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Although Brazil dominated South Korea with a 4-1 thrashing on Monday, it could have been much worse had it not been for the efforts of Kim Seung-gyu.
The goalkeeper’s heroics ensured Brazil’s final scoreline wasn’t even more lopsided. According to the final statistics, Brazil had 18 attempts at goal, 10 of which were on target. So it could have been worse.
Here are some shots where he’s doing some stellar work.
Brazil is through?to the quarterfinals after a convincing 4-1 victory over South Korea in the Round of 16.
The Sele??o did the majority of its damage in the first half. Vinicius, Jr., Neymar, Richarlison and Lucas Paqueta all found the?back of the South Korean net during the first 45 minutes of?action.
Despite the insurmountable?deficit, the South Koreans came out in the second half and showed a lot of fight.?
They opened the half on the attack and an early shot from?Son Heung-Min had to be turned away by Brazil’s goalie Alisson.?
Brazil also showed little signs of letting up. In the 55th minute, South Korean goalie Kim Seung-gyu came up with a diving fingertip save to keep the Brazilians from getting their 5th goal.
In the 76th minute, South Korea finally got one back. Paik Seung-ho smashed a screamer from outside the box that denied Brazil the clean sheet.
Next up: Brazil will face Croatia on Friday in the quarterfinals. Earlier today, Croatia defeated Japan on penalty kicks in their Round of 16 match.
World Cup 2022’s Round of 16 finishes up tomorrow with two more matches to decide the final 8 of the tournament. At 10 a.m. ET, Morocco takes on Spain. Then at 2 p.m. ET Portugal faces Switzerland.
South Korea has finally scored after Paik Seung-ho sent a searing shot from outside the penalty box into the back of the net in the 76th minute.
It’s Brazil 4, South Korea 1.
Still a long way to go, but the team is not going out without a fight.
Brazil blew the South Koreans out of the water in the first half and how!
Coach Tite’s?Sele??o is making it look too easy, leading by 4-0, which must look pretty insurmountable for its opponent.
South Korea has struggled to keep possession of the ball. How the team fights back in the second half remains to be seen.
Brazil?jumped all over South Korea to take a 4-0 lead in the first half.
In the 8th minute, it was Vinicius, Jr. who opened the scoring for Brazil. A cross in the box ended up at his feet and the Real Madrid man cooly deposited it in the right corner of the goal.
Shortly thereafter, in the 13th minute, Brazil was awarded a penalty after?a foul in the box. Brazilian superstar Neymar, who sat out of the last two games of the group stage due to injury, stepped up to the spot and converted to give the?Sele??o a 2-0 lead.?
The goal was Neymar’s 76th for his country. It pulls him within one of Pele’s all-time scoring?record for Brazil’s national team.?
Later in the half, striker Richarlison got in on the scoring. In the 29th minute, the Tottenham Hotspur forward played a give-and-go and made a darting run into the box. He received the return pass and slipped the ball past South Korean goalkeeper?Kim Seung-gyu.
Then, in the 37th minute, Lucas Paqueta made it 4-0. Arriving late in the box, Paqueta took a lofted pass from Vinicius, Jr. on the volley and found the back of the goal.
If the result holds, Brazil will face Croatia on Friday in the quarterfinals. Earlier today, Croatia defeated Japan on penalty kicks in their Round of 16 match.
Lucas Paqueta has also put his name on Brazil’s scoresheet, giving the team its fourth goal against South Korea.
The current score is Brazil 4 - South Korea 0.
It is raining goals for Brazil in the first half.
Striker Richarlison has put the Sele??o three goals ahead of South Korea in less than 30 minutes
Brazil 3-0 South Korea
Neymar’s successful penalty kick put him at 76 goals for Brazil.
Another strike and he would share the title of Brazil’s all-time top goalscorer with soccer legend Pelé.
Just a matter of time in this tournament, but fans hope they could see that goal in this match.
Brazilian footballer Pelé said?he?will?watch his country’s team play in Monday’s World Cup match from the hospital.
In an Instagram post ahead of Brazil’s match against South Korea,?Pele?wrote, “I want to inspire you, my friends. I’ll watch the game from?here at the hospital and I’ll be rooting for each one of you. We are on this journey together. Good luck to our Brazil!”?
?Brazil leads South Korea 2-0 early in the first half of their knockout round match.
Richarlison was brought down in the 11th minute, earning Brazil a penalty kick. Neymar took it and he reliably buried it in the back of the net.
Brazil is bringing the ??, doubling its advantage over South Korea early in the game. The pressure is on for Koreans.
Brazil takes an early lead against South Korea after Vinícius Júnior put the ball in the back of the net with an assist from Raphinha in the 7th minute of the first half.
Brazil 1-0 South Korea
Brazil vs South Korea are getting underway at Stadium 974 in Qatar.
Neymar and Danilo, who had missed the last two matches due to injuries, are back on the pitch with their squad.
Brazil is about to play South Korea at 2 p.m. ET for a spot in the quarterfinals. Here are the starting lineups for both teams.
Brazil:
Goalkeeper: Alisson
Defenders: éder Milit?o, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Danilo
Midfielders: Casemiro, Lucas Paqueta, Raphina, Neymar, Vinícius Júnior
Forward: Richarlison
South Korea:
Goalkeeper: Kim Seung-gyu
Defenders: Kim Jin-su, Kim Young-gwon, Kim Min-jae, Kim Moon-hwan
Midfielders: Jung Woo-young, Hwang In-beom, Son Heung-Min, Lee Jae-sung, Hwang Hee-chan
Forward: Cho Gue-sung
Whenever Socrates walked out onto the pitch, all eyes were on the man they called “Doctor.”
As well as being a ludicrously talented footballer – his mesmerizing technical ability, power and rangy legs making him a marvel to watch – he was also an exceptionally intelligent man, earning a medical degree from the University of S?o Paulo earlier in his career.
He was also captain of the Brazil team at the 1982 World Cup, long before cable television and streaming made every football match and player compilation readily available. National teams and their star players would be shrouded in mystery when arriving at a World Cup, with A Sele?ao and its stars possessing an almost mystical quality.
When Brazil stepped out onto the pitch for its first match of Spain 1982 against the USSR, resplendent in that famous canary yellow and blue kit, few fans knew what to expect.
After 90 minutes, however, they were mesmerized by what they had seen – and Socrates, the team’s captain, brain and heartbeat, was at the center of it all.
“We were all very, very optimistic about what would happen at that World Cup,” Juca Kfouri, one of Brazil’s most decorated commentators, told CNN Sport. “Because they were exceptional players, each one with their own characteristic, their personalities were very, very strong and they were kind, captivating and seductive.”
After 120 minutes of play, Croatia and Japan were locked at 1-1 and needed the tournament’s first penalty kick shootout to decide a winner.
In the shootout, Croatian goalie Dominik Livakovic stepped up in a big, big way. He saved the first two kicks from Japan to give his team a huge advantage. He then saved a third on Japan’s 4th attempt. Croatia made three out of their first four attempts to seal it.
Mario Pasalic converted the winning penalty to seal the 1-1 (3-1) victory. ?
In the 43rd minute, Japan’s Daizen Maeda converted Ritsu Doan’s corner for the opener. The Samurai Blue went into the half up 1-0. Croatia answered in the 55th minute through an Ivan Perisic header. The match headed to extra time tied at one after neither side converted again.
Croatia were prolific in extra time in 2018: advancing on penalties in the World Cup Round of 16 and quarterfinal. They won their 2018 semifinal match in extra time. Croatia finished second in the 2018 World Cup, losing to France in the final.
Japan was seeking its first-ever men’s World Cup quarterfinals after winning Group E with notable victories over Germany and Spain.
Next up: Tournament favorites Brazils take on South Korea in our second Round of 16 match of the day. The winner will face Croatia in the next round.
After 90 minutes of regulation and two 15-minute periods of extra time, Croatia and Japan’s Round of 16 match will be decided by a shootout.
How it works: Each team will was given the chance to take five penalty kicks, and whoever scored the most wins. Here’s a look at how the shootout went down:
Japan
Kick 1: ? Takumi Minamino
Kick 2: ? Kaoru Mitoma
Kick 3: ?? Takuna Asano
Kick 4: ? Maya Yoshida
Kick 5: Not needed
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Croatia
Kick 1: ?? Nikola Vlasic
Kick 2: ?? Marcelo Brozovic
Kick 3: ? Marko Livaja
Kick 4: ?? Mario Pasalic
Kick 5: Not needed
It’s the end of two 15-minute periods, which gave Croatia and Japan extra time to take the lead and advance to the quarterfinals. However, since neither teams scored, and the score remains tied at 1-1, the outcome of this match will be decided via penalty shootouts.
Each team will get to take five penalty kicks. Whoever scores the most wins. If they tie, we go to sudden death.
Croatia has ended strongly in the last few penalty kicks that they have taken. Check this out:
The second 15-minute period of extra time has kicked off in Croatia vs Japan.
This 1-1 stalemate between Japan and Croatia continues.
After one 15-minute period of extra time, the two teams remain tied. If it stays that way after the second session of extra time, we’ll head to a penalty kick shootout.
Croatian captain Luka Modric was subbed off about halfway through the first period of extra time. So if this match goes to penalty kicks, he won’t be available.
The Samurai Blue and the Vatreni have kicked off extra time.
It’s the first match of the tournament to need more than the 90 minutes of regulation play to decide the winner.
Here’s how this will work: Because neither team could find the winner before the end of full-time, they’ll now play two 15-minute periods of extra time.
If still tied after that, the teams will take penalty kicks to decide who moves on to the quarterfinals.
We’re all tied after the 90 minutes in Croatia and Japan’s Round of 16 match.
Japan had the lead going into the 2nd half thanks to some relentless high pressing and a goal from Daizen Maeda in the 43rd minute.
But Croatia battled back in the second period and got the equalizer. In the 55th minute, Ivan Perisic scored on a booming header to tie the game 1-1.
What happens now: Because neither team could find the winner before the end of full-time, they’ll now play two 15-minute periods of extra time. If still tied after that, then the teams will take penalty kicks to decide who moves on to the quarterfinals.
England soccer star Raheem Sterling is returning home from the World Cup in Qatar after intruders broke into his family home.
Surrey Police said it is investigating a report of a burglary at an address in Oxshott, Leatherhead, after the occupants returned home from an international trip, and contacted police just before 9 p.m. on Saturday to report that a number of items of jewelry, including watches, had been stolen.
“Officers attended the address later that night and returned to speak to the occupants this morning,” said a police statement. “At this time it remains unclear on which date the property was stolen and establishing this forms a key part of our investigation.”
“Enquiries into the full circumstances remain ongoing and officers will look at all available evidence including any CCTV opportunities,” it added.
Sterling is said to be “shaken” and “concerned” about the well-being of his children after the break-in, an individual with knowledge of the matter said, adding that the Chelsea forward is “focusing on being at home and supporting his family.”
On Sunday, Sterling was absent from England’s 3-0 victory over Senegal with England manager Gareth Southgate later saying the 27-year-old was dealing with a “family matter.”
“I spent a lot of time with Raheem this morning,” Southgate told reporters on Sunday. “Of course, it’s not ideal for the group ahead of a big game but it pales into insignificance — the individual is more important than the group in those moments.”
CNN has contacted England’s Football Association for comment.
Sterling played in England’s first two games in the group stages of the World Cup and scored in the team’s 6-2 victory against Iran.
Jo?ko Gvardiol from Croatia has been wearing a mask, due to a nose and eye problem from a head clash for his club RB Leipzig in Germany.
Other soccer players have also been spotted wearing the protective measure: South Korea’s Son Heung-min has been covering his eyes and nose after the 30-year-old?suffered a fractured eye socket?during Tottenham’s win against Marseille in the Champions League on Nov. 1.
Tunisia’s Ellyes Skhiri broke his cheekbone in October for FC K?ln in Germany, so he also wore a mask that covered his nose and sides of his face.
These types of masks have been common over recent years to protect players recovering from facial injuries. Earlier this season, Germany defender Antonio Rüdiger wore a similar mask after he took a knee to the face while playing for Real Madrid against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
Over recent years, we’ve seen others, such as Harry Kane, Robert Lewandowski, Victor Osimhen and Sergio Ramos all wear masks on the pitch.
Ivan Perisic scored a much-needed equalizer for Croatia in the 56th minute with a header.
Following the goal, Japan came right back on the attack.
Just about a minute later, Wataru Endo got off a blast from outside the box that forced a phenomenal save from Croatian goaltender Dominik Livakovic. Game on!
Japan 1-1 Croatia
Croatia expectedly had more possession time on the ball in the first half, but the Samurai Blue still managed to find an opening to score against the 2018 World Cup finalists.
After Japan jumped into a late lead minutes before halftime, the Vatreni are back on the pitch looking to equalize.
Japan 1-0 Croatia
An exciting first half comes to an end.
Initially, both teams failed to convert their opportunities into goals.
But in the 43rd minute of the first half, Japan’s Daizen Maeda converted Ritsu Doan’s corner into a scintillating opener. The Samurai Blue are not playing like an underdog.
Japan’s Daizen Maeda converted Ritsu Doan’s corner to put a goal on the Samurai Blue scoresheet in the 43rd minute of the match.
Japan leads Croatia 1-0.
Croatia and Japan have kicked off the first half in their knockout round match.
Croatia
Goalkeeper: Dominik Livakovic
Defenders: Borna Barisic, Dejan Lovren, Josko Gvardiol, Josip Juranovic
Midfielders: Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic
Forwards: Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric, Bruno Petkovic
Japan
Goalkeeper: Shuichi Gonda
Defenders: Shogo Taniguchi, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Maya Yoshida
Midfielders: Yuto Nagatomo, Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita, Junya Ito
Forwards: Ritsu Doan, Daichi Kamada, Daizen Maeda
Not many would have predicted that Japan would beat both Spain and Germany to top Group E in qualifying for the knockouts. But the team has been so impressive that not many would now raise an eyebrow if the Samurai Blue were to progress to the quarterfinals for the first time in its history when they play against Croatia — the 2018 World Cup finalist — in the Round of 16 at the Al Janoub Stadium today at 10 a.m. E.T.
Croatia is a team undefeated in nine of its last 10 World Cup matches. Its only loss in that run coming in Russia four years ago when a Kylian Mbappé-inspired France secured a 4-2 win in the final.
Meanwhile, Japan has never progressed beyond the round-of-16, suffering defeat in 2002, 2010 and 2018.
Defender Yuto Nagatomo said memories of the defeat by Belgium four years ago, when Japan let a 2-0 lead slip and lost to a stoppage-time goal, will drive the players on this time.
Since 1997, Japan and Croatia have played each other three times, with Japan winning a friendly 4-3, but losing to Croatia in the group stage at France 1998. At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the two teams played out a 0-0 draw.
Croatia is a possession-based team, which might suit Japan given it beat Germany and Spain with 17.7% and 26.1% possession respectively.
Japan “will apply the samurai warrior philosophy. So will we. If we want to go further, we must apply that same attitude, do our best and never underestimate anyone,” Coach Zlatko Dali? said. “Japan have the least ball possession in the world, but they make great transition. This is the most perseverant, persistent opponent. They simply do not give up. We have a similar mentality, Japan and Croatia. We stand on equal ground.”
England reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup for a second tournament in a row, thanks to a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Senegal.
It was a sluggish start from the Three Lions, but two quick-fire goals from Jordan Henderson and Harry Kane at the end of the first half sparked a brilliant performance and put Gareth Southgate’s men in complete control of the match.
Kane’s goal was his 11th for England at a major tournament, the most by any Three Lions player in history.
Bukayo Saka added gloss to the scoreline in the second half, dinking the ball wonderfully over Senegal keeper Edouard Mendy after being found by Phil Foden’s low cross.
Aliou Cissé’s side never looked like it was getting back into the game.
The result and performance are as good as England has produced in knockout soccer under Southgate, and undoubtedly set off renditions of “It’s Coming Home” up and down the country.
Reaching the semifinals of the 2018 World Cup and the final of Euro 2020 has given this side invaluable experience in the latter stages of tournament football. Fans will be hopeful this group of players can finally put an end to 56 years of hurt.
It’s the third day of World Cup knockout round matches, and four teams will play for two spots in the quarterfinals.
Japan plays Croatia in a knockout round match at 10 a.m. ET. Japan is looking to recapture the magic of its extraordinary ending to the group stage.
Brazil plays South Korea at 2 p.m. ET. The tournament favorite, Brazil hopes to avoid an upset and advance to the next round.
The Netherlands, Argentina, England and France have already secured spots in the quarterfinals.
