World Cup Blog: The Final Day Of The FIFA World Cup Group Stage

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09:11, 02 Dec 2022
Last Updated: 21:35, 02 Dec 2022

Welcome to The Sportsman's LIVE World Cup Blog. Stay tuned for all the action to come from matchday three across Groups G and H. 

Updates
02 December 2022
The last 16
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MATCH REPORT: Serbia 2-3 Switzerland

Switzerland certainly silenced their critics as they came out on top in a five-goal thriller with Serbia to seal their place in the round of 16 and they can now look ahead to a battle with Portugal next Tuesday.

Switzerland Find Their Rhythm In Attack As They Reach The Last 16
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02 December 2022
MATCH REPORT: Cameroon 1-0 Brazil

Cameroon scored an injury-time winner to shock tournament favourites Brazil and secure a famous 1-0 win that will go down in history, even if it didn’t quite get them through to the last 16. 

Cameroon Stun Brazil With Late Winner As Dani Alves Makes History
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FULL-TIME

Cameroon 1-0 Brazil 

Serbia 2-3 Switzerland 

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RED CARD!!

Cameroon 1-0 Brazil 

Aboubakar receives his second yellow for taking his shirt off.

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GOAL!!!!

Cameroon 1-0 Brazil 

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Cameroon score the first goal against Brazil at the 2022 World Cup!

 

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GOAL!!

Serbia 2-3 Switzerland 

48' Remo Freuler

A wild start to the second half!!

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HALF-TIME!

Cameroon 0-0 Brazil 

Serbia 2-2 Switzerland 

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GOAL!!

Serbia 2-2 Switzerland 

44' Breel Embolo

The fourth goal of the first half!

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GOAL!!

Serbia 2-1 Switzerland 

35' Dusan Vlahovic

Dusan Vlahovic with a huge goal for his country!

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GOAL!

Serbia 1-1 Switzerland 

26' Aleksandar Mitrovic

Aleksandar Mitrovic scores a brilliant header to put Serbia back level.

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GOAL!!

Serbia 0-1 Switzerland 

20' Xherdan Shaqiri

Xherdan Shaqiri fires Switzerland ahead in this game!

02 December 2022
Otto Addo resigns as Ghana manager

Otto Addo has stepped down as Ghana manager. The Black Stars' World Cup journey ended with a 2-0 defeat against Uruguay today.

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KICK-OFF

Cameroon vs Brazil 

Serbia vs Switzerland 

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Serbia vs Switzerland Team News
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Cameroon Vs Brazil | Team News
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MATCH REPORT: Ghana 0-2 Uruguay

Another Ghana v Uruguay fixture at the World Cup, another penalty nightmare for the Black Stars. And again Luis Suarez played a pivotal role in their demise.

The problem for Uruguay this time was that they still couldn't do enough to avoid a group-stage exit.

Penalty Pain Again For Ghana But Suarez And Uruguay Head Home Too
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MATCH REPORT: South Korea 2-1 Portugal

Wolves' Hee-Chan Hwang scored a 90th-minute winner to keep South Korea in the World Cup.

Fifa World Cup: South Korea Keep Dream Alive With Late Win Over Portugal
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Group H Final Table

Group H ended in a familiarly chaotic manner, as South Korea defeated Portugal 2-1 to confirm their spot in the last 16, as Uruguay were unable to boost their goal tally against Ghana in their 2-0 win. 

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FULL TIME!

URUGUAY AND GHANA ARE OUT!

Portugal and South Korea progressed after South Korea defeated Portugal 2-1, and Uruguay were unable to score enough goals to confirm their spot in the next round. 

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GOAL: Korea take the lead!
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NO PENALTY!

Uruguay will not be awarded a penalty. The referee deemed that the contact on the ball by Daniel Amartey was enough, despite it being very little. 

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PENALTY INCIDENT

Darwin Nunez goes down under the challenge of Daniel Amartey in the box, but he might've handballed it in the build up too. Big decision coming. 

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HALF TIME

Uruguay take a two-goal lead into the half-time break, with both goals coming from Giorgian de Arrascaeta. Andre Ayew could've scored for Ghana from a penalty but failed to beat the keeper with a weak penalty. 

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GOALLL!!

ANOTHER FOR DE ARRASCAETA!

Uruguay build it up nicely, ball over the top of the Ghana line and the goalscorer is there for a second, this time a tasty volley underneath the keeper. 

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GOAL: South Korea are level!

Kim Young-Gwon gets South Korea level! 

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GOALLLL!

GOAL FOR URUGUAY!

Suarez gets on the end of a loose ball in the Ghana box, he strikes it well but the keeper saves but can't stop the onrushing Giorgian de Arrascaeta. 

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MISS!

AYEW MISSES THE PENALTY!

An awful strike goes straight into the palms of Rochet. Almost poetic.

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PENALTY TO GHANA!

Ghana have a huge chance after Mohammed Kudus was deemed onside and the Uruguay shot-stopper brought him down on the byline. HUGE MOMENT COMING UP.

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GOAL: Portugal Lead! | 1-0

Horta opens the scoring! 

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KICK OFF

πŸ‡°πŸ‡· South Korea vs Portugal πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή 
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡­ Ghana vs Uruguay πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ύ

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LINE-UPS: South Korea v Portugal
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LINE-UPS: Ghana v Uruguay
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Kimmich on Germany's exit

Joshua Kimmich is taking Germany's group stage exit personally, and fears that he will 'fall into a hole'. Hopefully, he can get back to his best quickly enough!

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The German's are heading home
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Still can't get over this
World Cup Daily: Germany Dumped Out, Martinez Sacked And Japan Shock Spain
02 December 2022
Some big controversies here!

Which would you say was the worst of the lot?

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Super Harry Maguire!
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According to WhoScored.com, here's the World Cup's 'Best XI' so far, based on average match ratings.

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