South Korea 2-1 Portugal: Hwang Hee-Chan's last-gasp goal earns qualification

South Korea dramatically reached the round of 16 at the 2022 World Cup on goals scored after Hee-Chan Hwang struck a 91st-minute winner to beat Portugal 2-1 in Al Rayyan.

Match Report

Only twice before in their history had South Korea advanced to the knockout stages of the World Cup, but Wolves forward Hwang came off the bench to send reverberations from the Education City Stadium to Seoul in dramatic fashion as he latched onto Heung-Min Son's pass to slot past Diogo Costa (90+1).

Portugal, already qualified for the last 16 and needing only a draw to be sure of top spot in the group, grabbed the lead with a fifth-minute goal from Ricardo Horta, who met a Diogo Dalot cross and hammered it home from close range.

Young-Gwon Kim gave the Taeguk Warriors a lifeline after pouncing on a bouncing ball in the goalmouth and hooking it into the net (27).

Uruguay were beating Ghana 2-0, meaning South Korea needed only to beat Portugal to reach the last 16 on goals scored - and in the first minute of stoppage time, Hwang obliged.

More to follow...

What does the result mean?

Portugal top the group on six points while South Korea join them having finished second in Group H. Uruguay are eliminated despite their victory over Ghana.

Portugal will now face the runners-up of Group G, who are currently Switzerland, on Tuesday December 6 - Kick-off 7pm.

South Korea are likely to take on Group G winners Brazil on Monday December 5 - Kick-off 7pm.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

4' GOAL! Korea Republic 0-1 Portugal (Ricardo Horta)

14' CLOSE! Cancelo's shot denied

17' OFFSIDE! Jin-Su Kim's goal disallowed

26' GOAL! Korea Republic 1-1 Portugal (Kim Young-Gwon)

30' OFFSIDE! Ronaldo's shot stopped

34' CLOSE! Dalot's long shot denied

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35' Yellow Card! Kang-in Lee booked

40' CHANCE! Son's long shot saved

42' MISS! Ronaldo's header wide out

44' CLOSE! Ricardo Horta's shot saved

55' CHANCE! Son's shot blocked

64' Ronaldo is substituted

65' Son's long shot saved

74' CHANCE! Kang-in Lee's free-kick wide out

91' GOAL! Korea Republic 2-1 Portugal (Hwang Hee-Chan)

Line-ups

Korea Republic XI: Kim Seung-Gyu, Kim Young-Gwon, Son, Jin-su Kim, Jung Woo-Young, Kyung-won Kwon, Lee Jae-Sung II, In-beom Hwang, Moon-hwan Kim, Kang-in Lee, Gue-sung Cho

Subs: Hong Chul, Tae-hwan Kim, Chang-Hoon, Cho Hyun-Woo, Ui-jo Hwang, Jun-ho Son, Seung-ho Paik, Hwang Hee-Chan, Jong-gyu Yoon, Min-jae Kim, Sang-ho Na, Bum-keun Song, Yu-min Cho, Min-kyu Song, Woo-yeong Jeong

Portugal XI: Ronaldo, Pepe, Cancelo, Mario, Neves, Ricardo Horta, Diogo Costa, Dalot, Matheus Nunes, Vitinha, António Silva

Subs: Patricio, Carvalho, Guerreiro, Andre Silva, Jose Sa, Bruno Fernandes, João Palhinha, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Felix, Leao, Gonçalo Ramos