World Cup 2018: South Korea v Mexico – live updates!

73 min: Mexican substitution: Hirving Lozano off for Jesus Corona.

72 min: Lee Seung-woo is booked for a foul on Miguel Layun.

69 min: Mexico substitution: Rafael Marquez on for Andres Guardado. Fun fact: at his fifth World Cup, the Mexican skipper is currently blacklisted by the US Treasury as he’s suspected of laundering money for a Mexican drugs cartel.

67 min: Mexico broke with a three-on-three and Lozano on the ball. He had two options and chose to pass to Hernandez on his left. Hernandez shaped to shoot with his left foot, before checking inside as a fully committed Jang slid past him. Hernandez then had the relatively straightforward task of slotting the ball past Cho from about six yards.

64 min: South Korea substitution: Ju off, Lee on.

63 min: South Korea right-back Lee Yong gets booked for leaving one in on Hirving Lozano, who’s getting a right kicking in this match.

62 min: Entertaining, end-to-end stuff as Carlos Vela tries his luck with a curled effort from distance. It’s a little too high and floats narrowly wide.

61 min: Lee Jae-sung has a goal-bound shot blocked by Salcedo after being teed up by a Son cross from the left.

60 min: Lozano looks to be through on goal with only Cho to beat after picking up a ball from deep from Guardado, but is foiled by a last-ditch tackle from Hwang.

59 min: Cho dives to his left to bat away an Andres Hernandez rasper that looked to be going in past the upright. A good effort from the Mexican foiled by a decent save. Nothing comes from the resulting Mexico corner.

58 min: Kim Young-gwon is booked for a completely unnecessary foul on Vela near the halfway line.

56 min: Ki brings a smart save out of Ochoa with a long range curler from the left. It’s a powerful effort which the goalkeeper can only parry on his first attempt, before grabbing the ball on his second.

55 min: Guardado’s delivery from the free-kick is poor and Cho plucks the ball from the air.

54 min: Lozano goes to ground holding his shin after being fouled by Ju. Free-kick for Mexico, several yards outside the South Korea penalty area.

53 min: Moon tries a shot, which hits the arm of Carlos Salcedo, who is in the Mexico penalty area. South Korea appeal for a penalty, but don’t get one. For the benefit of pedants, Salcedo’s arm was bent at a 90 degree angle and by his side.

52 min: Now Javier Hernandez unleashes a shot from distance. It too sails over the bar. Lozano was making a clever run in behind the South Korea defence which Hernandez failed to spot.

50 min: Hirving Lozano cuts inside to the edge of the South Korea penalty area and unleashes a right-footed shot. His effort soars high over the bar.

49 min: A very scrappy opening few minutes to this second half, which has been punctuated by lots of throw-ins.

47 min: Throw-in for Mexico, deep inside their own half. They go on to win another one, 20 metres further up the pitch.

More on that penalty: “Whatever the rights and wrongs of the decision, the Sth Korean players didn’t put up any fight about it,” writes Aidy Griffin. “They seemed to accept it meekly, which suggests they agreed with the ref, or at a minimum didn’t feel any protests would be heard.” This is true.

45+1 min: “Korean defender’s arm straight up in the air, classic case of an unnatural position,” says Richard McGahey. “You can’t raise your arm up in the air and let the ball strike it and then say you didn’t move your arm. Imagine if players did that on a direct free kick in the wall, would you say it was ok, because they didn’t move their arms? Same principle.”

It really isn’t the same principle. Standing in a wall is a lot different to diving at full speed, on the stretch, to block a cross.

42 min: “In no way was that a harsh penalty,” writers David Sweet. “Defender went to ground, in your words, to intercept the cross. He was therefore deliberately putting himself in the way of the cross and the fact that his hand was in the air was clearly to improve his chances of intercepting the cross. Handball is playing the ball with the hand. He was playing for that, hoping that if it hit his hand he would get away with it.”

I’d say his hand was in the air because he was diving in to intercept a cross and footballers generally tend to do so with outstretched arms. I know they’re playing in Rostov, the home of the Cossacks, but folding them probably wasn’t an option. Lozano, who is proving a real handful, shoots over the bar for Mexico.

39 min: Hark at me. As I type, South Korea hoof it long to Son, who darts in behind Alvarez and Salcedo to chase Moon’s delivery. He gets on the ball near the byline, but Ochea is quickly off his line to smother the ball at Son’s feet. Those long balls over the top to Son have got Mexico in trouble twice now - they need to try it more often.

38 min: Much like in their opening game against Sweden, South Korea are looking very toothless up front. They enjoy keeping possession, but are struggling to do anything with it. Apart from that time Son got in behind Salcedo and Moreno, he’s done very little.

36 min: Herrera picks out Layun on the right wing with a wonderful long diagonal pass and the winger’s first touch is perfect. He controls the ball instantly and sends in a cross towards Lozano. South Korea clear.

35 min: Lee returns to action after treatment. He looked to have damaged his ribcage after a tussle with Jesus Gallardo.

34 min: Lee Yong goes down injured and requires treatment, allowing the rest of the players on the field to take drinks on board. It’s a sweltering day in Rostov.