World Cup 2018: South Korea Beat Germany 2-0

Defending world champions Germany crashed out of the World Cup after a shock 2-0 loss to South Korea on Wednesday, courtesy of two stoppage-time goals. South Korea’s Kim Young-gwon scored in added time following a video review and Son Heung-min added another goal just before the final whistle. The four-time winners, who had not been eliminated in a World Cup first round since 1938, were a shadow of their once dominant selves, managing only two goals in their three group games. 96′ – GOAL! South Korea now lead Germany 2-0

92′ – GOAL! South Korea take the lead

92′ – South Korea Goal denied for off-side. VAR into action again.

90′ – Six minutes added as stoppage time. It is changed to nine minutes

90′ – Corner for South Korea.

87′ – Mats Hummels failed to make contact with his head and shouldered it wide of Korea goal. Good delivery from Ozil

86′ – Corner for South Korea. Easily cleared out by Germany

84′ – Now Toni Kroos shot it over the crossbar from outside the box, Germany looked frustrated and are shooting more and more long rangers

83′ – This time Marco Reus’ long ranger went wide of Korea goal. Time is running out for the defending champions

82′ – Thomas Muller flicked it wide of Korea goal with a header

79′ – Substitution! Substitute Hwang Hee-Chan is replaced by Ko Yo-han for South Korea

78′ – Corner for Germany. Calmly collected by goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo

78′ – Substitution! Third and final change for Germany. Jonas Hector is replaced by Julian Brandt

75′ – Sweden have virtually sealed their spot in round of 16 as they now lead Mexico 3-0 in the other Group F match

74′ – Corner for Germany. Cleared out comfortably by Korea

70′ – Toni Kroos shot it just over the Korean crossbar from the top of the box

69′ – Substitution! Moon Seon-min is replaced by Ju Se-Jong for South Korea

68′ – More news from the other match: Sweden now take 2-0 lead over Mexico to jump to top of the group

65′ – Yellow Card! South Korea skipper Son Heung-min is booked for ‘diving’

64′ – Corner for Germany. Mesut Ozil with the delivery, but Timo Werner shot it wide

63′ – Substitution! Second change for Germany. Leon Goretzka is replaced by Thomas Muller

61′ – Toni Kroos hit his own teammate Leon Goretzka with the shot. Another good build-up ended in a whimper

58′ – Substitution! Sami Khedira is replaced by Mario Gomez for Germany

56′ – Substitution! A forced change for South Korea. Injured Koo Ja-cheol is replaced by Hwang Hee-Chan

55′ – In the other Group F match, Sweden has taken 1-0 lead over Mexico. At the current situation, Germany are out of the tournament

53′ – Corner for Germany. Toni Kroos with the delivery, again easily headed out by Korea

51′ – MISSED CHANCE! Timo Werner shot it wide of Korea goal from the area. Great chance to give Germany the lead.

48′ – Yellow Card! Moon Seon-min is booked for a foul on Toni Kroos

47′ – SAVE! A superb save by Jo Hyeon-woo to deny Leon Goretzka. Jo dived to his right to palmed it away from the goal

Second half underway…. HT – It’s South Korea 0, Germany 0 at the half-time break

45′ – Three minutes added as stoppage time

43′ – Werner hit the Korean post, but it came just after the ref whistled for a foul by Hector against Korean player

39′ – SAVE! Korean keeper Jo Hyeon-woo hold on to the ball after a chaos in front of the goal following a German corner kick

39′ – Timo Werner’s attempt from the right inside the Korean area was deflected over the crossbar.

36′ – Germany making incursion after incursion into Korean area, but finding it tough to create clear chance on goal

33′ – Handball by Reus just outside the Korean box. Free-kick for Korea

30′ – Toni Kroos with the corner kick, headed out of danger by Korean defender

28′ – Timo Werner’s cross-in from the left was blocked out. Corner for Germany

25′ – Son Heung-min skied it over the German crossbar again, from a close range this time. Another good move from the Koreans. Chance Missed!

23′ – Yellow Card! Lee Jae-sung booked, second of the game for South Korea.

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