Although Uruguay won, they failed to advance to the next round with a dramatic goal difference. Had they scored one more goal, they would have been promoted to the next round. Speaking for South Korea, they fought with all their might against Portugal. The assist in the goal scored in the extra time was enormous. South Korea deserved it. Although their opponents will be tough in the next round, at least they have a chance.
South Korea... the game reminds me a little at the game Japan vs Spain. It was similar and at the end the favorite loses and is still in the round of the last 16. Maybe it will be the same today with Cameroon against Brazil? Then you can almost say the favorite feels very safe. If this is sure, then the chance to lose is maybe higher. But Brazil will not happen, they are one of the 3 teams that can win the tournament this year.
The struggle of the ginseng country players really deserves a thumbs up, they fought until the final minute of the match, and it was one goal in extra time that brought them to win this match as well as making them the country that passed the group phase. Asian countries in the World Cup this time are very surprising, especially those shown by South Korea and Japan. South Korea qualified in such a dramatic way that perhaps it came as a surprise to Uruguay who had the better paper advantage in their last game.
In the next match and will be the last match in this group stage, we will see matches between Brazil vs Cameroon and Switzerland vs Serbia. This will also be a thrilling match because the 3 countries will still be fighting over the runner up position in the standings.
Yes, on paper the favorite team will at least be safe but in reality, when the unseeded teams play the decisive match, at least they will also provide strong resistance. Say like Japan and South Korea, basically these two teams in the last match really weren't considered to win, but even so, at least there were still considerations about a draw.
But what happened was that Japan and South Korea actually won and made them qualify for the next round, especially about Japan who thought Japan would win Group E above Spain and Germany.
So, even though for example Brazil will only play against South Korea in the knockout round, at this moment I think Brazil is still not completely safe. Because it is possible that South Korea can still play well and be able to give another surprise at this World Cup and because of that, there is still no team in a safe position in this competition.
Also regarding, Ghana who previously played well and Uruguay did not play well, but in the last match their performance was something like the other way around even though both failed to qualify. But at least this also proves that it is difficult to keep these favorite teams safe with the opponents they will face.