Argentina vs South Korea: Argentina Wins, Reaches the Top 16
Posted on June 18, 2010 - Filed Under Soccer | Leave a Comment
On the 7th day of FIFA World Cup 2010, everybody awaited with a bated breath for either the Korean Republic or Argentina to take a gigantic stride towards Round 16. And lo and behold! Argentina did it and did it with complete style and elan! The Argentina vs South Korea match was played at Soccer City stadium, Johannesburg. Both the teams were neck to neck in the points table with 3 points each in Group B.
In the 17th minute of the match, the game started showing fireworks. The mighty Argentinians conquered the South Koreans winning 4-1. The Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain scored the first hat-trick of the FIFA World Cup 2010 and was named the man of the match. His commendable feat helped the Argentina team to overcome a second-half wobble. Also, this secured a comfortable win over South Korea.
It was another freezing day, when Messi took the kick after Angel di maria had been fouled. His kick brushed off the head of Martin Demichelis. The football then struck the right leg of the South Korean player, Park Chu-young just below the knee and skimmed into the goalpost. It was a sad misfortune for the South Korean team.
In the 33rd minute, Messi struck again! He made a pass to M Rodriguez and Higuain headed the ball into the South Korean net. The Korean Republic scored their first goal when Chunhgyong slipped the ball past Romero and scored.
Higuain repeated his magnificent feat by scoring a second goal in the 76th minute of the match. It was simply brilliant. The third and the final goal from Higuain came in the 80th minute. The hat-trick propelled Higuain to become the 3rd Argentine to score a hat-trick in World Cup.
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