South Korea, led by Tottenham striker Son Heungmin, created a couple of counterattack opportunities, but all of them ended up fruitless.

After switching sides, the desperate South Koreans tried to equalise the game by giving all they had. However another goal of Mexico almost devastated their hope as Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez doubled the lead for Mexico in an efficient counterattack.

Son shined eventually in the injury time, when he turned a long strike from outside of the box into a gorgeous goal, when the ball curled past the Mexico goal keeper Guillermo Ochoa's hands.

"We devoted more attention in today's match with South Korea than the one against Germany, the players played very well today, and the way of playing was very Mexican, so it's a well deserved victory, despite the fact that we gave our opponents opportunities and conceded a goal, " said Mexico coach Osorio Juan Carlos at the post-match press conference.

"We are very happy about the victory, but now, back to work, we have to plan for the next match," the Colombian added.

"Our players played a game they will not regret, I'm really grateful that they did their best until the last minute," South Korean coach Shin Taeyong said.

"We have some good players, but I think maybe the lack of experience which we need to accumulate in the future, is our weak point, " he added.

Shin questioned whether the VAR should be used in a wider range, as there might be a foul before the second goal his team conceded. "We have to make a decision when the VAR should be used, " he said.

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