Monday's games at the 2022 FIFA World Cup certainly have not disappointed so far, to say the least.
Earlier in the day, Cameroon battled to a deserved point as they clawed their way from 3-1 down to draw Serbia 3-3.
And then, Ghana took on South Korea in a game that kept fans and neutrals on their seats. The Black Stars took a 2-0 lead, only to nearly throw it all away as Korea came roaring back in the second half and took advantage of some shoddy defending to score two goals.
However, the West African nation still had something in store, as they grabbed a third goal to pick up a much needed win and keep their qualification hopes for the round of 16 alive.
Not surprisingly, the five goal thriller set multiple records in the process, as we can see from these stats below:
2 - At 22 years and 118 days old, Mohammed Kudus is the second youngest African player to score two goals in a World Cup match, after Ahmed Musa (21y 254d) for Nigeria against Argentina in 2014. Kudos. pic.twitter.com/4xkKDkJQLH
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 28, 2022
1 - Mohammed Salisu has become the first defender to score for Ghana in World Cup history. New. pic.twitter.com/UutAfwpRXe
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) November 28, 2022
1 - Mohammed Salisu has become the first defender to score for Ghana in World Cup history. New. pic.twitter.com/UutAfwpRXe
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) November 28, 2022
Meanwhile, although South Korea were on the wrong end of the 3-2 score-line, they also set a record of their own:
2 - Cho Gue-Sung is the first Korea Republic player to score more than once in a World Cup game, while he is the first Asian player to score two headers in a World Cup game. Brace. pic.twitter.com/BRMakzLq4f
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 28, 2022
Both teams will be in action in a few days time, with Ghana facing Uruguay in what should be a very intriguing match as they will reunite after the controversial 2010 World Cup meeting, while South Korea will hope to turn things around as they take on Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal.