The curtain has come down on day five of the 2018 Russia World Cup.<br />We had a big game for South Korea,... taking on Sweden in their Group F opener.<br />England and Belgium were among the heavy-hitters in the day's other group games. <br />Lee Seung-jae has our World Cup wrap-up. <br /> First up on Monday was South Korea versus Sweden.<br />The Taeguk Warriors were looking to pull off an upset against the European side in their Group F match-up in Nizhny Novgorod.<br />Despite Head Coach Shin Tae-yong utilizing the height of striker Kim Shin-wook to counter the much taller Swedish players,... South Korea came up empty as their attempts to crack Sweden's defense came up short.<br />Despite another fantastic season with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League,... South Korean striker Son Heung-min struggled to make an impact,... unable to put a single shot on target the entire match.<br />The game's only goal came in the 65th minute after Sweden was awarded a penalty,... after a video replay.<br />Sweden's Andreas Grangvist converted the penalty,... giving the Swedes all three points.<br /> In Sochi,... Belgium took on Panama in Group G.<br />A scoreless first half,... but Belgium quickly found their feet in the second half with Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku scoring twice as Belgium rounded out the match with a comfortable three-nil win... and three points in the bag. <br /> The day's last game was at the Volgograd Arena... with England taking on Tunisia in Group G.<br />England's Harry Kane was the star of the show,...scoring twice,... including an injury-time winner,... to give England a 2-1 win.<br /> The victories in a relatively weak group make Belgium and England the hot favorites to advance to the round of 16.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />
