South Africa reach historic World Cup knockouts with South Korea win
The Bafana Bafana of South Africa have secured their place in the round of 32 of the ongoing World Cup after beating South Korea 1-0 in their final Group A match on Thursday morning.
The team had started their campaign on a chaotic note and not many people saw the possibility of them advancing, but they have made history with this victory having never gone past the group stage of the World Cup before now.
Thapelo Maseko provided the game’s only goal with a strike in the 63rd minute, which ended up being enough to see them finish as runners-up in the group.
South Korea finished third with three points from one win, and will need results elsewhere to go their way in order to reach the last 32.
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In the other game of Group A, co-hosts Mexico secured their third win in three matches as they maintain a 100% winning record in the group stages.
Mexico had beaten South Africa 2-0 in the opener, and gone on to beat South Korea before thrashing Czech Republic 3-0 to top Group A.
Mateo Chavez, Julian Quinones and Alvaro Fidalgo scored Mexico’s goals to eliminate Czech Republic, who finished bottom of the group with one point, from the tournament.
