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19.06.2002
Italy out of World Cup as South Korea score shock upset
DAEJEON
Italy were sensationally dumped out of the World Cup here Tuesday when a golden goal from Ahn Jung-Hwan saw co-hosts South Korea score one of the greatest upets in the 72-year history of the tournament.
Italy-based Ahn`s 117th-minute strike settled a pulsating second round encounter which exploded into life when Korea snatched an 88th-minute equaliser after Christian Vieri had given Italy the lead.
In an upset to match North Korea`s famous 1966 World Cup win over Italy, Ahn glanced home towards the end of an incident-packed extra-time period which saw Italy`s golden boy Francesco Totti controversially sent off for diving.
The win sent South Korea into a quarter-final against Spain in Gwangju on Saturday./p
Ahn`s goal sparked pandemonium in the 40,000 crowd at the Daejeon Stadium.
Italy had been only two minutes away from a place in the last eight after Vieri`s fourth goal of the tournament on 18 minutes had given them a 1-0 lead.
The Inter Milan player`s header came after Ahn saw a fourth-minute penalty saved.
But Giovanni Trapattoni`s superstars were left stunned when Belgium-based striker Seol Ki-Hyeon snatched an equaliser two minutes from time to send the match into extra-time.
Seol`s bobbling finish - the Anderlecht attacker pouncing after Christian Panucci failed to clear - gave the Koreans a new lease of life.
Italy almost snatched a 90th-minute winner but Vieri somehow sidefooted over the bar from close range to the disbelief of his team-mates with the goal at his mercy.
The Koreans could even have claimed the win themselves in injury time when South Korean substitute Cha Du-Ri connected with a spectacular overhead kick that Gianluigi Buffon gathered.
The drama spilled over into extra-time with Totti`s controversial sending off, the AS Roma talisman harshly adjudged to have dived in the box under the challenge of Song Chong-Gug.
With penalties looming a cross swung in from the left was met by Perugia player Ahn leaping high above Paolo Maldini to head the ball into the net.
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