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When Korea advanced to the round of 16 in the World Cup final in Qatar on the 3rd, foreign media also saw it as a dramatic match.
It was rated as one of the most passionate group matches in the history of the 1992 World Cup.
This is reporter Kim Jin-ho’s report.
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The Associated Press rated the extraordinary last-minute competition between Korea and Uruguay as a drama that will decorate the history of the World Cup finals.
The news agency commented: “The fact that Korea progressed to the round of 16 with a play-off rule that prioritized the number of goals and propelled Uruguay to third place in the group was one of the championships to the most passionate groups in the 92-year history of the World Cup”.
“When the match between Uruguay and Ghana ended and Korea finished second in the group, the Korean players in the stadium expressed their joy by hugging each other and spitting water out of their mouths,” he said.
AFP also introduced the details of Korean players watching the Uruguay-Ghana match on their mobile phones in the middle of the stadium after the match, anxiously awaiting confirmation of their progress to the round of 16, as a symbol of a historic match.
On this day, Britain’s BBC paid attention to the fighting spirit of Korean players as they won a dramatic comeback victory, stating that Korea “surpassed a bad start and had a happy ending”.
The BBC reported that Korea gave Portugal their opening goal in the 5th minute of the match, but managed a dramatic comeback just before the end, and that the “real party” only took place after the match between Uruguay and Ghana ended 2-0 .
At the same time, while Korea shed tears of joy on one side of the stadium, Uruguay, frustrated in the round of 16, conveyed an atmosphere of conflict, saying they could not hide their sadness.
Reuters also noted: “Son Heung-min has yet to score a goal in this World Cup, but he won’t mind” and “his team, Korea, progressed to the last 16 in the most dramatic fashion”.
The news agency said, “Son Heung-min evoked the spirit of the 2002 World Cup, as Korea reached the semi-finals” and “played a match without regrets with the Koreans’ unique persistent energy.”
This is YTN Kim Jin-ho.
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