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South Korea’s women’s soccer team dropped to the bottom of their second straight group at the FIFA Women’s World Cup after a shock loss to underdog Morocco. Their final opponent, top-ranked Germany, lost to Colombia, creating a needle-in-a-haystack situation, but it’s likely to be a three-day “torture of hope.

Colin Bell’s (England) side were unable to overcome a goal conceded by Yvette Sam Zaidi in the sixth minute of the first half to lose 1-0 in their second Group H match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Adelaide, Australia, on Tuesday. With two losses and no points, they are last in the group.

Morocco is the first Arab nation to qualify for the Women’s World Cup. They are ranked 72nd in the FIFA rankings, well below South Korea at 17th. Even before the tournament began, South Korea were favored to win, but they were unable to recover from a goal in the sixth minute of the first half and fell victim to Morocco’s first goal and first win of the tournament.

The disappointment was compounded by the vague expectation that the team could go to the round of 16, let alone the quarterfinals, without a complete generation change. The Korean Football Association, as well as many media outlets, hype the women’s national team’s goal of reaching the quarterfinals. But when the lid was lifted, the barriers were high.

“There are good times and bad times in soccer, but this is one of the worst situations I’ve ever experienced,” Bell said. “At one point, the German men’s national team went through a difficult period and changed the system. Korean women’s soccer, which is in a similar situation, needs to change its system, personnel and players.”

South Korea failed to score a goal in two consecutive matches, losing 0-2 in the first game against Colombia and then 0-1 against Morocco. In particular, South Korea lacked decisiveness in the Morocco game, where they attempted 14 shots, but none of them were on target.

Continuing an unwelcome trend of conceding an early goal in all 12 of their matches since their first match in 2003, regardless of whether they won or lost, South Korea’s women’s soccer team is now 1-1-1 in their World Cup history. It’s been six straight defeats since the 2015 group stage against France.

Advancing to the round of 16, let alone the coveted quarterfinals, was now virtually as difficult as getting a camel through the eye of a needle. In the other Group H match, Colombia beat Germany 2-1 to top the group, leaving South Korea to hope for a “miracle” in their final group game against Germany on March 3.

If South Korea beats Germany and Morocco loses to Colombia at the same time, South Korea, Germany, and Morocco will be tied for first place with two points. 먹튀검증 The tiebreaker would be goal differential, which is currently +5 for Germany, -5 for Morocco, and -3 for South Korea.

If South Korea beat Germany by four goals, their goal differential would be equalized at +1, but since Germany currently leads South Korea 7-0 in the next metric, goal differential, they would need a five-goal win to move into second place. Realistically, however, a five-goal victory over FIFA’s No. 1 ranked team is unlikely.