World Cup recap, Day 13: Cameroon beats Brazil, S Korea qualifies | World Cup

Day 13 of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar was one other full of shock surprises for the world of soccer as Cameroon defeated Brazil – turning into the primary African nation to take action.

There was additionally bitter disappointment as Uruguay received their remaining sport towards Ghana however had been despatched house on purpose distinction when South Korea beat Portugal.

South Korea superior on the tie-breaker of objectives scored, pushing Uruguay into third place in one of many wildest finishes to a World Cup group stage within the match’s 92-year historical past.

Switzerland and Serbia supplied up a five-goal extravagance of high-paced soccer with some additional on-pitch drama and rigidity.

Here’s a fast recap of all you could know from Day 13 – Friday, December 2 – of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

South Korea acquired via to the knock-out Spherical of 16 on the World Cup with a 2-1 win over Portugal, although the sport had opened with a purpose to the Portuguese after simply 5 minutes.

Regardless of Portugal’s loss to South Korea of their remaining Group H sport on Friday, the Portuguese had already certified for the following knock-out stage and all of the strain was on the South Koreans at Qatar’s Training Metropolis Stadium on Friday night time.

Ricardo Horta was the primary to hit the online for Portugal. Kim Younggwon introduced his workforce again with an equaliser within the twenty seventh minute and it was a Ninetieth-minute shot by Hwang Heechan that despatched the South Koreans on to the following stage of the match.

Even after their 2-1 victory and the ultimate whistle was blown, there have been eight agonising minutes earlier than South Korea had been formally knowledgeable that they had made it via after Uruguay’s 2-0 victory over Ghana was not sufficient to usurp the South Koreans on purpose distinction.

When the results of the Uruguay-Ghana sport was identified and South Koreans had been positive of their second-place end, the gamers on the pitch erupted in pleasure, hugging one another and squirting water within the air.

“It actually looks like a miracle,” South Korea striker Cho Guesung stated after the match.

Although Uruguay solidly beat Ghana 2-0, it was not sufficient to maintain from ending their World Cup desires after qualification for the following spherical of the match got here right down to objectives scored and South Korea had pulled off a 2-1 win towards Portugal within the group’s different sport.

Uruguay captain Luis Suarez couldn’t watch as his workforce slid in direction of their painful World Cup exit on Friday. He put his fingers in entrance of his eyes, then pulled his shirt over his head. When his face emerged once more, there have been tears.

When Suarez was substituted out within the 66th minute of the sport, Uruguay was able to advance to the knockout stage for a fourth straight World Cup.

Suarez had performed key roles in each Uruguay objectives by Giorgian De Arrascaeta, which got here after Ghana captain Andre Ayew missed a Twenty first-minute penalty. A shot by Suarez led to De Arrascaeta’s opener within the twenty sixth minute. Suarez then arrange the second with a intelligent go that De Arrascaeta volleyed in six minutes later.

By the point the ultimate whistle blew, Uruguay’s 2-0 had clinched the sport towards Ghana however merciless destiny would nonetheless see them despatched house on account of purpose distinction.

Although Uruguay had been two objectives up on Ghana and the winners of their remaining Group H match, it was the late purpose scored by Hwang Heechan in South Korea’s 2-1 victory over Portugal that sealed Uruguay’s destiny.

“It’s disappointment and disappointment that we really feel,” stated Suarez, who was enjoying in his final World Cup. “I used to be fortunate sufficient to play my fourth World Cup and I used to be interested by my four-year-old son, who’s leaving with the picture of disappointment. It’s tough, nevertheless it’s as much as me to face the scenario.”

Switzerland beat Serbia in a high-octane five-goal thriller that noticed the Swiss advance to the Spherical of 16 after pulling off a 3-2 victory over the Serbs.

In a contest that hit breakneck velocity within the first half at Stadium 974, Xherdan Shaqiri put Switzerland forward however Serbia swiftly responded and scored twice inside 10 minutes via Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovic.

Switzerland’s Breel Embolo then delivered one other twist in an absorbing opening interval by pulling his workforce stage 2-2 simply earlier than the break, whereas teammate Remo Freuler scored three minutes after the second-half restart to revive their one-goal benefit and the ultimate rating within the 3-2 match.

The fast-paced sport additionally noticed rigidity spill out on the pitch when Mitrovic went down after a problem from Fabian Schar. After his appeals for a penalty had been turned down, his Serbian teammates ran out of the dugout and onto the pitch, protesting the referee’s choice.

There was additionally a little bit of pushing and shoving within the remaining minutes, with Granit Xhaka and Nikola Milenkovic on the centre of the mini maelstrom.

Switzerland have now reached the final 16 of each World Cup and European Championship since 2014 and can meet Group H winners Portugal on Tuesday for a spot within the quarterfinals.

Serbia, who wanted a win to provide themselves an opportunity of advancing, completed backside of the group with just one level. They’ve by no means moved previous the World Cup group stage because the break-up of Yugoslavia.

Cameroon scored a historic 1-0 win over Brazil nevertheless it was not sufficient to safe their advance to the following stage of the World Cup, after Switzerland defeated Serbia within the group’s different sport.

Whereas Brazil had already superior and used largely reserves on Friday night time, the victory belonged to Cameroon, who grew to become the primary workforce to beat the five-time champion within the World Cup group stage since Norway did it on the 1998 match in France – ending Brazil’s unbeaten run of 17 group matches.

The win – which was sealed by a robust header from Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar within the 92nd minute – marks the primary time an African nation has crushed the Brazilians on the World Cup.

Brazil nonetheless completed first in Group H with six factors, the identical as Switzerland, however the South American aspect had a greater purpose distinction. Cameroon ended with 4 factors and Serbia had one.

Brazil will now face South Korea within the Spherical of 16, whereas the Swiss will play towards Portugal.