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This time, Egyptian referee Gamal Al-Gandhour wrongfully disallowed two-goals and had a litany of offside calls that greatly hindered the Spanish side. The European media was even more enraged after South Korea knocked out Spain on penalties in the quarter-finals.

FIFA released a statement saying, “As a result of a number of controversies regarding referee Byron Moreno in Japan, Italy, and South America over the past few months, FIFA has decided to launch an investigation into the affair”. Ahn Jung-hwan, who had scored the winning goal, was playing for Perguia in the Serie A at the time and had his loan canceled. The Italian players were constantly being tackled hard, including a two-footed challenge on Zambrotta and an elbow on Alessandro del Piero, but no cards were shown to the South Koreans.Īfter the game, the Italians were livid. Damiano Tommasi had a goal also wrongly disallowed for being offside. Francesco Totti received his second yellow card for simulation in the penalty box and was sent off, though after watching replays it certainly wasn’t a dive. Ecuadorian referee Byron Moreno allowed South Korea to press and foul the Italians hard throughout the match.

This was the last tournament to use golden goal, and South Korea’s Ahn Jung-hwan scored with three minutes left in extra time to send South Korea into the Quarter-finals. Despite having a team built around Italian legends Maldini, Cannavaro, Totti, Nesta, Inzaghi, Materazzi and Vieri, Italy had been underwhelming all tournament. South Korea would have to face Italy in the Round of 16.

Following the match, an estimated 1.5 million people celebrated on the streets of Seoul that lasted well past midnight. Both Beto and Joao Pinto were sent off for Portugal, but it was generally accepted that South Korea had topped the group fairly.

50,000 South Korean came to watch the match in a sea of red. South Korea topped Group D with a convincing 2-0 win over Poland and a 1-0 win over Portugal, as well as a 1-1 tie with the United States.