In the early morning of April 2, Beijing time, the group draw ceremony of the 2022 World Cup was held in Doha, Qatar. All the groupings of the World Cup's top 32 have also officially revealed the answer. In the closely watched H group, the Portuguese men's football team led by C Ronaldo will be divided with Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea.
Portugal's feud with Uruguay does not need to be elaborated, and Portugal of Ronaldo in the last World Cup 1/8 knockout round was blocked by Uruguay. This group is more interesting is the matchup between the Portuguese and South Korean men's football teams, which is the second time that the two teams have met in the World Cup after 20 years, and the second time in the history of the World Cup between the two sides.
I believe that Chinese fans still remember the game 20 years ago. At the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, Portugal was grouped with the United States, South Korea and Poland. With a 2-3 defeat to the United States in the first round and a big win over Poland in the second round, Portugal had to beat South Korea in the final round of the group stage to have a chance to qualify.
But in the 27th minute, Portugal suffered a blow, with João Pinto sent off by the referee. In the 65th minute, Beto also left the field because of two yellows and one red. The Portuguese men's team had to face a 9-11 situation. The Portuguese men's soccer team, which was ultimately numerically inferior, was scored the winning goal by Park Ji-sung in the 70th minute. The "golden generation" led by Figo and Rui Costa also lost the best opportunity to impact the World Cup title.
In that match, the Argentine referee's penalty was obviously debatable, and then South Korea eliminated Italy and Spain in succession, which confirmed that the world cup host was indeed greatly taken care of by the referee. And this time after a gap of 20 years in the World Cup again, the two sides have long been human, the leaders of the two teams have also changed from Figo, Park Ji-sung to C Ronaldo and Son Heung-min. Whether the new "golden generation" of Portugal led by C Ronaldo can avenge its predecessors is worth paying attention to.