the meeting It was even in every way in the first halfwith almost the same amount of passes and shots, but the Uruguayan team overtook the Korean in the second half.
Losing possession in the first half (42% against 45%), Uruguay went on to have 47% of the possession in the match against the Korean 37%with a 16% of the time with the ball in disputeaccording to FIFA official statistics.
The team fired 10 shots, but despite the fact that 2 balls hit the post, FIFA does not take them as a shot on goalso the official statistics show that Uruguay did not have a single shot inside the three sticks. In any case, Korea did not surpass the sky blue: six shots, none on target.
Uruguay made 100 more passes than Korea, with 526 against 426, and completed 465 against 345 that arrived at the destination of the Asians.
When it comes to crosses, the national team attempted fewer crosses than Korea, 22 a 23but it was much more effective: half of the Uruguayan centers reached their destination, while the Koreans only completed 6.
Korea made more fouls, 10, against the 6 Uruguayans. In cards it was even: one for each side (Martín Cáceres for Uruguay and Cho Sue-sung for Korea).
