South Korea, which defeated Portugal, performed the miracle

South Korea, which had to beat Portugal to stay in the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup, wrote great history by winning 2-1 with a 90+1 goal in the game that fell behind.

Leading 1-0 by Ricardo Horta’s goal in the 5th minute of the game, Portugal could not prevent Young Gwon Kim’s goal in the 27th minute, and the first half ended with a 1-1 draw. Trying to press the winning goal in the second half, South Korea was unable to respond to Portugal’s domineering football for a long time.

However, South Korea, which shortened the Portuguese defense in the 90+1 counter-attack, took a 2-1 lead with Hee-Chan Hwang’s goal and managed to clinch a ticket to the round of 16 in the last sigh.

SOUTH KOREA BY GOAL AVERAGE!

South Korea, which scored 4 points, became the owner of second place by scoring more goals than Uruguay with the same score and the same average. South Korea scored 4 goals in the group, while Uruguay scored just 2 goals.

Finishing Group H as the leader with 6 points, Portugal will face the second in Group G in the Round of 16. South Korea will face the winner of Group G.