Uruguay vs South Korea Live Commentary, FIFA World Cup 2022

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Group A
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	1	4	7
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6	0
Group B
1	England	3	2	1	0	9	2	7	7
2	USA	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	5
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1
Group C
1	Argentina	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	6
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Mexico	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	3	5	-2	3
Group D
1	France	3	2	0	1	6	3	3	6
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Denmark	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1
Group E
1	Japan	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	9	3	6	4
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	5	1	4
4	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	11	-8	3
Group F
1	Morocco	3	2	1	0	4	1	3	7
2	Croatia	3	1	2	0	4	1	3	5
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1	4
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0
Group G
1	Brazil	3	2	0	1	3	1	2	6
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
3	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	5	8	-3	1
Group H
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	6	4	2	6
2	Korea Republic	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Ghana	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3

Matches Played

Matches Won

Matches Drawn

Matches Lost

Goals For (Goals scored by a team)

Goals Against (Goals conceded by a team)

Goal Difference

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Total Points

We asked nicely. 😭 https://t.co/sbvoicH9X1
— Squawka (@Squawka) November 24, 2022

A goalless draw it is then today as we bring down the curtains on this live card. Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did bringing it to you. We will be back shortly to bring you the live action between Portugal and Ghana in the second group H fixture. Join us then. Till then take care and ta, ta!

Uruguay will have to turn up in the remaining two fixtures and so will have to their forwards. With only one shot on target in the entire match, it could only get better from here.

As for South Korea, it is a point well earned but they must be thinking about how they could have capitalized on their chances in the first half. Uruguay face a massive test in their next group fixture against Portugal while South Korea will look to perform better against Ghana in their next match. A point a piece it is then today for both these teams.

After an interesting first half, the second half looked pretty dull with both teams lacking quality in the final-third. Valverde had a terrific shot from the outside of the box only to be saved by the post. Uruguay must definitely be disappointed with the 0-0 result tonight.

90+7' FULL TIME!!! The game ends in a draw after an intense spell in the stoppage time.

90+6' That's a poor corner as the keeper collects it comfortably.

90+6' Uruguay win a corner. Can they clinch this late in the game?

💥 More shots have hit the woodwork (2) than have been on target (1) so far

🇺🇾 0-0 🇰🇷 #Qatar2022
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) November 24, 2022

90+2' The game has spurred on in the dying minutes. Can we get a late winner here?

Additional time: 7 minutes

90' CHANCE!!! South Korea are gifted with a silly pass by Rochet which eventually comes to Son. The Tottenham Hotspur forward just shoots wide with his left foot.

89' WHAT A HIT!!! Valverde hit the post from outside the box. The goalkeeper is completely beaten and had it not been for the post, Uruguayan would have been leading right now.

88' Cho is cautioned for a foul on Gimenez.

88' Facundo Pellistri is off. Guillermo Varela comes on.

87' Wonder how different the game would have been had that Godin header went in in the first half.

84' This game has terribly lacked quality in the final-third. It is a shame given the quality of players both these sides possess.

Uruguay v South Korea has all gone a bit Sven-Goran Eriksson. First half good. Second half not so good.
— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) November 24, 2022

81' Nunez takes a shot but it was going wide. It would all have been different had the incoming Cavani got his head to it.

79' Mathias Olivera is subbed off. Matias Vina comes on.

78' Matias Vecino is subbed off. Nicolas de la Cruz comes on.

77' Cho takes a shot but it is quite wide of the Uruguayan goal.

50.3% - This is the first time #SouthKorea 🇰🇷 had the better of the possession in a first-half of a #WorldCup game. Style.#FIFAWorldCup #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 pic.twitter.com/E6QBMQtyFy
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) November 24, 2022

76' The match still stays goalless and it is going to be brutal for either side to concede this late.

75' Sang-Ho Na is subbed off. Kang-in Lee comes on.

74' Jae-Sung Lee is subbed off. Son Jun ho comes on.

74' Ui-Jo Hwang is subbed off. Gue-sung Cho comes on.

72' The last 10 minutes have been good for Uruguay as they keep possession and try to break through the South Korean defense.

69' Cavani gets a shot blocked in the box. His first involvement in the game after coming on.

66' Interesting to see how Cavani does here. Him and Nunez have to link up better for Uruguay to have any chance to score here.

64' Luis Suarez is subbed off. Edison Cavani comes on.

63' CHANCE!! Godin plays a superb diagonal ball to free Nunez on the left. The Liverpool forward does well to beat past Min-jae Kim, only to play a low-powered shot at Seung Gyu Kim. Lucky for South Korea to escape this.

61' Edison Cavani getting ready to come on. Shouldn't be a surprise who will he be replacing.

57' Martin Caceres is booked after a late challenge on Son.

56' With Edison Cavani on the bench, manager Diego Alonso will be keen to get him on if Suarez is unable to change around his form tonight. The former Ajax striker has definitely struggled so far.

56' The match is spicing up as time passes. Feel it is about time we get the first goal of the game.

51' Gimenez makes an excellent tackle to deny Son Heung-min from what looked like a great position to shoot from inside the box.

48' We are yet to see the in-form Rodrigo Bentancur have a strong impact on the game. The Spurs midfielder can be very effective with his creativity and passing abilities.

46' No changes at half-time then. Let's see which team goes on to break the deadlock.

Danny Murphy on Luis Suarez's performance so far: "It's like Uruguay are playing with one man less."#URU #KOR #FIFAWorldCup https://t.co/rtw6MHGJ9l pic.twitter.com/BsTCiEEcIG
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) November 24, 2022

Although the game is still goalless, the first half was quite entertaining. Luis Suarez has struggled to be more participative and it has to change soon from the former Barcelona striker. As for South Korea, they will have to capitalize on their chances else they might have to regret missing them.

South Korea started the match brightly, causing problems to the Uruguayan defense. U J Hwang missed a glorious chance to score inside the Uruguayan box before the South American team saw their best chance hit the post through Godin's header.

45+1' HALF TIME! No goals scored so far in the first fixture of Group H.

45+1' Godin was terribly unlucky to hit the post. This would surely motivate Uruguay to come back stronger in the second half.

Additional time: 1 minute

43' OFF THE POST!!!! Diego Godin rises to head the ball from the corner, only to hit the left side of the goal. This is the closest we have seen Uruguay come to score so far.

43' Uruguay win a corner after a quick counter attack.

42' Uruguay struggling to get any possession as the first half comes close to its end.

40' In-Beom Hwang takes a shot from out side the box but it is only going high with his technique.

Uruguay 🇺🇾 and South Korea 🇰🇷 have kicked off their opening match at the #FIFAWorldCup.

Uruguay made the semifinals in 2010 and the quarterfinals in 2018, while South Korea had a miracle run to the semifinals when playing at home in 2002.https://t.co/iG6gzLXLel pic.twitter.com/1iF7QlwuLW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 24, 2022

34' WHAT A CHANCE!!! U J Hwang misses a glorious opportunity. 10 yards out from the goal, Hwang misses a glorious chance to convert from a cross from the right. He should have been scoring this.

33' Despite having multiple crosses in the Uruguayan box, South Korea have failed to find one of their own.

30' South Korea are flooding bodies in the Uruguayan first half, pushing them to pull their wingers back.

🇺🇾 #WorldCup debut ✅

🌍 @FPellistri07 #MUFC pic.twitter.com/3Ws3vqPDqQ
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) November 24, 2022

24' Uruguay now getting into the game, showing signs of their capability going forward.

22' CHANCE MISSED!!! What a chance for Uruguay. Jimenez plays it diagonally to Pellestri who does well to pass it in the box, only for Nunez to miss the timing of his attempt. Even the slightest touch would have helped Nunez's cause.

Son Heung-min fan signs.👏 #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/1KUMqnM8jI
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) November 24, 2022

20' Darwin Nunez has done quite well so far to track back and help out on the left flank.

19' CHANCE!! Valverde does incredibly well to bring down a long ball and hits it on the bounce just above the goal.

18' South Korea have adopted quite a direct approach so far and are looking more threatening going forward.

13' Uruguay's first real attempt turns out disappointing as Vecino fails to capitalize on a loopy ball in the South Korean box from Luis Suarez.

11' Uruguay have only lost once in the nine matches they have played in 2022. Impressive.

10' South Korea are looking to hit strongly on the counter as much as possible. Uruguay haven't looked that sharp until now.

Son Heung-min has started a trend 🥰 pic.twitter.com/v0TJELYZpR
— GOAL (@goal) November 24, 2022

8' South Korea win the second corner of the game as they force to get one on the board.

6' The match has started brightly with both teams keen on attacking the ball.

2' The first corner of the game goes to South Korea as Son Heung-min prepares to take it.

1' KICK-OFF! Here we go as we see Uruguay play in blue and South Korea playing in red.

Both teams are out as we are just few minutes away from the kick-off.

South Korea did stun the football world when they beat Germany in the 2018 World Cup and are capable of doing the same to Uruguay.

Diego Forlan and Park Ji-Sung ahead of Uruguay vs South Korea 🇺🇾🇰🇷#URU #KOR #FIFAWorldCup https://t.co/WOqsmO9EjF pic.twitter.com/80f8Cs3dw6
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) November 24, 2022

While Uruguay having an impressive lineup, let's not forget that South Korea are unbeaten in their last six games. Their superstar player Son Heung-min can solely possess the attacking threat to hurt the South American team.

Uruguay have a great mix of youth and experience in their squad and are the favorites to win this fixture but you never know. Especially after the upsets already witnessed in this World Cup, there is too much unpredictability involved in almost every fixture.

36 - Diego Godin (36 years and 281 days) will be the oldest Uruguay player to feature at the World Cup, breaking the previous record set by Obdulio Jacinto Varela in 1954 (36y 279d) by two days. Experience.#URU #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/H6KGsrJFYu
— OptaJoao (@OptaJoao) November 24, 2022

Substitutes available for South Korea: Hyeon-woo Jo, Beom-keun Song, Tae-hwan Kim, Kyung-won Kwon, Jong-kyu Yun, Yu-min Jo, Woo-Yeong Jeong, Chang-Hoon Kwon, Min-kyu Song, Kang-in Lee, Seung-Ho Paik, Son Jun ho, Chul Hong, Hee-Chan Hwang and Gue-sung Cho.

Substitutes available for Uruguay: Fernando Muslera, Sebastián Sosa, Guillermo Varela, Sebastián Coates, Matías Viña, José Luis Rodríguez, Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Manuel Ugarte, Agustín Canobbio, Nicolás de la Cruz, Facundo Torres, Lucas Torreira, Maximiliano Gómez and Edinson Cavani.

South Korea (4-2-3-1): Seung Gyu Kim, Moon-hwan Kim, Min-jae Kim, Young-Gwon Kim, Jin-su Kim, In-Beom Hwang, Woo-Young Jung, Sang-HoNa, Jae-Sung Lee, Heung-min Son (C), Ui-Jo Hwang.

Uruguay (4-3-3): Sergio Rochet, Martin Cáceres, Diego Godín (C), Jose Giménez, Mathias Olivera; Federico Valverde, Matias Vecino, Rodrigo Bentancur, Facundo Pellistri, Darwin Núñez, Luis Suárez

The line-ups are out!! Let's have a look at them.

With Portugal and Ghana facing each other later in the day, both Uruguay and South Korea will be eager to get the three points from this fixture. Both these teams have faced each other only twice, with one win to their name each.

Hello and Welcome to Sportskeeda's LIVE coverage for the FIFA World Cup 2022 fixture between Uruguay and South Korea in the first group match of Group H from the Education City Stadium. This is your host Priyank Mithani, who will keep you company throughout the live action for this fixture.

Date & Time

24 November, Thu 06:30 PM IST

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