New Delhi: In the last match of the FIFA World Cup 2022, Uruguay locked horns against South Korea, and the game ended 0-0. On Thursday.
Facts about Uruguay - South Korea clash:
1. At the age of 36 years and 281 days, Diego Godín became the oldest player to appear for Uruguay in a World Cup match. This was his 15th start in the competition; the most of any outfield player for Uruguay at the World Cup.
2. There was only one shot on target in this match (by Uruguay), despite the two teams amassing 17 shots between them – since 1966 (when this data is available), only Denmark v Scotland in 1986 has featured more total shots (27) with only one of them being on target.
3. Uruguay have gone 465 minutes since they last conceded a goal in the group stage of the World Cup, with this being their fifth such consecutive clean sheet – indeed, Wayne Rooney was the last player to net against them in a group stage match (for England in June 2014).
4. Among teams who have played 50+ games at the World Cup, only England (16%) have a higher share of goalless draws in the tournament than Uruguay (14% - 8/57).
5. Korean Republic have kept consecutive clean sheets at the World Cup for the first time, having won 2-0 against Germany in their previous match in 2018. They are also unbeaten in consecutive games in the tournament for the first time since 2006 (2-1 v Togo and 1-1 v France).
6. Uruguay have only lost their opening game of a World Cup tournament in three of their 14 appearances (W6 D5), while three of the last six have been goalless draws (1990, 2010 and 2022).
7. Eight different sides have now drawn their opening game of the 2022 World Cup 0-0 (Denmark, Tunisia, Mexico, Poland, Morocco, Croatia, Uruguay, Korea Republic), which is already the most ever in a single edition of the tournament.