South Korea vs Germany LIVE World Cup 2018: World champions out - latest reaction from Kazan
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Your support makes all the difference.Both Germany and South Korea will need to win here to secure their place in the round of 16. Although the defending World Cup champions currently sit in second place in Group F they are still at risk of not making it through to the knockout stage.
Bottom of the group South Korea will need to win this game and hope that Sweden lose to Mexico to be in with a chance of qualifying for the next stage of the tournament.
Last week Germany got a goal five minutes into injury time that lead to them beating Sweden 2-1. Germany will be without defender Jérôme Boateng after he received a second yellow card for a challenge on Swedish striker Marcus Berg. Sebastian Rudy is also expected to miss Wednesday’s game after having suffered a broken nose against Sweden.
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What time is it?
South Korea vs Germany kicks off at 15:00 at the Kazan Arena.
Where can I watch it?
Live coverage is available on BBC One and online via the BBC Sport website.
Odds
South Korea: 16/1
Germany: 1/6
Draw: 6/1
Prediction
Germany are heavy favourites to win this matchup but they are missing a few key players. South Korea have an uphill battle as they would need to win by at least 2 goals in order to make it through to the next round.
22 mins: SOUTH KOREA 0 - 0 GERMANY
Yellow card for Lee Jae-sung, Korea have been very physical in mid-field and they've given away quite a few fouls so far, the referee rules that's one too many and Lee Jae-sung is punished for it
26 mins: MEXICO 0 - 0 SWEDEN
Yellow card for Larsson, he'll be banned from the last 16 if Sweden make it through, but he made a high challenge on Hernandez and gave away a free kick
28 mins: SOUTH KOREA 0 - 0 GERMANY
Germany run the ball into Korea's box and Ozil passes it out wide finding Werner who fires a quick cross across goal and it's headed out for a corner
28 mins: MEXICO 0 - 0 SWEDEN
Referee Néstor Pitana is called over to the VAR TV screen for a possible penalty against Javier Hernandez but he stays with his decision. The resulting corner comes in form Sweden and Lusitg gets the ball, whips it back into the area and Berg force the save from Ochoa
35 mins: SOUTH KOREA 0 - 0 GERMANY
Korea defending well against Germany, the European side press high up the pitch looking for a gap in the defence but Korea hold firm and Germany give the ball away
38 mins: SOUTH KOREA 0 - 0 GERMANY
Mistake at the back form Kim Young-Gwon, who gives the ball away to Werner, he links it up Ozil and it's back with Werner in the box, he shoots! But it's deflected away for a corner
42 mins: SOUTH KOREA 0 - 0 GERMANY
Werner hits the post for Germany but there's an offside given against Hector in the build up, he received the ball in the Korean's box but controlled it poorly and gave away a free kick while sprawled on the ground
45+1 mins: SOUTH KOREA 0 - 0 GERMANY
Chance for Ozil, het gets the ball on the edge of Korea's box, hits it with his left but the sheer number of bodies blocks the shot
45+1 mins: MEXICO 0 - 0 SWEDEN
Sweden break away just before half-time, Berg gets the ball and runs it towards goal, he moves it onto his left and tries to feed the ball into the net on the near post but it hits the side netting
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