Season › 2022-23 › General Forum World Cup: Day 13 02/12/2022 Share: The group stage concluded in Qatar with the final matches in Groups G and H to see who would join Brazil and Portugal in the knockout stage. The afternoon games provided another another rollercoaster of madness, with South Korea beating Portugal with a late goal to go through with them, while the two goals that Uruguay had scored against Ghana proved insufficient in the end. As news of Hwang Hee-chan's goal filtered through to Al Janoub Stadium, the South Americans pushed frantically in added time for a third goal of their own but the Ghanaians held firm while Uruguay's players vented their anger at the German referee after the final whistle for his refusal too buy obviously fallacious penalty claims. The evening games presented a lot less drama for most of the 90 minutes, with Cameroon far too negative in their game of death with Brazil until 9 minutes when Aboubakar scored a great header to win it for the Africans. He got so excited, however, that he pulled off his shirt and was promptly shown a second yellow card! Cameroon needed another goal but with 10 men they couldn't find a another, although they depart Qatar as the first African to defeat Brazil in the World Cup Finals. Meanwhile, Switzerland went through after beating Serbia 3-2, with the latter dead on their feet by the close as they vainly searched for an equaliser that would have changed things dramatically at the death had they been able to manage it. 15:00 South Korea 2 - 1 Portugal – BBC115:00 Ghana 0 - 2 Uruguay – BBC219:00 Cameroon 0 - 0 Brazil – ITV119:00 Serbia 2 - 3 Switzerland – ITV4 Reader Comments (39) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Christy Ring 1 Posted 02/12/2022 at 16:36:22 Can't understand how VAR didn't check the Uruguayan no10's deliberate stamp before half-time. The linesman was looking straight at the stamp, didn't even put his flag up. The pundits in the studio were even mystified. At least he learned something from Suarez, remember the stamp on Mirallas, which went unpunished? Michael Kenrick 2 Posted 02/12/2022 at 16:54:44 Tremndous Ghana save – keeper lands on his head!Suarez in tears, Uruguay going out if they don't score again!!! Peter Carpenter 3 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:06:01 Yeeeessss, get out Suarez. Kieran Kinsella 4 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:06:06 Suarez one of the most beloved men in football. An honest Pro without a bad bone in hos body. The whole world shares his pain. Mike Gaynes 5 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:06:10 Quite a WC for the Asian clubs. Jeff Armstrong 6 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:07:00 Son crying for a change. WusUruguay kicking off at ref, tbh I've seen softer pens given this World Cup Bent , Uruguay where not wanted Peter Carpenter 7 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:07:04 Ghana - do the Suarez dance from 2010, someone please do it. Andrew Ellams 8 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:08:12 I've never been to Uruguay but every World Cup makes me think it's not a country full of nice people. James Flynn 9 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:09:04 So why S. Korea when their records, points and GD are identical? Peter Carpenter 10 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:10:06 Scored 1 more goal, James. Michael Kenrick 11 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:10:13 Goals scored, Jimmy. Michael Kenrick 12 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:13:57 Just tremendous stuff really. But seems like a host of punters have boycotted watching judging by this thread. You are missing some excellent footballing drama at almost every stage. Bill Gall 13 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:16:53 Best scene in the World Cup so far, rat face crying with his head in his hands, I hope Uruguay get a severe fine and a ban for their players reaction towards the officials at the end of the game. Kieran Kinsella 14 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:17:26 Magnanimous in defeat there also as the Uruguayans humbly thank the referee for his efforts. Classy group. James Flynn 15 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:20:08 Thank you, gents. Gerry Quinn 16 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:22:08 Surprised Rat face didn't bite the referees neck!!!! Best picture of the WC - him crying his eyes out - fully deserved Christy Ring 17 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:25:07 Kieran#14 Class! Peter Carpenter 18 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:26:20 Hope that's the last we ever see of the little shit but knowing our luck they'll sign him up for next year's Strictly. Gerry Quinn 19 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:27:44 The WC that keeps on giving - some fantastically UN-BORING results in this one - hope it continues Will Mabon 20 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:29:02 Andrew @ 8,back in the distant past Uruguay were a big footballing team far above their size as a very small nation. Since that faded, they've mostly been very industrial in their approach to sportsmanship. Dale Self 21 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:35:29 I don't want to hex it but Japan v Croatia will be sublime. Will Mabon 22 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:38:07 Dale, along with Cameroon beating Brazil shortly... Dale Self 23 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:45:38 I have to watch that tonight. The replay o rama going on here in The States is good for the sport. Also gives me a chance to watch once completely emotionally and then I can go back and try to figure out tactics on the second view.Morocco v Spain might have some action, relations have eased recently but I think there was some friction. Jeff Armstrong 24 Posted 02/12/2022 at 17:50:42 MK #12, agreed, For all the pre-tournament hand-wringing it's been a decent World Cup so far, would be even better without the VAR, it's causing a few controversies but we'd still have them with no VAR... without the flawed system of 7 panel non-entity refs spoiling things. Michael Boardman 25 Posted 02/12/2022 at 19:08:07 Are we paying Andros Townsend while he moonlights for ITV? Shouldn't he be in the gym? Robert Tressell 26 Posted 02/12/2022 at 19:31:48 Brazil have some good players but compare this to the team with Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Cafu that knocked England out some years ago. All pretty average. This is the worst Cameroon side they've had in years. Not sure who the real stars at this World Cup are. Mbappe? Michael Boardman 27 Posted 02/12/2022 at 19:44:56 £85m Anthony - Brazil reserve and unproven in a proper league. £60m Richie, Brazil platinum name and proven, to a point, in England. Well done Everton :( Dennis Stevens 28 Posted 02/12/2022 at 20:03:52 Aye, Michael. His value will probably double if he wins the Golden Boot & Levy will consider cashing in whilst he can maximise his return on investment. Andy Meighan 29 Posted 02/12/2022 at 21:10:19 Got to say, England have nothing to fear from anyone. I honestly think we've got a great chance of going all the way. I wouldn't like Southgate as a manager, no way, but his record in tournament football for this country is second to one. Neil Lawson 30 Posted 02/12/2022 at 21:14:35 Isn't it terrific how we can get behind the teams playing the likes of Uruguay, Germany and Portugal etc with all their horribly overpaid prima donnas behaving like 5-year-olds and how exciting it can be?Isn't it astonishing just how dreadful the VAR can be, unless, of course, you are Japanese?And then on to England on Sunday, and we will all probably think we are back at Goodison... Don Alexander 31 Posted 02/12/2022 at 22:44:06 Michael (#12),I suspect it's an age thing. For way too long football has degenerated (to people in their sixth decade and older) into possession at all costs to the cost of enterprise and "zing". Paltry "shots-on-target" stats, which are commonplace, spell "mediocre football" at best.Yes, we all rave about the last minutes in a number of otherwise mundane matches once it became clear to those on the pitch that they MUST NOW score a goal in the very few minutes remaining after fannying about with "possession football" thereto, but trying to score is how it should be throughout the match."Game management" these days is the anthesis of entertaining, exciting football.So there! :) Paul Hewitt 32 Posted 02/12/2022 at 23:03:24 Michael @12. I wouldn't watch this World Cup if I was paid to. Not missed watching any football has been terrific. I haven't even missed the Premier League. Don Alexander 33 Posted 02/12/2022 at 23:16:18 Says it all Paul! Tony Hill 34 Posted 02/12/2022 at 00:00:53 Yes, I don't see that this has been a high-quality World Cup at all. There has been some decent stuff but the overall levels have been unremarkable and there is not a single outstanding team. Excitement has been largely the result of errors and some awful defending.That said, I can't remember the last international tournament I did enjoy so I'm in the ranks of the old and grumpy. Kieran Kinsella 35 Posted 03/12/2022 at 03:45:05 Tony Hill,I agree. The “stars†are has-beens who played in 2006, 2006, 2008, 2010. The lesser teams are improving but the old favourites have a dearth of talent – hence so many mid-30s “starsâ€. Mbappe is the only under-30 legit star. Mike Gaynes 36 Posted 03/12/2022 at 06:03:23 Kieran, have you seen Gakpo? Kudus? Vinicius? Foden? Musiala? Musah?Plenty of baby stars to enjoy. Danny O’Neill 37 Posted 03/12/2022 at 06:33:04 I've been impressed by Musiala and Kudus (the one that got away). Admired Foden since he came on the scene and think Pep managed him perfectly when there was the usual media clamour to play him every week.I didn't get to watch much yesterday, but reading the comments, it made me think that Uruguay has also had a reputation for being a dirty team. And biting. Mike Gaynes 38 Posted 03/12/2022 at 07:10:37 Danny, that goes back nearly a century to when they won the first WC, and they've always played that way. Robert Tressell 39 Posted 03/12/2022 at 09:58:30 Mike # 36, those players now need to take it to the next level. The top players know how to dominate a game from their position. Hopefully we can start to see some next level performances. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. 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