World Cup Roundup: Germany stunned, Brazil marches on
Korea are going home…but they have taken Germany with them.
Group F
Korea Republic 2-0 Germany
Korea are going home…but they have taken Germany with them and saved Mexico.
How the mighty have fallen!
Their(German) demise can be squarely placed at the feet and hands of Korean keeper Cho Hyun-woo, whose agent’s phone will ring incessantly as clubs across the world scramble to sign on Korea’s once forgotten stopper.
"The most important thing is we proved what Korean football can do.”
Hear from the 🇰🇷Taeguk Warriors' heroes in the Korean miracle in Kazan
👉https://t.co/RKk6wYaQqB pic.twitter.com/SgsO01zt4Y— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 28, 2018
As before, Germany seemed to suffer from a surfeit of ball which made them look good but achieved little as they aimlessly spread it from side to side.
Meanwhile, the super fit and lively Koreans were giving warning that they would be a handful on the break.
The 90 minutes came and went and in extra time Korea’s Kim Young-Gwon had the ball in the net only to see the offside flag go up.
Elation to utter disappointment swung back to jubilation when VAR disagreed and the end was in sight for Germany’s World Cup hopes.
But for Korea, the game ended on an exclamation mark rather than a full stop as Heuer went AWOL trying to get Germany back in the picture.
This left half the field undefended and a long ball saw Son Heung-min take advantage and slip the second into an empty net for 2-0.
A pity Korea must depart the competition, but they do so having earned the respect of the entire football world – and heaps of thanks from a certain segment of South America.
The unthinkable happened on Matchday 14…
For the first time in 8⃣0⃣ years, #GER were knocked out in the first round of the #WorldCup.
The happy teams were:#BRA – #SUI – #SWE – #MEX
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👉 https://t.co/MbCuG8nxIP pic.twitter.com/5tEtBxfuGw— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 27, 2018
Sweden 3-0 Mexico
In their best ever international result, Sweden put three goals past Mexico without reply in their Group F clash.
But it’s a loss Mexico can bear after Germany went down to South Korea at the other end of Russia, to get them out of jail.
On Matchday 14:
Two #SWE players gained 1⃣2⃣ points…
Two #BRA players moved into the top 4⃣ on the leaderboard…
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👉https://t.co/OP1UPyflXN pic.twitter.com/0cpi8cPr0b— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 28, 2018
Group E
Despite losing important link player Marcelo through injury as early as the 8th minute, Brazil had enough on the bench to hardly notice the difference and totally dominated possession and territory from the outset.
Goals from Paulinho and Thiago Silver were enough to see Brazil through to the last 16.
Switzerland 2-2 Costa Rica
🗣 | Blerim Dzemaili after winning the @Budweiser #ManoftheMatch #WorldCup #SUICRC pic.twitter.com/40rLkQLafN
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 27, 2018
Although with one ear on the other Group E match being played simultaneously, Switzerland wanted their fate to be in their own hands and came out determined to beat bottom dwellers Costa Rica.
Switzerland duly made it through to the knockout stages by virtue of their 2-2 draw but will not be happy with their scrappy performance.
As much as it hurts to bow out this early, congratulations to #SWE and #MEX. We wish you good luck in the knockouts 👏 pic.twitter.com/6gbNpePRTm
— Germany (@DFB_Team_EN) June 27, 2018
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