South Africa 1-0 South Korea Highlights, FIFA World Cup 2026: Bafana Bafana Seal Historic Knockout Spot

Greetings, we are back with our FIFA World Cup 2026 live blog as South Africa and South Korea face-off in the Group A finale. The action is about to begin, so stay tuned for all the live updates from Estadio Azteca.

Competition: FIFA World Cup 2026™

Stage: Group Stage (Group A)

Kickoff Time: 7:00 PM local time (Monterrey, Mexico) / 6:30 AM IST (June 25)

Venue: Monterrey Stadium, Monterrey, Mexico

Main Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Assistant Referees: Juan Pablo Bellati (Argentina) and Gabriel Chade (Argentina)

Fourth Official: Andrés Rojas (Colombia)

Reserve Assistant Referee: Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)

The FIFA World Cup 2026 will be telecast live on Unite8 Sports network on television. For live streaming, one can catch the action on the Zee5 app and website.

South Africa XI: Williams, Modiba, Mbokazi, Mudau, Okon, Mbatha, Sithole, Appollis, Mofokeng, Maseko, Makgopa

South Korea XI: S. Kim, H. Lee, M. Kim, T. Lee, Seol, G. Lee, I. Hwang, S. Paik, H. Hwang, K. Lee, H. Oh

The pre-match rituals are done and the match is underway with referee's whistle. South Korea starts the match.

That was a close miss! South Korea's Kang-In Lee gets a cross inside the D and creates some space to fire in a shot but the ball goes wide of the right post and goes out of play. Bafana Bafana get a goal kick.

Thapelo Maseko was in a promising position as he receives an accurate pass. He subsequently fires in the ball hits of the opposition play and the ball gets out of play and Bafana Bafana get a corner.

Evidence Makgopa latches onto the rebound inside the box and fires a powerful effort towards the centre of goal, but Seung-Gyu Kim reacts brilliantly to pull off a superb save. A huge stop and a massive missed chance.

South Africa's Thapelo Maseko gets past the defender on the sidelines of the box and then bends in an effort at goal, however the shot was poor and the ball goes high over the post. South Africa get a goal kick.

That's the halftime whistle and both set of players are now heading to their respective locker rooms for the break. The deadlock persists and the score line stays at 0-0.

The players are back in the field for the final half of the match and the referee blows the whistle to get things underway. Both teams will be desperate to get themselves on the score board as deadlock persists.

In the other group match at the Estadio Azteca, Mexico gets a 1-0 lead against South Africa as Mateo Garcia fires in a goal from into the bottom left corner. Check out the live score and play-by-play updates of the match here.

Goaaallll...! Tshepang Moremi plays an important role in the build-up as he squares the ball to Thapelo Maseko, who in turn gets past Seung-Gyu Kim with a beautiful shot into the bottom right corner, to get Bafana Bafana 1-0 ahead in the game.

Young-Woo Seol tries his luck from distance, but his effort sails comfortably over the crossbar. South Africa will restart with a goal kick.

That's the final whistle and with it the stoppage time comes to an end. South Africa continued their spirited run in the tournament with a 1-0 win against South Korea. The Bafana Bafana create history as they move to the second round of FIFA World Cup for the first time.

That's a wrap! That's a wrap from our end, we'll be back soon with another blog, until then, bye bye.