FIFA World Cup 2026: South Korea snatches 2-1 win over Czechia

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South Korea's Oh Hyeon-gyu (right) scores the winning extremity   during the Group A FIFA World Cup crippled  against Czechia successful  Guadalajara connected  June 11, 2026.

South Korea's Oh Hyeon-gyu (right) scores the winning extremity during the Group A FIFA World Cup crippled against Czechia successful Guadalajara connected June 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

South Korea came backmost from a ​goal down to snatch a thrilling ‌2-1 triumph implicit the Czech ​Republic successful their World ⁠Cup Group A opener connected Thursday (June 11, 2026), substitute Oh Hyeon-gyu grabbing the victor successful ‌the 80th minute.

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Korea skipper Son Heung-Min wasted a fig ‌of decent chances earlier ‌his ⁠Czech counterpart Ladislav Krejci broke ⁠the deadlock against the tally of play successful the 59th infinitesimal by heading ​home from a ‌long throw-in, but the pb was short-lived arsenic Hwang In-Beom kept his chill to dink the ‌equaliser implicit the keeper 8 ​minutes later.

Tomas Soucek thought helium had enactment the Czechs ⁠back successful beforehand with a header from a escaped footwear successful ‌the 77th infinitesimal but the extremity was chalked disconnected for offside, and little than 3 minutes aboriginal the Koreans went up arsenic Hwang turned provider, ‌pulling the shot backmost for Oh to ​fire location from adjacent range.

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Co-hosts Mexico apical the radical ⁠after their 2-0 triumph implicit South ⁠Africa and they volition conscionable the South Koreans successful Guadalajara ‌next Thursday, portion the Czechs instrumentality connected South Africa successful ​Atlanta.

Published - June 12, 2026 09:42 americium IST

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