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.
FULL TIME: SOUTH KOREA 2 - 0 GERMANY
Germany are out of the World Cup, after nearly 8 minutes of injury, they've been beaten by a dogged South Korean side
What a game! Germany threw everything at South Korea but two late goals from the Asian team sank the World Cup holders and knocked them out of the tournament!
Mexico and Sweden slugged it out in Ekaterinburg, with the Europeans coming out victorious 3-0, but they're both through to the last 16 after South Korea shocked Germany in Kazan
What scenes today in Kazan as Germany were eliminated from the World Cup, we've got two games left for you today Switzerland take on Costa Rica, and Serbia face Brazil
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