FIFA World Cup 2022: South korea come from behind to beat Portugal to reach knock out stage, Player Ratings.
Hwang Hee-Chan scores in the injury time sends the South Korea in last 16, as Young-Gwon Kim claims victory for country a 2-1 win over Portugal - and a place in the World Cup knock out stages.
Fernando Santos's side only need a point to be ensure of finishing at the top of the group, while South Korea need to overcome the European nation to stand any chance of progressing to the round of 16.
Although Paolo-team Bento's had to come from behind, they succeeded thanks to the Wolves striker's goal in extra time of the second half, which helped them defeat Uruguay and take second place in Group-H on goals scored.
Bruno-Fernandes was one of the senior players Fernando-Santos rested because their advancement to the round of 16 had already been determined. However, they still got off to a fast start, scoring five minutes in thanks to Ricardo Horta's conversion of a low cross from Diogo Dalot.
Cho Gue-header Sung's was brilliantly stopped by Diogo Costa, who dove full stretch to his right to stop it. However, South Korea did score just before the half-hour mark when Kim Young-Gwon acrobatically slid home from close range.
World Cup 2022 Fantasy football - South Korea vs Portugal, player ratings.
South Korea: Seung-Gyu Kim (6), Moon-Hwan Kim (6), Kyung-Won Kwon (6), Young-Gwon Kim (7), Jin-Su Kim (7), Jung, In-Beom Hwang (6), Kang-In Lee (6), Jae-Sung Lee (5), Heung-Min Son (7), Gue-Sung Cho (6).
Subs: Hee-Chan Hwang (7), Jun-Ho Son (n/a), Eui-Jo Hwang (n/a).
Portugal: Costa (6), Dalot (8), Pepe (6), Silva (7), Joao Cancelo (7), Matheus Luiz (6), Neves (7), Vitinha (7), Joao Mario (6), Ronaldo (6), Ricardo Horta (7).
Subs: Joao Palhinha (6), Andre Silva (6), Bernardo Silva (n/a), William Carvalho (n/a), Leao (6).
Man of the match: Hwang Hee-chan
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