South Korea’s coach Paolo Bento was sent out with a red card after his team’s 3-2 loss to Ghana, capping up a dramatic morning of World Cup soccer.
Bento was angry when, in the eleventh minute of stoppage time, a Korea pass that he felt should have been a corner kick was diverted out of bounds behind the goal. The referee chose to finish the game by blowing the whistle. Landon Donovan stated during the broadcast that it is a “unwritten rule” to allow a setpiece to go place even if the time has expired.
Bento will be banned from the bench for the team’s final group stage encounter against Portugal due to his red card.
The event culminated an action-packed morning of soccer, which included 11 goals over the first two games. Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus scored twice, including the game-winning goal after South Korea had tied the score in the second half. On Monday, Ghana avoided elimination from the World Cup with a 3-2 victory.
Mohammed Salisu also scored for the Black Stars, who were in need of points to advance to the knockout phase in Qatar after losing their opening encounter against Portugal.
Cho Geu-sung scored two goals within three minutes of one another early in the second half to tie the game at 2-2.
The Black Stars regained the lead when Kudus’ low left-footed strike in the 68th minute eluded the grasp of goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu. In stoppage time, goalkeeper Lawrence Ati-Zigi made a diving save on Cho’s effort to retain the win.
Jordan Ayew of Ghana and Kim Moon-Hwan of South Korea are world leaders.
Son Heung-min, a forward for South Korea, did not score in Qatar. This month, the Tottenham attacker donned a mask to preserve a fractured left eye socket he suffered in a Champions League match against Marseille.
Despite switching its goalie in the final minute, Cameroon completed an astonishing comeback in a 3-3 draw against Serbia in the World Cup’s opening match.
Andre Onana, who plays for the Italian club Inter Milan, was neither in Cameroon’s starting lineup nor there to attend the Group G encounter.
Rigobert Song, the head coach, stated that he removed his starting goalie for “disciplinary reasons,” but did not elaborate.
Song stated, “In a group, you must obey the rules that apply to everyone, and I prefer to guarantee that the team takes precedence over the individual.” “If you can’t conform to what’s necessary to be a member of a team, then I believe you need to step up and take responsibility for it.”
Getty Images Aleksandar Mitrovic of Serbia and Devis Epassy of Cameroon
Song substituted Devis Epassy for Onana, who was making only his sixth international appearance.
“I recognize that I took a risk,” Song stated. Possibly, we will have to explain what occurred afterwards.
Song stated that Onana was not thrown out of the squad and did not rule him out of Cameroon’s last group stage play on Friday against Brazil.
Song stated, “For the time being, I’ve asked him to wait and we’ll determine if he will remain with us.” “He is also responsible to a certain extent. To possibly join the team, he must agree to abide by the regulations.”
– Using AP
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