With cellphones as protagonists: South Korea celebrated their passage to the round of 16 like this.

Tears did not stop. An intense moment was experienced after the end of South Korea vs. Portugal, as they awaited the result of Uruguay vs. Ghana and, after that, celebrated with emotional shouts their qualification to the round of 16 of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

After the match ended, the South Koreans stayed on the field following the Celeste's match on their mobile phones, as a third goal would have given the Uruguayans qualification. The entire South Korean team had to wait for almost ten minutes.

The tension and nerves gave way to the complete happiness of the players, the entire expedition, who went to the stands where most of their fans were to celebrate the success.

The end of the match between Uruguay and Ghana was met with an immense cry of joy from the Asian players, who made it to the round of 16 twelve years later.

How was the winning goal of South Korea?

With the clock running and nothing to lose, South Korea launched an attack in the last 20 minutes, turning the match into an exchange of blows in which Korea found the goal.

A run all over the field by Heung-min ended with a pass from the South Korean star to his teammate Hee-chan, who had replaced Kang In-Lee (81).

Hee-chan won the one-on-one against goalkeeper Diogo Costa to give the victory and qualification to South Korea (90+1).