Korea coach shoulders blame for World Cup loss to South Africa

South Korea’s crumbling World Cup campaign has been left dangling by a thread following an insipid 1-0 defeat by deserving South Africa, on a night when Hong Myung-bo excluded Son Heung-min from his starting line-up.

Bafana Bafana, playing at the tournament for the first time since South Africa hosted it in 2010, were widely written off after their 2-0 loss to Group A winners Mexico.

Prior to the match, BTS's V cheered on the team, and their song Fire played at the stadium

Maseko scores the winner in the 63rd minute to lift South Africa to four points.