World Cup’s 101 Most Memorable Moments: South Korea play spoiler

By Doug McIntyre
FOX Sports Soccer Writer

Editor’s observe: Each day between now and the kickoff of the primary match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on Nov. 20, we’ll unveil a unique reminiscence from World Cup historical past. The countdown from 101 continues with South Korea’s huge upset in 2018.

Despite dropping to Mexico of their opening match in 2018, defending World Cup champion Germany needed to like their odds of reaching the knockout stage of the match.

First of all, FIFA’s high ranked workforce solely needed to beat No. 50 South Korea by two objectives to ensure a spot within the enterprise finish of the competitors. Second, Germany all the time advances. The final time they did not was 80 years prior. 

As anticipated, Die Mannschaft dominated the Taeguk Warriors. The Germans loved practically three quarters of possessions and fired an astounding 28 pictures towards the Korean objective. Yet because the clock ticked previous 90 minutes, the match was nonetheless scoreless.

With desperation setting in, Jogi Loew’s workforce had no alternative however to push as many gamers as attainable ahead. South Korea pounced on the chance, scoring twice in stoppage time by way of Kim (*101*)-gwon and star striker Son Heung-min to stun the four-time winners. While the upset wasn’t sufficient to ship Son & Co. to the second spherical, it did return a favor 16 years within the making: when South Korea co-hosted the occasion in 2002, Germany ended their Cinderella run within the semifinals.

South Korea’s stoppage time thriller

South Korea scored in stoppage time to defeat Germany. Mexican followers celebrated with Korean followers as a result of they have been in a position to advance.

One of the main soccer journalists in North America, Doug McIntyre has coated United States males’s and girls’s nationwide groups at a number of FIFA World Cups. Before becoming a member of FOX Sports in 2021, he was a workers author with ESPN and Yahoo Sports. Follow him on Twitter @ByDougMcIntyre.

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