Date: 18-06-2002
Stage: 1/8 final
Place: DAEJEON
Running time: 128 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 30fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI : english/italian/spanish/german/korean
My rating: ***
Notes: Park,Ahn, Buffon,Maldini,Totti,DelPiero,Vieri
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 18 June 2002, 20:30
Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon
Attendance: 38,588
Meteo: Hot, humid, 28°C
SOUTH KOREA
Lee Woon-Jae
Choi Jin-Cheul
Hong Myung-Bo (c)
Kim Tae-Young
Song Chong-Gug
Kim Nam-Il
Park Ji-Sung
Yoo Sang-Chul
Lee Young-Pyo
Ahn Jung-Hwan
Seol Ki-Hyeon
Coach: Guus Hiddink (NED)
17′ Kim Tae-Young
80′ Song Chong-Gug
99′ Lee Chun-Soo
115′ Choi Jin-Cheul
63′ ↓Kim Tae-Young ↑Hwang Sun-Hong
68′ ↓Kim Nam-Il ↑Lee Chun-Soo
83′ ↓Hong Myung-Bo ↑Cha Du-Ri
ITALY
Gianluigi Buffon
Christian Panucci
Mark Iuliano
Paolo Maldini (c)
Francesco Coco
Gianluca Zambrotta
Damiano Tommasi
Cristiano Zanetti
Francesco Totti
Christian Vieri
Alessandro Del Piero
Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni (ITA)
4′ Francesco Coco
22′ Francesco Totti
55′ Damiano Tommasi
59′ Cristiano Zanetti
103′ Francesco Totti (second yellow)
61′ ↓Alessandro Del Piero ↑Gennaro Gattuso
72′ ↓Gianluca Zambrotta ↑Angelo Di Livio
Referee: Byron Moreno (ECU)
Goals:
18′ Christian Vieri ITA
88′ Seol Ki-Hyeon KOR
116′ Ahn Jung-Hwan KOR
Match overview
South Korea made history by defeating Italy in one of the World Cup’s most controversial matches. Vieri’s early header gave Italy the lead, but Seol’s late equalizer forced extra time. With Totti dismissed for a second booking, Ahn Jung-Hwan headed the golden goal winner to send the co-hosts into the quarterfinals for the first time.
Trivia
This victory marked South Korea’s entry into uncharted territory as the first Asian nation to reach the World Cup quarterfinals. The match remains one of the most debated in World Cup history due to several contentious refereeing decisions that favored the host nation.
