World Cup 2018: Three reasons why South Korea beat Germany 2-0

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#3 Hyun-Woo Cho was unbeatable

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Hyun outclassed Neuer; in front of Neuer

There was no stopping this keeper. One could run out of adjectives to describe the level of his performance. Surely, each and every Germany fan along with Mats Hummels would remember his name for a long long time.

A few months back, he wasn’t even in contention to guard goal for his country. Hyun did not appear in the qualifying matches, but today, he just displayed sheer confidence and brutal mentality to deny Germany from getting past his brilliant presence between the sticks.

He made seven outstanding saves, each one better than the other. The best of the lot came when Goretzka found himself free in the box and guided a fantastic header most certain to land in the back of the net, only to be denied by this flying shot-stopper.

He also thwarted away Hummels’, Gomez’s and Werner’s efforts to keep his clean sheet intact.

When a goalkeeper in this kind of touch, it takes something more than special to stop him.


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