PORTUGAL are taking on South Korea RIGHT NOW in their final World Cup Group H clash – and it is 1-1!
Cristiano Ronaldo is dreaming that what is expected to be his final ever World Cup will be the crowning glory for one of the greatest players ever – and he is STARTING this afternoon.
South Korea have it all to do, as even a win might not be enough if Ghana beat Uruguay.
- Kick-off: 3pm UK time
- TV channel: BBC One
- Live stream: BBC iPlayer
- South Korea XI: Seung-gyu, Moon-hwan, Young-gwonm, Kyung-won Kwon, Jin-su, In-beom Hwang, Jung, Kang-in Lee, Jae-sung Lee, Son, Cho
- Portugal XI: Diogo Costa, Dalot, Pepe, Antonio Silva, Cancelo, Neves, Matheus Nunes, Vitinha, Joao Mario, Ricardo Horta, Ronaldo
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South Korea 1-1 Portugal
50, Whatever has been said to Portugal’s players at half-time, they are playing significantly higher up, knocking it around with some purpose.
South Korea are sitting back and waiting to catch them on the counter.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
48, Pepe rolls back the years as he casually rolls the ball through the legs of Kang-In Lee.
He then undoes his work after taking a heavy touch and poking a pass out of play.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
46, Pepe clips another ball over to Ronaldo, a ball that has been on all game.
But Ronaldo is judged to have fouled his man as he takes it down.
Second half – South Korea 1-1 Portugal
We are back underway in Qatar.
Half-time standings
Here’s how Group H looks at the break.
Uruguay are 2-0 up against Ghana…
- Portugal (7pts) +3 GD
- Uruguay (4pts) 0 GD
- Ghana (3pts) -2 GD
- South Korea (2pts) -1 GD
Half-time stats
Portugal have had the chances, but South Korea have that all important goal.
One more and they are level with Uruguay…
Half-time – South Korea 1-1 Portugal
The whistle is blown and the players head into the break with the scores all level.
Second place is up for grabs!
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
45+2, Son whips in a dangerous ball but no one in red could get on the end of it.
Mario then curls in a corner which evades everyone before South Korea hack it clear at the second time of asking.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
45, The board goes up for just two added minutes time.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
43, Vitinha sets up Dalot after some mouth-watering feet on the edge of the area.
He squares it to Horta who spins and strikes an effort on goal, but it lacked power and Seung-Gyu can hold on to it.
If Portugal keep playing like this, a goal shouldn’t be far away.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
42, Portugal work possession well and Vitinha takes on the shot, dummying a shot before whipping one across the goalkeeper.
Seung-Gyu parries and Ronaldo is first to react, sending an instinctive header wide of the target.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
40, Son has a go!
The Tottenham man controls the ball brilliantly before working it on to his left and firing an effort right down the throat of Costa.
Oh, how he’d love a goal at this tournament.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
37, Beautiful football by Portugal.
Vitinha plays a cheeky one two with Ronaldo who just overhits the final pass to Horta.
That would have been one of the goals of the tournament.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
34, Dalot has a shot from distance.
The full-back makes another great run and plucks it out of the sky before curling an effort low to the keeper’s right.
Seung-Gyu gets a strong palm to it and the scores remain level.
Credit: AFP South Korea 1-1 Portugal
32, Meanwhile, Uruguay have scored two quick fire goals against Ghana in the other group H fixture.
Meaning as things stand Uruguay are heading through.
South Korea 1-1 Portugal
30, Ronaldo is set free over the top and is one on one with the keeper.
Seung-Gyu does brilliantly to stand tall and deny Portugal’s skipper.
The flag is then raised against ronaldo. on the replays, he was way off.
Young gwon Kim scores for South KoreaCredit: EPA GOAL! South Korea 1-1 Portugal
26, Kim Young-Gwon levels the scores!
The corner is missed by Portugal’s defenders, deflecting off Ronaldo’s back and falling for the South Korea man who had stayed alive in the six-yard box.
He slashes the ball past Costa and sends the South Korean fans into chaos. Game on!
South Korea 0-1 Portugal
26, Nunes bundles his man to the floor and South Korea have a free-kick in a good position.
Pepe keeps his eye on it and nicks it behind for a corner.
South Korea 0-1 Portugal
The ongoing drama continues between Ghana and Uruguay as Andre Ayew has missed a penalty over in the other Group H fixture.
Meanwhile, Nunes curls a dangerous ball in towards Ronaldo but Young-Gwon sticks out a leg to deny him a tap-in.
South Korea 0-1 Portugal
16, Jin-Su has the ball in the back of the net, but it won’t count.
South Korea work the corner short and Son curled in a wicked delivery. Young-Gwon got a flick, sending it to the back post where Jin-Su was arriving.
But the flag was promptly raised against him. That will give the Asian side some hope, though.
Credit: Reuters South Korea 0-1 Portugal
14, Portugal use the long ball again, finding Cancelo down the left who jinks one way then the other before cannoning an effort across goal.
Seung-Gyu manages to parry the ball away from danger.
Credit: Reuters
South Korea 0-1 Portugal
11, We mustn’t forget that South Korea came back from two goals down to Ghana to get to 2-2.
This looks like a tougher task, but Paulo Bento will take some comfort from the fact his side have come back from behind already this tournament.
South Korea 0-1 Portugal
It all felt far too easy for Portugal that goal.
They were simply too quick for South Korea who were totally undone by one long ball over the top.
Mind you, brilliantly clinical by Portugal who are in full control now.
Credit: Reuters GOAL! South Korea 0-1 Portugal
5, Horta fires Portugal in front!
Pepe clips the ball over to Dalot who’s first touch is fantastic, before gliding past Jin-Su and putting it on a plate for Horta.
The winger made no mistake, curling it first time beyond Seung-Gyu and Portugal have lift-off, far too early for South Korea’s liking.
South Korea 0-0 Portugal
3, Ronaldo draws the applause after some quick feet by the corner flag.
It doesn’t take much for him to get a crowd going.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
