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Welcome to The Athletic's live blog for this game between South Korea and Ghana.
Both are looking for their first win, with South Korea drawing 0-0 against Uruguay last Thursday, and Ghana losing 3-2 to Portugal.
Both Uruguay and Portugal are highly fancied, and so both teams need a win to keep their hopes of the knock-out stages alive.
South Korea: Seung-Gyu Kim, Moon-Hwan Kim, Min-Jae Kim, Young-Gwon Kim, Jin-Su Kim, In-Beom Hwang, Jung, Chang-Hoon Kwon, Jeong, Heung-Min Son, Gue-Sung Cho.
Ghana: Ati-Zigi, Lamptey, Amartey, Salisu, Mensah, Partey, Abdul Samed, Kudus, Andre Ayew, Williams, Jordan Ayew.
(Photo: Visionhaus/Getty Images)
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Here's a big stat for you all – Ghana (5 scored, 5 conceded) are the first nation in 40 years to have both scored and conceded at least five goals after their opening two matches of a specific World Cup. Insane!
You can catch all the highlights of the match over on BBC Sport (in the UK) or FOX Sports (In the US).
I asked for goals. This game did not disappoint.
Ghana the entertainers.
I really can't believe they didn't let Korea take that corner.
How big will this goal from Mohammed Kudus prove to be in this group.
Big game between Portugal and Uruguay later today.
It is set up for a tasty final set of fixtures.
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The obvious choice would be the match winner Mohammed Kudus...
...but I think I’m going to South Korea’s Cho Gue-Sung. He single-handedly kept his side in the game, scored twice and did everything possible to try and find another equaliser. He didn't deserve to be on the losing side.
Mohammed Salisu also deserves a mention. Terrific performance from him.
The South Koreans aren't happy as Anthony Taylor blows for full time just after South Korea had won a corner.
Paulo Bento is furious and is given a red card as he confronts Taylor following the final whistle.
What a game though.
Back and forth all the way through.
Huge win for Ghana. Mohammed Kudus the match winner.
Lee Kang-In goes for glory after a spell of pressure from South Korea. He's 20 yards out. Tries to curl it into the corner.
It is high, wide and not very handsome.
Cho Gue-Sung was trying his best to get on the end of a header back across the face of the Ghana goal but Zigi is there to get a hand to it before the South Korean striker.
Anthony Taylor did blow for a foul just after, which looked like it was on Cho for his attempts to get to the ball.
Cho Gue-Sung's eyes lit up for a second thinking of a potential hat-trick
A tough angle but his strike towards the near post is a good one.
Not good enough though and Zigi parries it away.
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Napoli's Kim Min-Jae limps off and is replaced by Kwon Kyung-Won.
I'm not sure how he has lasted this long. Brave effort from the defender.
Just the ten minutes added on so time for South Korea to fashion some more chances.
Son thought he had managed to open up some space with a quality body feint and quick feet but his shot was blocked by the Ghanaian wall which is defending their goal.
Gideon Mensah is unable to continue and is replaced by Baba Rahman
Kim Jin-Su fires high and wide from a really tough angle.
The ball came to him after a Son air shot.
They need their main man to step up to try and help them get a point.
Unfortunately the Mohammed Kudus fun is over for today.
He has been replaced by Alexander Dijku.
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Mohammed Kudus is showing why he is a star in the making.
It's fair to say Ghana enjoyed that goal.
Will it be the winner?
Ghana with the quadruple chance.
Kamaldeen Sulemare, Denis Odoi, Daniel Kofi-Kyereh are on
The Ayew brothers and Tariq Lamptey are off
Kim Young-Gwon picked up a booking just before that for South Korea.
They also make a change as Hwang Ui-Jo replacedJung Woo-Young.
I think that's all the admin done.
Goodness me, what a game.
There's Kim Jin-Su, arriving at the back post to meet a cross.
He goes for placement which his finish, but it allows Mohammed Salisu to recover and clear the shot off the line with Zigi beaten.