World Cup 2022

Group H, Match 45- KOR vs POR

Preview:

South Korea will meet this Friday against Portugal in the last and third match of the group stage of the WC of Group H, the match will be held at 08:30 PM IST at the Education City Stadium, a match that attracts attention for its stars and for what is at stake. Portugal comes from beating Uruguay with a score of 2-0 last Monday, getting 6 points in total and placing first in the group H table, Ghana being their pursuer, having 3 points.

South Korea comes from a draw against Uruguay as a visitor, with a score of 0-0 at the Education City Stadium, taking advantage of the fact that the Charruasa has not had a good start, ranking third with only 1 unit, below Ghana.

Both teams have seen each other a total of 1 time, leaving the balance in favor of South Korea, as they met in Korea-Japan in 2002, leaving the hosts with a 1-0 victory.

WC History:

The Koreans arrive at this World Cup event after elimination in the group stage in Russia in 2018 the same as in Brazil in 2014, with South Africa 2010 being their best performance in reaching the Round of 16 because the furthest they have been from the World Cup glory has been in 2002 reaching the 3rd place match.

Portugal has played only 7 World Cups. They participated in England in 1966, Mexico in 1986, Korea-Japan in 2002, Germany in 2006, South Africa in 2010, Brazil in 2014, and Russia in 2018, their eighth participation in this year in Qatar.

Portugal's best participation was in 1966 when they finished in third place. In that contest, where Eusebio was the team's great star, they beat Hungary 3-1 in the group stage, Bulgaria 3-0, and Brazil 3-1; in the quarterfinals, they defeated North Korea 5-3 and lost in the semifinals 2-1 against the local team; then the Soviet Union won the match for third place. They reached the semifinals in 2006, an instance in which a goal from Zidane eliminated them, losing third place to Germany.

Match Details

Match: Group H, Match 45: KOR vs POR, World Cup 2022

Date: 02 December 2022

Time: 08:30 PM  

Venue: Education City Stadium

Key Players

KOR: Heung Min Son leads this team after giving them great joy in Russia 2018 where they beat the German team champion at the time, where they also created a curious friendship relationship with Mexico. The official Tottenham Hotspur account in Spanish (club de Heung Min Son) tweeted a message of support for the "tri" ahead of their duel against Poland.

POR: Despite being without a club, Cristiano Ronaldo has managed to be an important piece in the path of his team, managing to complement figures like Bruno Fernandes and João Félix. In what could be his last World Cup appearance, he dreams of achieving a historic performance.

Being a team that has a great generation and is led by Cristiano, they seek to make that leap that they could not in Russia in 2018 after having won their first European Trophy in 2016 and Nations Cup in 2019.

Danilo Pereira will miss the rest of the group stage, due to a triple fracture of his ribs during training. Porto's 39-year-old central defender, Pepe, is the one who replaces him.

Possible Starting XIs

KOR: Diego Costa; João Cancelo, Rubén Díaz, Pepe, Nuno Mendes; Ruben Neves, William Carvalho; Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Rafael Leão; Cristiano Ronaldo .

POR: Kim Seung-Gyu, Park, Hong Chul, Yoon Jong-Gyu, Kwon Kyung-Won, Kwon, Jung Woo-Young, Paik Seung-Ho, Kim Young-Gwon, Song, and Cho Gue-Sung.

Match Prediction:

Portugal is a very difficult mountain for Korea to climb. Paulo Bento's men need to win and their motivation will be maximum, but the Portuguese is a solid, serious team and they won't let go. Even if Santos makes changes, they will continue to be competitive and they will not want to 'stain' their great career. We say POR 2-0 KOR.

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