Day-5 wrap up from Russia World Cup
- 6 years ago
The curtain has come down on day five of the 2018 Russia World Cup.
We had a big game for South Korea,... taking on Sweden in their Group F opener.
England and Belgium were among the heavy-hitters in the day's other group games.
Lee Seung-jae has our World Cup wrap-up.
First up on Monday was South Korea versus Sweden.
The Taeguk Warriors were looking to pull off an upset against the European side in their Group F match-up in Nizhny Novgorod.
Despite Head Coach Shin Tae-yong utilizing the height of striker Kim Shin-wook to counter the much taller Swedish players,... South Korea came up empty as their attempts to crack Sweden's defense came up short.
Despite another fantastic season with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League,... South Korean striker Son Heung-min struggled to make an impact,... unable to put a single shot on target the entire match.
The game's only goal came in the 65th minute after Sweden was awarded a penalty,... after a video replay.
Sweden's Andreas Grangvist converted the penalty,... giving the Swedes all three points.
In Sochi,... Belgium took on Panama in Group G.
A scoreless first half,... but Belgium quickly found their feet in the second half with Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku scoring twice as Belgium rounded out the match with a comfortable three-nil win... and three points in the bag.
The day's last game was at the Volgograd Arena... with England taking on Tunisia in Group G.
England's Harry Kane was the star of the show,...scoring twice,... including an injury-time winner,... to give England a 2-1 win.
The victories in a relatively weak group make Belgium and England the hot favorites to advance to the round of 16.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.
We had a big game for South Korea,... taking on Sweden in their Group F opener.
England and Belgium were among the heavy-hitters in the day's other group games.
Lee Seung-jae has our World Cup wrap-up.
First up on Monday was South Korea versus Sweden.
The Taeguk Warriors were looking to pull off an upset against the European side in their Group F match-up in Nizhny Novgorod.
Despite Head Coach Shin Tae-yong utilizing the height of striker Kim Shin-wook to counter the much taller Swedish players,... South Korea came up empty as their attempts to crack Sweden's defense came up short.
Despite another fantastic season with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League,... South Korean striker Son Heung-min struggled to make an impact,... unable to put a single shot on target the entire match.
The game's only goal came in the 65th minute after Sweden was awarded a penalty,... after a video replay.
Sweden's Andreas Grangvist converted the penalty,... giving the Swedes all three points.
In Sochi,... Belgium took on Panama in Group G.
A scoreless first half,... but Belgium quickly found their feet in the second half with Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku scoring twice as Belgium rounded out the match with a comfortable three-nil win... and three points in the bag.
The day's last game was at the Volgograd Arena... with England taking on Tunisia in Group G.
England's Harry Kane was the star of the show,...scoring twice,... including an injury-time winner,... to give England a 2-1 win.
The victories in a relatively weak group make Belgium and England the hot favorites to advance to the round of 16.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.