It's not the first time Portugal and South Korea have met on the World Cup battlefield; in 2002, when the positions were reversed, South Korea was already certain that the
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Portugal, on the other hand, needs to win to
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In terms of a single team, South Korea in 2002 was the first team to see two red cards in a World Cup match. In terms of a single team, South Korea in 2002 was the team that generated a lot of controversy in many matches of the World Cup. The match against Portugal in the preliminaries was the first time since I came into contact with soccer that I had seen two red cards in a World Cup match, and Portugal got a red card in the 27th minute of the opening match, and then two yellows in the 66th minute, forming a situation of 9 to 11 on the field, which led to the victory of South Korea by the last goal scored by Park Ji-Sung. The match was won by Park Ji-Sung, who scored the winning goal. Portugal left the match in a state of extreme dissatisfaction.
Pinto was sent off in the 27th minute of the first half of the South Korea-Portugal match in 2002.
Going back to 2022, this year's campaign is the opposite, with Portugal already having 2 wins in front of them
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On the contrary, although South Korea's Cao Kyu-sung scored two goals to even the score, but the back line was broken by Cana, and eventually suffered a one-goal defeat, which put South Korea in an extremely unfavorable situation, and they have to win this game, and Cana can not win, and if the game is tied and Cana's goal difference, if Cana's loss and Uruguay's goal difference. So you can expect South Korea to play a more offensive lineup, while Portugal will be unchanged and may rotate their lineup, but will still try their best to get a win so as not to fall to the second place in the group.
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Against Brazil.
South Korea's biggest worry in the state of Son, Son early in November in the game on the bridge of the nose fracture, although wearing a mask in the game will still affect its play, rely on the rest of the front-line players to jump out to give support, on the other hand, in the back of the line against Portugal, Portugal's first two games have to make the penalty box fouls to get the 12-yard ball situation, in the case of the attack, how to avoid the penalty box fouls will be a major problem. In addition, Portugal's defense will face South Korea's sprinting and pressing, need to pay attention to avoid the state of the back of the defense against Cana, can refer to the author's previous article World Cup Record Journey -
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Overall, Portugal's strength is still higher, but Portugal's back line is not capable of suppressing South Korea's front line, so the prediction is that Portugal will finish the match with a score of 2:1 or 2:2.
