The match will be played from 12:00 at the Education City stadium with television broadcast by TyC Sports and DirecTV and the arbitration of the Argentine Facundo Tello, accompanied by Ezequiel Brailovsky and Gabriel Chade, with the Colombian Nicolás Gallo in the VAR.
Portugal has not yet confirmed the presence of its top star, striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who trained differently before the game due to muscle fatigue, which prevented him from completing the 90 minutes against Uruguay.
CR7, captain of Portugal, who broke a record in this World Cup by scoring goals in the 5 World Cups he played, already has a replacement if he does not play against South Korea, and it is André Silva.
The presence of the left back Nuno Mendes, who had to retire last Monday in the match against Uruguay with a contracture that prevented him from being in training, is ruled out.
And neither will Danilo Pereira, victim of a fracture in three ribs that will leave him out of tomorrow’s game, with remote chances of being in the round of 16.
How to watch Portugal vs South Korea for the World Cup in Qatar
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Portugal qualified after the 2-0 win against Uruguay, as they added 6 points after beating Ghana 3-2 in their debut. At least they need a draw to ensure leadership and have a crossing that avoids Brazil.
South Korea, for its part, started the World Cup with a good 0-0 draw against Uruguay but could not sustain the level against Ghana, against whom after being at a disadvantage (0-2) they tied it but ended in a 3-defeat. two.
For this reason, the team led by the Portuguese Paulo Bento needs to win by a good number of goals to reach 4 points and hope that Uruguay -playing at the same time tomorrow- will beat Ghana by a minimum or failing that tie with few goals.
Those who go to the round of 16 of Group H will meet in that instance on Monday or Tuesday of next week at 4:00 p.m. with the members of Group G.
Formations Portugal vs South Korea for the World Cup in Qatar
South Korea: Kim Seung; Kim Jin-Su, Kim Young-Gwon, Kim Min-Jae, Moon Hwan Kim; Jung Woo-Young, In Beom Hwang; Heung Min Son, Jeon Woo Yeong, Kwon Chang Hoon, and Gue Sung Cho. DT: Paulo Bento.
Portugal: Diogo Costa; Raphael Guerreiro, Ruben Dias, Pepe, Joao Cancelo; Bruno Fernandes, William Carvalho, Ruben Neves; Joao Félix, Cristiano Ronaldo or André Silva and Bernardo Silva. DT: Fernando Santos.
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
Stadium: Education City
Start time: 12.00
TV: TyC Sports and DirecTV.
Source: Ambito
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