The Bafana Bafana of South Africa have secured their place in the round of 32 of the ongoing World Cup after beating South Korea 1-0 in their final Group A match on Thursday morning.
Thapelo Maseko provided the game’s only goal with a strike in the 63rd minute, which ended up being enough to see them finish as runners-up in the group.
South Korea finished third with three points from one win, and will need results elsewhere to go their way in order to reach the last 32.
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In the other game of Group A, co-hosts Mexico secured their third win in three matches as they maintain a 100% winning record in the group stages.
Mexico had beaten South Africa 2-0 in the opener, and gone on to beat South Korea before thrashing Czech Republic 3-0 to top Group A.
Mateo Chavez, Julian Quinones and Alvaro Fidalgo scored Mexico’s goals to eliminate Czech Republic, who finished bottom of the group with one point, from the tournament.
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