In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, South Korea took advantage of a mistake by Cristiano Ronaldo to defeat Portugal 2-1 and proceed to the knockout rounds, with a video of a fan asking where is Ronaldo viral
A mistake from CR7 led South Korea to its first goal.
South Korea Fan Mocks Portugal Star In Stadium After Win, Video Goes Viral
« HEY ! CRISTIANO RONALDO WHERE ARE YOU ??? » 🤣🇰🇷 pic.twitter.com/4L1m9VNa4P
— Footballogue (@Footballogue) December 2, 2022
Korean fans saying, "Where is Ronaldo?" pic.twitter.com/27Up5EBsmV
— Akhlash (@Akhlash_lm10) December 2, 2022
Following a superb team play, Ricardo Horta scored the opening goal for the 2016 European champions, with Diogo Dalot providing the assist.
However, their advantage was short-lived. In the 27th, Kim Young-gwon equalised the score. The group of Fernando Santos mishandled a corner. Cristiano Ronaldo’s back took the ball, and it landed in Young-path. gwon’s He shot from close range and made no mistakes, putting the ball in the net.
Ronaldo was substituted off by Santos with the score tied at 1-1 in the second half. After their 2-0 victory over Uruguay, his team’s qualifying for the knockout stages was already certain.
South Korea defeats Portugal with a late winner.
South Korea has only ever gone to the World Cup knockout rounds twice when Wolves forward Hwang, who came off the bench, sent shockwaves from the Education City Stadium to Seoul by clutching onto Heung-Min Son’s pass and slipping past Diogo Costa (90+1). Hwang Hee-goal chan’s stoppage-time winner gave South Korea the advantage and allowed them to hold on for the victory. With the victory, South Korea guaranteed their position in the competition’s knockout rounds.
In the other game in the group, Uruguay defeated Ghana 2-0. In three games, Uruguay and South Korea both have four points. South Korea, however, went to the knockout stages thanks to a positive goal difference that was one higher than Uruguay’s.
Following Portugal’s 2022 FIFA World Cup match vs South Korea, these are some of the finest Twitter reactions:
Ronaldo got a touch on this one😬 pic.twitter.com/YUmmaL40mF
— B/R Football (@brfootball) December 2, 2022
Ronaldo’s first assist in the World Cup 🔥🐐 pic.twitter.com/QoDXydeILL
— FC Barcelona Fans Nation (@fcbfn_live) December 2, 2022
South Korea fans looking for Ronaldopic.twitter.com/Rb9iBQkK51
— FIFA World Cup 2022 (@2022_QatarWC) December 3, 2022
Fernando Santos 🗣️: Ronaldo is a great player. The only thing he needs now is a better coach who can convince him to retire. pic.twitter.com/1bb0AyEBSY
— Troll Football (@Troll_Fotballl) December 2, 2022
🥴 Cristiano Ronaldo's WS Rating (5.11) from today is the 5th worse of outfield players at #Qatar2022
🙃 Those 4 were defenders for Costa Rica (x2), Wales and Ghana…#FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/Eu5Ba1dgHs— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) December 2, 2022
1 error leading to goal✔️
1 miss in open bar✔️Ronaldo on fire pic.twitter.com/DpJu3IrtlR
— Troll Football (@Troll_Fotballl) December 2, 2022
The Group H runners-up will be Portugal’s opponent in the round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup.
During the round of 16 stages of the FIFA World Cup, Brazil will play South Korea in the round of 16s. Yesterday, Brazil was defeated by Cameroon, which goes in to record as for the first time any African nation defeated Brazil on a world cup stage. However, Brazil secured the top spot with six points thanks to their higher goal difference than that of Switzerland.
Currently, Portugal will now play group H’s runner-up, Switzerland. In the following round, Cristiano Ronaldo will undoubtedly try to find his form again.