World Cup 2022: South Korea 2-1 Portugal, Switzerland 3-2 Serbia, Cameroon 1-0 Brazil

Group H: South Korea (2-1) Portugal

  • South Korea superior to the spherical of 16, after beating Portugal 2-1 with a stoppage-time strike from Hwang Hee-chan.
  • South Korea, who started the day in third place within the group, ensured a second-place end.
  • Regardless of the surprising defeat, Portugal, which had already certified for the knockout levels, nonetheless gained the highest spot within the group.
  • They may now face the runners-up in Group G, which accommodates Brazil, Switzerland, Cameroon and Serbia.
  • With qualification assured, Portugal has rested a number of key gamers, with Rúben Dias, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva all beginning on the bench.

Group H: Uruguay (2-0) Ghana

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Ghana's Daniel Amartey, left, and Uruguay's Darwin Nunez scuffle throughout a World Cup group H soccer match on the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022.Darko Vojinovic/AP Photograph
  • Uruguay beat Ghana 2-0 but it surely wasn't sufficient to permit the workforce to undergo, as they wanted 3 targets to surpass South Korea in purpose distinction.
  • Ghana wanted to win -- and hope South Korea fails to beat Portugal -- to qualify, however that did not occur. 
  • Uruguay's Luis Suarez cried as his workforce was knocked out of the World Cup, whereas the nation's gamers have been offended on the referee as they did not get a penalty they thought they deserved.

Group G: Switzerland 3-2 Serbia

  • Switzerland superior to the final 16 for the third match in a row after a 3-2 win over Serbia.

  • Switzerland wanted a win to ensure itself a spot within the knockout spherical after beating Cameroon and dropping to Brazil in its opening two video games. 

  • The workforce took an early lead, and though Serbia turned it round within the second half of the match, it wasn't sufficient to defeat the Swiss.

  • There have been some tensions in direction of the top of the match as Swiss participant Granit Xhaka -- whose household are Albanian -- was pushed by Serbia's Nikola Milenkovic. Each gamers acquired a yellow card because of the incident.

  • Serbia is now out of the World Cup, whereas

 

Switzerland will face Portugal on Tuesday at Lusail Stadium.

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Serbia's Nikola Milenkovic, left, pushes Switzerland's Granit Xhaka throughout the World Cup group G soccer match between Serbia and Switzerland.AP Photograph/Ricardo Mazalan

Group G: Cameroon 1-0 Brazil

  • Cameroon was eradicated by the World Cup, however not with out first having fun with an exciting 1-0 victory over Brazil with Vincent Aboubakar's purpose two minutes into stoppage time.

  • Aboubakar celebrated the purpose by taking his shirt off, which introduced him a second yellow card from the referee.

  • Brazil had already reached the knockout stage after victories over Serbia and Switzerland earlier this week, and is now scheduled to face South Korea within the spherical of 16.

  • The South American workforce completed with six factors, the identical as Switzerland -- however Brazil had a greater purpose distinction.

 

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Cameroon's Vincent Aboubakar celebrates after scoring the opening purpose throughout the World Cup group G soccer match between Cameroon and Brazil.AP Photograph/Andre Penner

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