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GROUP H

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1PM

URUGUAY (0) 0

SOUTH KOREA (0) 0

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan Att: 41,663 Ref: Turpin (Fra)

URUGUAY Rochet; Caceres, Godin, Gimenez, Olivera (Vina 79); Valverde, Bentancur, Vecino (De la Cruz 78); Pellistri (Varela 88), Suarez (Cavani 64), Nunez.

Caceres

SOUTH KOREA Kim Seung-gyu; Kim Moon-hwan, Kim Min-jae, Kim Young-gwon, Kim Jin-su; Hwang In-beom, Jung Woo-young; Na Sang-ho (Lee Kang-in 75), Lee Jae-sung (Son Jun-ho 75), Son Heung-min; Hwang Ui-jo (Cho Gue-sung 75).

Cho Gue-sung

KOREA AND URUGUAY ENDS IN STALEMATE

Underdogs South Korea asserted themselves in the early stages with Na Sang-ho looking bright down the right. Having helped repel the Asian outfit’s advances, Jose Maria Gimenez took a key role in moving Uruguay forward, playing sweeping passes that found Federico Valverde and Facundo Pellistri in dangerous positions. The teams had one big chance apiece before the break, but Hwang Ui-jo skied his

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