South Korea – Portugal. Prediction and announcement for the World Cup match

On Friday, December 2, the third round match of the World Cup, where South Korea will play against the group leader Portugal team, will be played at the “Evolution City” stadium in Al Rayyan.

South Korea

The South Korean team is approaching the third round of the World Cup by just one point. “Warriors of Taejo” had a boring goalless draw with Uruguay in the first round, after which they lost 2:3 to Ghana in a rather fun and spectacular match, both matches played out at the current World Cup in Qatar. be so boring

And South Korea is approaching the third round with a chance to make it to the playoffs. We need to beat Portugal and hope Uruguay beats Ghana but not by a huge score. Frankly, both outcomes seem very likely together, not separately – even more so. The fate of the defending leader Naples Kim Min Jae in the match, which does not add luck and damage to the Asian team, is in question.

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The upcoming match will be special for South Korea’s head coach Paulo Bento, who played 35 games for Portugal between 1992 and 2002. True, the 53-year-old expert will watch this match from the stands. At the end of the match with Ghana, he argued very actively with the referee and was shown a red card.

Portugal

Portugal’s national team scored 6 points and, after two rounds with France and Brazil, secured a spot in the play-offs ahead of schedule. However, the first place for Fernando Santos’ team is not guaranteed yet. And his loss promises a meeting with Brazil in the 1/8 final stage. Of course, the Portuguese would like to avoid such a scenario.

In the two starting rounds, the Portuguese first defeated Ghana with a score of 3:2 in a very tense duel, and then beat Uruguay much more calmly and confidently – 2:0. Fernando Santos’ team also has a staffing problem. Danilo and Otaviu are injured. The participation of another PSG player, wing defender Nuno Mendes, is also questionable.

meeting history

The national teams of South Korea and Portugal met only once, as well as at the World Cup, as well as in the third round of the group stage: at their own world championship for the Koreans in 2002. Then Guus Hiddink’s team won 1:0 and kicked the Portuguese out of the tournament. Meanwhile, Paulo Bento, the current coach of South Korea, spent all 90 minutes on the field as part of the Portuguese national team.

Conflict prediction

To secure the group title and avoid such an undesirable encounter with Brazil in the 1/8 final, it is enough for the Portuguese team to draw and not lose as much as they can to Portugal. Our bet is X2, coefficient 1.18.

Estimated compositions

South Korea: Kim Seung Kyu, Kim Jin Soo, Kim Yong Hwon, Kim Min Jae, Kim Moon Hwan, Hwang In Bum, Chun Woon Yoon, Song Joon Ho, Hwang Hee Chan, Hwang Eui Jo, Heung Min Song

Portugal: Diogo Costa, Dalot, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Cancelo, Ruben Neves, William Carvalho, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Felix, Bernardo Silva, Ronaldo

Friday, December 2

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