WildcardDeveloping
South Africa stun South Korea
The bracket just buckled. South Africa, rank 60 to South Korea's 20, found a result nobody outside their dressing room saw coming in the group stage. This is the upset the tournament will remember.
South Africa v South Korea
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Match events
- 46
Hwang Hee-Chan
Substitution · Son Heung-Min
- 46
Paik Seung-Ho
Substitution · Kim Jin-Gyu
- 46
Lee Tae-Seok
Substitution · J. Castrop
- 62
O. Appollis
Substitution · T. Moremi
- 63
T. Maseko
Goal · T. Moremi
- 66
Kim Min-Jae
Substitution · Park Jin-Seob
- 73
A. Modiba
Booking · Yellow Card
- 74
Oh Hyeon-Gyu
Substitution · Cho Gue-Sung
- 75
T. Maseko
Substitution · I. Rayners
- 79
Cho Gue-Sung
Booking · Yellow Card
- 80
R. Mofokeng
Substitution · J. Adams
★ The storyline
Why it matters
Group stage, Group A — points on the line.
Who to watch
Talisman
Teboho Mokoena
South Africa
The midfield heartbeat who stitches Broos's team together and sets the rhythm.
vs
Talisman
Son Heung-min
South Korea
The former Premier League Golden Boot winner is the gravity this whole team orbits around.
Developing
South Korea are out at the group stage
That's that, then. South Korea are out at the group stage — the maths finally caught up. A disappointing end, but there'll be stories to tell and lessons to take from it.
South Africa are through to the last 32
South Africa are into the last 32. Job done in the group, and now the tournament really begins — one-and-done from here, every match a final.
South Korea are through to the last 32
South Korea have squeezed through as one of the best third-placed sides. Not the comfortable route — but a place in the last 32 is a place in the last 32, and the knockouts don't care how you got there.
Teams out: South Africa 4-2-3-1 · South Korea 3-4-2-1. Full lineups on the pitch in the Lineups tab.