Rabat – Brazil has officially qualified for the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup, knocking South Korea out of the tournament.
In their game on Monday, Brazil scored an impressive 4-1 win against the Asian team in only the first half of the game. Brazil’s Vini Jr. paved the way for the team’s victory, scoring the first goal in the 7th minute. Neymar soon followed scoring a goal in the 13th minute, followed by Richarlison and Lucas Paqueta in the 29th and 36th minutes respectively.
In the second half of the game, South Korea’s Paik Seung-ho scored the first goal for the South Korean team in the 76th minute of the game.
Brazil currently ranks first on the FIFA list of the best football teams. The South American team sure lived up to its reputation, striking two consecutive wins in their opening games in this year’s tournament.
The team has led Group G in the first stage of the tournament with six points, despite losing to Cameroon 1-0 in their last game.
The five-time World Cup champions secured a spot in the round of 16 prior to its last game against Cameroon.
Brazil’s star player Neymar returned to the pitch in today’s game. The footballer previously sustained an injury in Brazil’s opening match against Serbia. Danilo also injured his ankle during the game against Serbia, and he too participated today.
Meanwhile, the South Korean national football team made it to the FIFA World Cup on 11 occasions, including 10 consecutive tournaments from 1986 to 2022.
South Korea’s best-ever performance in a World Cup was in 2002 when they finished in fourth place in the tournament co-hosted by South Korea and Japan.
In the 2002 World Cup, South Korea knocked Italy and Spain out of the tournament in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, becoming the first team outside Europe and the Americas to reach the semi-finals.
