Son Heung-min and his South Korea teammates faced an agonising wait to discover their World Cup destiny after their dramatic win over Portugal. Needing to beat their opponents to stand any chance of progressing through to the final 16 of the competition, they did just that in the most incredible of endings.
Trailing 1-0 after five minutes until Kim Young-gwon restored parity in the 27th minute, Wolves forward Hwang Hee-chan turned the game on its head in stoppage time to spark wild scenes. Son was at the heart of the winning goal as he picked up the ball outside his own box, progressed forward to the edge of the Portuguese area and then calmly played in his teammate despite having very little space to operate.
Leapfrogging Uruguay in the standings and taking second place behind group winners Portugal, Son and the South Korea team had a nervous wait on the pitch with still another six minutes to go in the contest between Uruguay and Ghana. In a huddle in the centre circle as some of the team watched the action unfold on a phone, South Korea knew that another Uruguay goal would knock them out of the competition.
