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The miracle of advancing to the round of 16 achieved through a ‘9% chance’ was the fruit of our players’ persistence and fighting spirit, who did not give up until the whistle blew.
The International Football Federation (FIFA) also congratulated us on advancing to the round of 16 and praised them as ‘extra time goal experts’.
Reporter Kim Sang-ik on the sidewalk.
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“The Korean national soccer team has continued its reputation as an overtime goal specialist.”
The International Football Federation (FIFA) expresses Bentuho’s ‘Miracle of Al Rayyan’ this way.
Our players actually scored a lot of dramatic goals in extra time in the second half of the World Cup finals.
Opta, a statistics site, said, “Korea recently scored 4 of the 7 goals scored in the World Cup finals after the regular time in the second half,” and said, “It’s like a drama.”
In the 2018 Russia World Cup group stage match against Mexico, Son Heung-min scored a chase goal in extra time in the second half of the match, and in the last match against Germany, Kim Young-kwon and Son Heung-min shook the net for consecutive extra time in the second half to break down the tank corps.
This is why Hwang Hee-chan’s theater goal, which broke out in extra time against Portugal, which completed a miracle in the round of 16, is not unfamiliar.
[김영권 / 축구 국가대표팀 수비수 : 아, 진짜 너무 행복합니다. (A매치) 100경기(브라질전) 때 또 한 번 기적이 일어났으면 좋겠습니다.]
It is evaluated that the belief that they do not give up until the last moment and that they can do it has created a team of perseverance that changes the game in extra time.
[조유민 / 축구 국가대표팀 수비수 : 제가 들어갔을 때 (정)우영이 형이 허벅지 막 때리고 잡으면서 뛰는 거 보고 진짜 멋있고, 자랑스럽다고 생각하면서 좀 울컥했던 것 같아요.]
Our next opponent in the round of 16 is Brazil, the world’s strongest in name and reality, number one in the FIFA rankings.
However, our Taegeuk warriors are preparing for a greater miracle with a fighting spirit that does not give up.
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