South Korea vs Germany LIVE World Cup 2018: World champions out - latest reaction from Kazan
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.
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
Could we be in for another upset?
Stay with us as we bring you all the build up and action from the games, they both kick off at 7pm
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
The IndependentReigning world champions Germany have crashed out of the World Cup 2018 after losing to South Korea while Sweden beat Mexico in the other game in Group F. Joachim Low's side, who triumphed four years ago in Brazil and came to Russia as one of the favourites to retain their title, lost 0-2 with Korea in Kazan, knowing they had to better Sweden's result in Ekaterinburg to qualify for the last 16. More follows…
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!
96 mins: SOUTH KOREA 2 - 0 GERMANY - Son Heung-Min
Son has sealed Germany's fate, Neuer has come out of the goal into mid-field but he's dispossessed by Ju Se-Jong who knocks it long to Son, and with an open goal he finishes off Germany and sends them home
92 mins: SOUTH KOREA 1 - 0 GERMANY - Kim Young-Sun
SOUTH KOREA have knocked Germany out of the World Cup, the ball came into the box, it hit Kroos and rebounded off Sule, Kim was there and he puts the ball into the net
Corner for South Korea, Germany are really open at the back now but Sule blocks and shot and gives away a corner, the corner is poor but the ball comes in Kim Young-sun scores but is he offside?!
Oh Germany! That was the chance Hummels should've scored, he was free in the box when the ball came in from Ozil but his header was mistimed and it hits his shoulder and goes wide
Mexico almost had one back, the ball comes in across goal to Hernandez on the far post, he fires it back across goal and it gets a deflection up to Vela who just needed to head it towards goal but he missed it
Korea are getting more chances now Germany are advancing more, Lee Jae-sung leads the charge out of Korea's area and finds Son will a long ball, but he pulls his shot a drags it wide
GOAL! That's game over for Mexico, the ball comes in to the area for Sweden Thelin flicks the ball on and Alvarez misses the ball as he tries to clear it, it ricochets off his standing leg and goes into the net
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.
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