| Live Match Commentary |
Up-to-the-Second Score: Portugal 0, South Korea 1 - Final FULLTIME MATCH REPORT
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90 +3' - Final whistle. South Korea advances as winner of group D. Portugal, another of the pre-tournament favorites, is going home. |
| 90 +2' - Conceicao turns the Korean defense but Lee Woon-jae punches away his fierce shot for a corner. Baia is up but South Korea clears the danger. |
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90' - Baia brings the ball out but he's caught by Korea's forwards. Fortunately for the Portuguese keeper a man is offside. |
84' - Conceicao's twisting volley flashes across Lee Woon-jae but rebounds off the far post and across the goal to safety. |
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87' - Park Ji-sung through on goal but Baia makes a great block right on the edge of his box. Portugal, desperately pushing forward, is wide open at the back. |
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84' - Couto, pushed into attack, wins a header in the Korean box. It falls to Gomes for an easy chance but he miskicks in front of goal. Poland 3, United States 1. |
82' - Costa booked for tackle from behind on Park Ji-sung. |
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80' - Xavier concedes a corner. Couto clears the danger, but Korea is straight back on the attack. |
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77' - A foul on Costa lets Portugal off the hook from a Korean corner. |
76' - Striker Gomes replaces midfielder Petit for Portugal. |
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74' - Figo bends a freekick around the wall. It looks like it's in but it just drifts past the post. |
73' - Petit wins a freekick on edge of box and Kim Nam-il collects a booking. Xavier replaces Jorge. |
69' - GOAL SOUTH KOREA! Park Ji-sung brilliantly controls the ball from a corner with his chest, lifts it over Conceicao and fires a volley through Baia's legs. |
68' - Forward Pauleta makes way for another defender Andrade. Poland leads United States, 3-0. |
64' - Beto earns a second booking, sticking a leg out to stop Lee Young-pyo. Dejected, Beto takes an age to leave the field. |
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60' - Figo's freekick is flicked on for a corner. Pauleta makes a brilliant diving back header but Lee Woon-jae palms it away for another corner. This time it's a freekick to Korea for a foul by Costa. |
56' - Seol Ki-hyeon's two-footed slide at Petit earns him a booking. |
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53' - Kim Nam-il fires a shot across the face of the goal and Baia lets it go wide. It's Korea's fourth serious effort on goal of the half. |
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49' - Yoo Sang-chul wins another header in the box but again he's off target. Portugal is retreating and struggling to contain Korea. |
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47' - Yoo Sang-chul shoots from range but his effort flies high over the bar and he turns away in disgust. |
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46' - Yoo Sang-chul beats Costa to a cross but his flashing header is wide of the mark. Although United States is losing 2-0 a Korean win would still send out Portugal. |
45' - Portugal kicks off. |
| Second Half |
45 +2' - South Korea tied 0-0 with Portugal's 10 men at halftime. |
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42' - Every Korean player is behind the ball while Portugal plays the ball between it's defenders, waiting for halftime. |
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34' - Figo splits the Korean centerbacks to play in Pauleta but he shoots early and his effort is high, wide and hopeless. |
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29' - Costa concedes a corner. Baia drops the cross but he's fouled by Choi Jin-cheul as they jump and Choi's shot into the open net won't count. |
27' - Pinto is shown the red card by Argentine referee Sanchez for a high sliding tackle on Kim Tae-young. It was a bad foul that sums up Portugal's frustrating start. Portugal's players surround the referee and Couto manhandles him and is perhaps lucky to escape a booking at least. |
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25' - Figo tries his first run of the game but he's well stopped by his man marker, Song Chong-gug. |
24' - Kim Tae-young booked for foul on Pinto. |
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23' - South Korean corner easily claimed by Baia. |
22' - Yellow card for Beto for his third hack at Seol Ki-hyeon. It means he'd miss Portugal's second round match if it advances. |
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19' - Yoo Sang-chul runs at Portuguese defense and shoots from edge of box but Baia lets ball roll past his left post. |
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18' - Pauleta wins the ball to start a Portuguese break from midfield but Figo mis-controls his pass. The Real Madrid man looks out of sorts. |
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14' - A fast-paced midfield battle is developing with neither side able to get a grip on the ball for long. |
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12' - Pinto runs into box but expertly tackled by Song Chong-gug. |
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10' - Beto crashes into Lee Young-pyo and is lucky to avoid a booking. |
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6' - Poland leads United States, 2-0. |
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4' - Poland leads United States, 1-0. |
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2' - Confident start by South Korea, Park Ji-sung making an early run at the Portuguese defense and Lee Young-pyo tries a long range effort that soars over the bar. |
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1' - No host has ever gone out of the World Cup in the first round. |
1' - Portugal kicks off in Incheon in front of an enthusiastic red crowd, South Korea's "12th man", hoping to see their team join co-host Japan in the second round. |
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Kickoff at 7:30 a.m. EDT; 11:30 a.m. GMT. South Korea needs a draw to ensure progress to the second round. Portugal must win to advance, unless the United States loses to Poland, in which case a draw would be sufficient. |
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