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South Korea came backmost from a extremity down to snatch a thrilling 2-1 triumph complete Czechia successful their World Cup Group A opener, substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu grabbing nan victor successful nan 80th minute.
Korea skipper Son Heung-min wasted a number of decent chances earlier his Czech counterpart Ladislav Krejci collapsed nan deadlock against nan tally of play successful nan 59th infinitesimal by heading location from a agelong throw-in, but nan lead was short-lived arsenic Hwang In-beom kept his cool to dink nan equaliser complete nan keeper 8 minutes later.
Tomas Soucek thought he had put nan Czechs backmost successful beforehand pinch a header from a free footwear successful nan 77th infinitesimal but nan extremity was chalked disconnected for offside, and little than 3 minutes later nan Koreans went up arsenic Hwang turned provider, pulling nan shot backmost for Oh to occurrence location from adjacent range.
Co-hosts Mexico apical nan group aft their 2-0 triumph complete South Africa and they will meet nan South Koreans successful Guadalajara adjacent Thursday, while nan Czechs return connected South Africa successful Atlanta.
More to follow.
