The South Korean national team qualified for the round of 16 thanks to the goals scored
After its players shone against South Korea in the second round of the group stage, when they won 3-2 in a match in which Ajax Amsterdam player Mohamed Quddous starred, it was Ghana’s turn to play a match against a heavy-caliber opponent, Uruguay in the Group H qualifiers, at the South Stadium. .
The start was strong from the Ghanaian players, who won a penalty kick in the nineteenth minute, played by Andre Ayew, but the veteran Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera saved it.
Uruguay, which won the World Cup twice (1930 and 1950), entered the match with only one point in its balance, and attacked Ghana fiercely thanks to the experience of captain Luis Soares, resulting in two consecutive goals through Georgian Araskaita (26th and 32nd minutes).
Soares refused to apologize for blocking a goal for Ghana with his hand in the 2010 World Cup
On the other side of the group and at the same time, South Korea was on a date with the group leaders Portugal, who had already secured qualification for the round of sixteen, in a match that took place at the Education City Stadium.
The Koreans played to win, knowing that goal difference and scored goals play a role in determining the qualifiers, but the Portuguese surprised Son Heung-min’s companions with a goal in the fifth minute through Ricardo Horta, before the representative of the Asian continent equalized the score in the twenty-eighth minute with Kim Young’s foot.
And the situation continued with the tie between South Korea and Portugal, and on the other hand, the conditions seemed almost reassuring for Uruguay, which the match schedule indicated that it qualified as the second in the group with four points, as the points counter for the Ghanaians stopped at three, while South Korea had two points.
And in stoppage time, Hee-chan Hwang set up the winning goal for South Korea, minutes before the final whistle blew, to make South Korea second in the group standings, while Uruguay became third, because the Koreans scored four goals in the group stage, while Celeste scored two goals. .
