half, Hwang Hee-chan's non-stop shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, and Son Heung-min's shot, which won the rebound, was caught in the defense and hit the ground, but in the 31st minute of the second half, he finally scored a comeback goal.



When Lee Kang-in's free-kick was kicked by the defense, Baek Seung-ho shook Brazil's net with a hot left-footed mid-range shot from outside the penalty box.



Baek Seung-ho scored his debut goal in the 11th minute after coming on as a substitute in his first match of the World Cup.



The national team blocked Brazil's powerful attack that continued in the second half with goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu's super save, and lost 4-1 without conceding an additional goal.



Bentuho failed to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in his history, realizing the high wall of the world's strongest Brazil, but he succeeded in advancing to the round of 16 in 12 years thanks to his brilliant fighting spirit and teamwork, giving hope to Korean football.