South Korea in shock? Stabbed four times in two days! Their third-place ranking dropped to seventh, with qualification probability falling to 50%.

The same match saw Senegal dominate Iraq 5-0, earning their first victory and preserving a chance to advance. For South Korea, still waiting to know their own destiny, this outcome was yet another devastating setback.

On yesterday's match day, South Korea received a series of bad news: Ecuador stunned Germany with a comeback win, Sweden held Japan to a 1-1 draw, and Paraguay and Australia played out a goalless draw. This allowed Ecuador, Sweden, and Paraguay to surpass South Korea in the race for the third-place spot in their respective groups.

For this particular match, South Korea had hoped that Senegal would not beat Iraq by two or more goals, or that Iraq would not defeat Senegal by five or more goals, so that they could stay ahead of the third-place team in that group.

However, after Iraq had a player sent off in the 13th minute, Senegal went all out. Leading only 1-0 at halftime, they scored four goals in the second half, eventually securing a resounding 5-0 victory.

With this win, Senegal moved up to fifth among the 12 third-place teams with 3 points and a goal difference of +2. Meanwhile, South Korea, also on 3 points but with a goal difference of -1, slipped one more spot to seventh, now on the brink of elimination.

According to calculations by a major foreign media outlet's AI model, South Korea's qualification probability has fallen to 50%. This marks the fourth time in two days that their chances have decreased.

Of course, South Korea still holds a faint hope. In the upcoming final matches of the remaining two groups, they can only rely on Spain and Egypt to beat Uruguay and Iran respectively. If that happens, South Korea would be guaranteed to finish ahead of the third-place teams from those two groups, keeping their slim qualification hopes alive.