INCHEON – South Korea dominated for lengthy periods of a match that the saw the Portuguese disadvantaged with two players red-carded. Inter's Conceicao was unfortunate not to have equalised for Portugal. In the final minutes his shot hit the post. But the Koreans scored a fantastic goal to send the home fans into ecstasy and secure first place in Group D.
SOUTH KOREA 1-0 PORTUGAL
Scorers: Ji-sung 69'
PORTUGAL: 1-Vitor Baia; 22-Beto Severo, 2-Jorge Costa, 5-Fernando
Couto, 23-Rui Jorge;
20-Armando Petit, 17-Paulo Bento; 11-Sergio Conceicao, 8-Joao Pinto, 7-Luis Figo; 9-Pauleta (Andrade 67').
Coach: Oliveira
SOUTH KOREA: 1-Lee Woon-jae; 22-Song Chong-gug, 4-Choi Jin-cheul, 20-Hong
Myung-bo, 7-Kim
Tae-young; 10-Lee Young-pyo, 5-Kim Nam-il, 6-Yoo Sang-chul; 21-Park Ji-sung, 19-Ahn
Jung-hwan, 9-Seol Ki-hyeon.
Coach: Hiddink
Referee: Angel Sanchez (Argentina)
Yellow cards: KimTae Young (C), Seol (C)
Red cards: Joao Pinto (P), Bento (P)
