There were surprises in Group H, with Germany drawing 1-1 with South Korea and Morocco beating group leaders Colombia 1-0 to finish second.
After the opening whistle, the match took a surprising turn when Korea - the underdog - took the initiative.
The Asian representative even opened the score in the 6th minute. Lee Young Ju had a smart pass that created conditions for Cho So Hyun to accelerate and finish off the opposing goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation.
The Korean team surprisingly opened the score against the German team.
Conceding an early goal, the German team quickly regained their composure and took control of the game. However, the "tanks" had to wait until the 42nd minute to equalize. From a cross from the right wing, Alexandra Popp jumped high and headed the ball past the Korean goalkeeper.
Alexandra Popp equalizes 1-1 for Germany
Entering the second half, the game was completely tilted towards the German women's team. However, on the other side of the front line, the Korean defense had a very focused and tight match day, making the German team's attacks unable to create any waves.
In the final minutes of extra time, Germany appeared quite confused and received a yellow card when fouling the opponent near the penalty area and the opponent was awarded a free kick but did not create any surprises. At the end of 90 minutes of play and 15 minutes of extra time, the two teams tied 1-1 and were both eliminated from the group stage.
Germany stunned after being eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup for the first time in history
In the match at the same time, the team at the top of the table, Colombia (defeating Germany and South Korea), unexpectedly stumbled against Morocco with a score of 0-1. This made the 72nd ranked team in the world rise to 2nd place with 6 points and made a miracle in their first participation in the tournament and entered the round of 16.
The whole Moroccan team burst into tears when they learned the result of the match between Germany and South Korea, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Previously, Morocco was also the team that made Korea taste bitter fruit when defeating the Asian representative with a close score of 1-0.
Morocco team makes miracle in first time participating in tournament
With the above two results, the German team was eliminated early from the Women's World Cup for the first time in history since first participating in the tournament in 1991. Meanwhile, Colombia and Morocco ranked first and second in Group H respectively and won the last two tickets to the round of 16.
The remaining teams are Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, Norway, USA, Australia, Denmark, France, England, Nigeria and Jamaica, making up the remaining 14 teams in the round of 16.
The schedule and matches of the round of 16 are as follows: August 5: Switzerland - Spain, Japan - Norway; August 6: Netherlands - South Africa, USA - Sweden; August 7: England - Nigeria, Australia - Denmark and August 8: Colombia - Jamaica, France - Morocco.
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