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By Emma SandersBBC Sport astatine Education City, Qatar
Last updated connected 8 minutes ago.From the conception World Cup
South Korea's Hwang Ui-Jo smiles arsenic helium reacts to missing a immense accidental successful the archetypal halfNothing could abstracted Uruguay and South Korea successful their World Cup opener successful Group H contempt plentifulness of attacking prime connected amusement successful Qatar.
In beforehand of a vibrant assemblage astatine the Education City Stadium, the South Koreans frustrated Uruguay but did not make galore clear-cut opportunities.
Their champion fell to Hwang Ui-jo, who fired implicit the barroom successful the archetypal half, earlier Uruguay skipper Diego Godin headed a country against the post.
Hwang stood with his caput successful hands afterwards, portion team-mates fell to their knees successful disbelief, each successful beforehand of a radical of South Korean fans down the goal, who were successful good dependable throughout.
South Korea had controlled astir of the archetypal fractional but Uruguay began to predominate arsenic the crippled wore connected and they astir won it successful the last infinitesimal of mean clip erstwhile Federico Valverde's long-range effort crashed disconnected the post.
There was 1 past accidental for Tottenham striker Son Heung-min - South Korea's prima antheral - but helium dragged his changeable wide, overmuch to the alleviation of the Uruguayan supporters.
The gully leaves Group H wide open, with galore seeing it arsenic a three-way conflict for qualification to the knockout stages betwixt Uruguay, South Korea and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.
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Uruguay
Squad number23Player nameRochet
Squad number22Player nameCáceres
Squad number3Player nameGodín
Squad number2Player nameGiménez
Squad number16Player nameOlivera
Squad number15Player nameValverde
Squad number6Player nameBentancur
Squad number5Player nameVecino
Squad number8Player namePellistri
Squad number9Player nameSuárez
Squad number11Player nameNúñez
Squad number7Player namede la Cruz
Squad number13Player nameVarela
Squad number17Player nameViña
Squad number21Player nameCavani
South Korea
Squad number1Player nameKim Seung-gyu
Squad number15Player nameKim Moon-Hwan
Squad number4Player nameKim Min-Jae
Squad number19Player nameKim Young-Gwon
Squad number3Player nameKim Jin-Su
Squad number6Player nameHwang In-Beom
Squad number5Player nameJung Woo-Young
Squad number17Player nameNa Sang-Ho
Squad number10Player nameLee Jae-Sung
Squad number7Player nameSon Heung-Min
Squad number16Player nameHwang Ui-Jo
Squad number9Player nameCho Gue-Sung
Squad number13Player nameSon Jun-Ho
Squad number18Player nameLee Kang-In
Line-ups
Uruguay
Formation 4-3-3
- 23Rochet
- 22CáceresBooked astatine 57mins
- 3Godín
- 2Giménez
- 16OliveraSubstituted forViñaat 79'minutes
- 15Valverde
- 6Bentancur
- 5VecinoSubstituted forde la Cruzat 78'minutes
- 8PellistriSubstituted forVarelaat 88'minutes
- 9SuárezSubstituted forCavaniat 64'minutes
- 11Núñez
Substitutes
- 1Muslera
- 7de la Cruz
- 10de Arrascaeta
- 12Sosa
- 13Varela
- 14Torreira
- 17Viña
- 18Gómez
- 19Coates
- 20Torres
- 21Cavani
- 24Canobbio
- 25Ugarte
- 26Rodríguez
South Korea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Kim Seung-gyu
- 15Kim
- 4Kim
- 19Kim Young-Gwon
- 3Kim
- 6Hwang
- 5Jung Woo-Young
- 17NaSubstituted forLeeat 75'minutes
- 10Lee Jae-SungSubstituted forSonat 75'minutes
- 7Son Heung-Min
- 16HwangSubstituted forChoat 74'minutesBooked astatine 88mins
Substitutes
- 2Yoon
- 8Paik
- 9Cho
- 11Hwang Hee-Chan
- 12Song
- 13Son
- 14Hong Chul
- 18Lee
- 20Kwon
- 21Cho Hyun-Woo
- 22Kwon
- 23Kim
- 24Cho
- 25Jeong
- 26Song
Referee:Clément Turpin
Attendance:41,663
Live Text
Match ends, Uruguay 0, Korea Republic 0.
Second Half ends, Uruguay 0, Korea Republic 0.
Foul by Guillermo Varela (Uruguay).
Kim Jin-Su (Korea Republic) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Corner, Uruguay. Conceded by Kim Moon-Hwan.
Foul by Matías Viña (Uruguay).
Lee Kang-In (Korea Republic) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt missed. Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the left. Assisted by Lee Kang-In.
Attempt missed. Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Hwang In-Beom.
Federico Valverde (Uruguay) hits the near station with a close footed changeable from extracurricular the box.
Cho Gue-Sung (Korea Republic) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
José Giménez (Uruguay) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Cho Gue-Sung (Korea Republic).
Substitution, Uruguay. Guillermo Varela replaces Facundo Pellistri.
Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo Bentancur with a cross.
Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic).
Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Uruguay) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container misses to the right. Assisted by Edinson Cavani.
Diego Godín (Uruguay) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Cho Gue-Sung (Korea Republic).
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