Summary and highlights of South Korea 2-2 Costa Rica in Friendly Match

Thank you all for joining us in this intense duel with an exciting ending, it has been a pleasure to be with all of you.

Son puts the 2-2 on the scoreboard after sending the ball into the corner after a free kick;

Costa Rica is down a player after the expulsion of goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado;
 

Son misses a one-on-one with goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado that could have been the equalizer;

Modification in South Korea Sang Ho Na enters in place of Chang Hoon Kwon 

South Korea had a chance to equalize through Ui Jo Hwang, but did not take advantage of the rebound and crashed the ball on the crossbar.

Jewison Bannette takes advantage of the loose ball to put Costa Rica ahead;

Another card is for Jong Gyu Yoon 

Now the yellow card goes to Junhg Woo Yung, the second yellow card for a South Korea player;

Yellow card to the scorer of Costa Rica's goal to Bennette for his hard tackle 
 

The players return to the field, with two changes for Costa Rica: Zamora and Wilson 

South Korea and Costa Rica play to a 1-1 draw for the moment

Son's corner kick is crossed by Jin Sun Kim, but his header goes high;

Jewison Bannette equalizes the match by beating the goalkeeper to make the score 1-1;

Gerson Torres scored, but the goal did not go up on the scoreboard as he was ahead of schedule and the referee ruled offside;

Jong Gyu Yoon  assists Hee Chan Hwang and sends the ball into the back of the net from the edge of the area 

Chang Hoon Kwon receives the first yellow card of the match;

Hee Chan Hwang's shot crashes into the body of the opposing defender 
 

Son tries, but the Tottenham player's shot goes over the goal;

South Korea gave a warning with a header by Ui Jo Hwang that did not find the goalkeeper;

The first possession of the match will be for the Costa Rican National Team;

The players are already on the field before the start of the match, the national anthems will be played.

South Korea is in Group H along with Uruguay, Ghana and Portugal, while Costa Rica is in Group E and will face Spain, Germany and Japan;

This is the starting roster for Costa Rica's match against South Korea.
 

Goalkeepers: Esteban Alvarado (Herediano), Aaron Cruz (Saprissa) and Patrick Sequeira (Lugo-ESP).

 Defenses: Francisco Calvo (Konyaspor-TUR), Óscar Duarte (Al Wehda-SAU), Kendall Waston (Saprissa), Juan Pablo Vargas (Millonarios-COL), Keysher Fuller (Herediano), Carlos Martínez (San Carlos) and Bryan Oviedo ( Real Salta Lake-USA).

 Midfielders: Celso Borges (Alajuelense), Daniel Chacón (Cartaginés), Roan Wilson (Municipal Grecia), Douglas López (Herediano), Bryan Ruiz (Alajuelense), Brandon Aguilera (Guanacasteca), Aarón Suárez (Alajuelense), Gerson Torres (Herediano) , Anthony Hernández (Puntarenas), Jewison Bennette (Sunderland-ENG), Álvaro Zamora (Saprissa), Orlando Galo (Herediano) and Carlos Mora (Alajuelense).

 Forwards: Joel Campbell (León-MEX), Anthony Contreras (Herediano) and Johan Venegas (Alajuelense).

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This is the time the match starts in several countries: 

Argentina: 6:00 AM

Bolivia: 5:00 AM

Brazil: 6:00 AM

Chile: 5:00 AM

Colombia: 4:00 AM

Ecuador: 4:00 AM

USA (ET): 7:00 AM

Spain: 1:00 PM

Mexico: 6:00 AM

Paraguay: 7:00 AM

Peru: 7:00 AM

Uruguay: 8:00 AM

Venezuela: 7:00 AM

England: 12:00 AM

Australia : 21:00 AM

India: 16:30 AM

After the absence of goalkeeper Keylor Navas in this call-up, the big star among others could be Bryan Ruiz, the 37-year-old experienced striker who currently plays for LD Alajuelense;

Heung Min-Son is the Korean star who plays for Tottenham Hotspur. The 29-year-old striker scored 23 goals and made seven assists in the last Premier League season in which he played 35 of 38 games and was the top scorer of the season. This player is the captain of the national team and has already scored three goals and one assist this season;

The Costa Rican national team qualified for the World Cup after beating New Zealand, the last time this team had played this tournament was in 2014. Prior to that, they played two CONCACAF matches in which they beat Martinique but were defeated by Panama. This team has only won once in the last 10 matches it has played.

The Asian team has qualified for the World Cup in Qatar, which starts in November. Precisely, their last qualifying matches were against Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Iran and United Arab Emirates. They achieved victories against four of these teams except for Iran, with whom they lost 1-0. Afterwards, they played several friendlies in which they beat Chile and Egypt, drew against Paraguay and were beaten by Brazil. Most recently they played the EAFF of Asia where they finished second with six points.

Nine meetings between these two national teams have resulted in four wins for South Korea, while Costa Rica has won three times. The other two encounters ended in draws. The last time they met was in 2018 in a friendly match that South Korea won 1-3. Four years earlier in another friendly match the winner on that occasion was Costa Rica.

South Korea and Costa Rica will meet in a friendly match.

South Korea and Costa Rica will meet in a friendly match.
 

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