South Korea stun Portugal, Suarez’s tears & USA vs Netherlands preview

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Premier League, Sports, Champions League, World Cup, Soccer,

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🗓️ 3 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Host Adam Leventhal is joined by Athletic writers Jay Harris and Paul Tenorio to discuss the drama on the final day of the group stages and also look ahead to the USA’s huge knockout clash against Netherlands.

South Korea scored a late, late goal to beat Portugal and seal their place in the Round of 16 ahead of Uruguay, leaving Luis Suarez in tears.

In the other group, Switzerland edged a five-goal thriller against Serbia to progress, while Brazil topped Group G, despite their 1-0 loss to Cameroon.

We also hear from Michael Cox, who gives his thoughts on South Korea’s win, and Cameroonian journalist Francis Ajumane discusses Cameroon becoming the first African team to beat Brazil in a World Cup match.

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:04.0	So today sees the start of the last 16 at the 2022 World Cup here in Qatar, straight knockout football from here on in.
0:12.6	The group stages finished yesterday and there was yet more drama.
0:16.2	The big story saw South Korea progressing at the expense of Uruguay, leaving Louis Suarez in floods and floods and floods of tears.
0:25.3	I'm Adam Leventhal and this is the Athletic Football Podcast.
0:46.7	And they're out, the tears flow for Lewis Suarez, the end of his World Cup career.
0:59.7	And look at the fury, the yellow cards are being shown like confetti here at the Uruguayan players who are exiting the World Cup finals in anger and fury.
1:10.7	So this episode is brought to you from the Sukwakif, which is the main marketplace here in Doha.
1:19.9	It's based on an old souk, but it is actually a recreation in Qatari style.
1:30.2	Interconnected streets of markets selling souvenirs and spices and juice bars. There's cafes. We're sat in a cafe right now.
1:37.9	There's Shisha on the go. If you're not familiar with Shisha, it is flavoured tobacco, like supercharged vaping in the air. And it is quite powerful powerful but it is at the same time quite sweet
1:45.7	sweet smelling not good for you all the same but hey ho so we are here um with jay harris
1:52.1	jay very good morning morning to you and paultonoreo it's nice being out here isn't it it is quite
1:59.2	nice actually we're in the We're in the shade.
2:01.5	That makes it a lot nicer.
2:03.2	And, you know, sounds of the morning to prepare for the knockouts of the evening.
2:07.4	Yeah, absolutely.
2:08.4	And it is a different scene in the morning here than it is in the evening.
2:13.3	And it's been fascinating to be here during the tournament in the evening when all the fans,
2:19.5	especially during the group stages, fans of all persuasions, mixing and gathering and chatting,
2:27.0	celebrating, it's been quite a buzzy place, isn't it?
2:31.1	Yeah, definitely. I've got to say, I really like the smell of the shisha, so it's definitely giving me a nice aroma. Yeah, absolutely. But I was walking through the souk a couple of days ago and kind of like ran into some Spain fans, just banging a drum, and then they started grabbing some Brazil fans who got into the mix. And that's kind of what World Cups are about, like kind of clash of cultures, people meeting each other for the first time, sharing stories so uh i've quite love walking through this little section it is a unique thing to have so
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