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Up-to-the-Second Score: Italy 1, South Korea 2 -- FINAL (AET) FULLTIME MATCH REPORT
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116' - GOAL KOREA. Ahn Jung-hwan flicks on a header inside the far post for a golden goal, off a Lee Young-pyo cross from left. Korea upsets Italy and moves on to quarterfinals to face Spain, in what became South Korea's best-ever World Cup performance as soon as it won its first match vs. Poland. Beating Maldini to the cross, Ahn redeems his first-half miss on a penalty kick.
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115' - Choi cautioned for tackle from behind on Vieri in center circle.
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112' - Lee Woon-jae makes point-blank save on Gattuso, who breaks in on goal after unwise Seol backheel fails to clear.
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111' - Hwang heads straight at Buffon from 10 yards with three Korean players open in box off Seol cross from left.
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110' - Tommasi is barely offside as he breaks in on goal off pass from Vieri.
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109' - Hwang pass misses Cha and bounces to Buffon.
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108' - Buffon catches Seol cross from left side.
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108' - Vieri called offside.
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107' - Choi clears Panucci freekick with Vieri challenging; kick followed foul on Tommasi near right touchline.
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106' - Korea kicks off second half of extra time, with Italy playing down a man. Italy has been knocked out of three straight World Cups on penalty kicks.
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| Second Half -- Extra Time
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105' - Referee blows first half of extra time dead.
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105' - Hwang Sun-hong shot from left side outside the box sails wide right and high.
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103' - Totti is cautioned for diving in the box under challenge from Song Chong-gug and is ejected for receiving his second yellow card.
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102' - Buffon dives left to barely save Hwang Sun-hong freekick that went under the wall.
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101' - Park is tripped by Maldini 25 yards from goal after dogged dribbling effort.
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99' - Lee Chun-soo cautioned for a high boot.
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98' - Iuliano called for foul 40 yards from goal; Ahn can't settle cross in box after freekick is sent wide right.
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97' - Tommasi clears far-post corner kick headed down.
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96' - Coco knocks out cross from right at far post for corner kick.
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95' - Lee Woon-jae fouled by Vieri on high cross into box.
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94' - Di Livio wins corner on right side in challnenge by Song, and the kick sails over and out of the penalty area.
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93' - Gattuso heads away corner kick.
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92' - Two Park Ji-sung corner kicks to near post are cleared, and a third is earned.
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92' - Seol Ki-hyeon shoots into side-netting from inside penalty box on left side.
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91' - Italy kicks off extra time. Next goal wins. Otherwise, two 15-minute halves will be followed by a penalty-kick tiebreaker.
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| Extra Time
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90'+3 - Whistle blows, sending game into golden-goal extra time tied 1-1.
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90'+2 - Seol Ki-hyeon shoots into side-netting from inside penalty box on left side.
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90'+1 - Cha Doo-ri bicycle kick from eight yards after corner kick goes straight to Buffon.
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89' - Vieri somehow shoots over the bar from four yards off Tommasi cross from left.
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88' - GOAL KOREA. Seol Ki-hyeon scores from 12 yards after Panucci fails to clear chipped pass from Hwang Sun-hong. Buffon dives to his left but is helpless on Seol's left-footed shot.
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87' - Totti wins freekick in right corner, then regains possession and holds before sending cross into the goalkeeper's arms.
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86' - Zanetti shoots far over the bar from long-distance after Italy's short corner kick, which was earned on the right by Gattuso.
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84' - Buffon catches a third consecutive Korea cross into the box, with Italy finally gaining possession. Spurred on by the home crowd, Korea is pushing hard, holding 60 percent of the possession.
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82' - Korea sub: Cha Doo-ri on for Hong Myung-bo as Korea loads the attack.
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81' - Buffon comes out to catch Korean freekick from left corner with no trouble.
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80' - Song Chong-gug cautioned for foul on Tommasi.
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80' - Italy clears after scramble in goalmouth. Maldini takes a boot to the head.
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78' - Mazy solo run by Totti ends when he collides with Choi 18 yards from goal.
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76' - Italy corner kick from left headed away at near post.
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76' - Vieri shot from 12 yards deflected and lands on top of the goal.
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75' - Iuliano heads away Song Chong-gug's corner kick, after Song won the corner kick off Coco on run down right wing.
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73' - Vieri receives a pass on the run behind the defense and shoots near-post, wide right from 16 yards.
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73' - Totti sends a 35-yard freekick over the bar.
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72' - Italy sub: Di Livio comes on for Zambrotta.
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70' - Italy playing shorthanded after Zambrotta leaves field to receive injury treatment.
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69' - Coco steals ball from Ahn in penalty area after the Korean forward settles a cross.
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68' - Korea sub: Lee Chun-soo on for the injured Kim Nam-il, who was taken into the tunnel on a stretcher.
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67' - Zambrotta shot deflected out for corner kick, with Korea playing shorthanded.
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67' - Kim Nam-il is stretchered off after turning his ankle in tackle with Zanetti.
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66' - Totti open on right side but his cross is off target and cleared.
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65' - Lee Woon-jae picks up Vieri header, after a freekick awarded with Gattuso is taken down.
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62' - Korea sub: Hwang Sun-hong on for Kim Tae-young.
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61' - Italy sub: Gattuso on for Del Piero.
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60' - Ahn shoots over the bar off touch pass from freekick, but Korea is whistled for foul.
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59' - Referee stops play to enforce 10-yard rule.
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59' - Zanetti cautioned for dissent.
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58' - Coco, with head still wrapped, called for taking down Park Ji-sung in the penalty arc.
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56' - Powerful Del Piero volley at far post off cross from right strikes Choi Jin-Cheul, who is slightly shaken up.
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56' - Buffon comes off line to snag bouncing Korea pass.
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55' - Tommasi is cautioned for taking down Lee Young-pyo, and Maldini heads away the ensuing freekick.
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54' - Zambrotta clears Park's cross from the right side.
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53' - Iuliano whacks Ahn from behind 22 yards from goal, and Yoo Sang-chul's shot off freekick is blocked.
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51' - After Vieri is fouled, Panucci freekick from right side deflects through penalty area and is picked up by Lee Woon-jae.
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49' - Del Piero fouled 45 yards from goal by Kim Tae-Young. After freekick, the same two players battle in the corner of the penalty area, with Del Piero fouling Kim and receiving a retaliatory elbow. Referee Jorge Rattalino has a word with both.
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46' - South Korea kicks off the second half. If South Korea is unable to mount a comeback, it will join co-host Japan in their second-round exit.
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| Second Half |
45'+3 - Halftime whistle blows with Italy leading 1-0 and on course to move into quarterfinals against Spain.
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45'+2 - Totti fouled along left touchline near midfield, as Coco comes back on with head wrapped.
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45' - Buffon goes low to save Ahn's 25-yard shot, as Korea sends the ball back in following Maldini's clearance of a flicked-on corner kick.
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43' - Corner kick is knocked back over the endline. Coco receiving treatment for badly bleeding cut above left eye, having taken an elbow.
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42' - Ahn freekick deflects off wall and out for a corner kick.
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42' - Zanetti called for tripping Ahn some 25 yards from goal.
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41' - Ahn cross from right side is too long for Seol.
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38' - Lee Woon-jae comes off line to make save on Tommasi, after Totti slides him through with a short pass into the penalty area off a Tommasi header. Loose ball is then cleared.
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36' - Ahn beats Iuliano on quick, clever turn to the right of goal off a feed from Park, but he shoots past the top left corner of the goal from 10 yards.
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29' - Del Piero shoots poorly wide left after Tommasi wins a slide tackle.
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26' - Iuliano twice clears as Korea holds possession and attempts to penetrate the penalty area.
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22' - Totti cautioned for elbowing Kim Nam-il on a high ball. Kim is slow to recover.
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18' - GOAL ITALY. Vieri heads home Totti corner kick from left side at near post, three yards out under challenge from Kim Tae-Young. It's just the second goal scored against Korea so far in the tournament.
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17' - Lee Woon-jae punches away freekick.
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17' - Kim Tae-Young cautioned for fouling Vieri from behind.
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17' - Maldini clears Chul cross from left intended for Ahn.
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16' - Korea clears after Totti freekick initially strikes Tommasi.
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15' - Choi fouls Del Piero 20 yards from goal, after he took a pass from Zanetti following a steal in the center circle.
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14' - Vieri called offside.
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14' - Buffon comes out of his box to head away Korea pass.
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13' - Lee Woon-jae comes off his line to stop Del Piero from catching up to Vieri's flicked-on header.
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11' - Vieri takes a pass into the penalty area to the left of goal, and shoots from 14 yards past the top right corner of goal.
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9' - Kim Tae-Young is stretchered off after taking an elbow from Vieri on a high ball.
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6' - Lee Woon-jae catches Totti's corner kick from left with no problem.
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5' - Buffon dives right to save Ahn's penalty kick, which was awarded when Panucci hauled down Seol Ki-hyeon on a freekick into the box -- while Coco also appeared to take down Yoo Sang-chul.
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4' - Coco cautioned for taking down Park Ji-sung on right wing.
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3' - Buffon catches Seol Ki-hyeon's hopeful cross from the left with ease.
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2' - Vieri can't rise high enough for a cross from the right side.
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1' - Italy kicks off to get match under way.
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Kickoff at 7:30 a.m. EDT; 11:30 a.m. GMT. Winner goes to the quarterfinals; loser goes home. Italy in blue jerseys; Korea in white. (All references to "right" and "left" are from the perspective of the attacking team, unless otherwise noted.)
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