Match Day Seven
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Argentina 4 - South Korea 1
Gonzalo Higuain scored the tournament's first hat-trick as the south Americans demolished South Korea in an entertaining match at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. The result means that Argentina is through to the next round with six points from two games. Argentina's first goal came from Park Chu-Young as he failed to deal with a cross and put a ball into his own net. Higuain opened his account in the 33rd minute with a header. Lee Chung-Yong pulled one back after Argentinean defensive error. In the second half Argentina continued their impressive football and Huguain got his second goal with a tap-in after 76 minutes. Four minutes later Huguain completed his hat-trick when he converted a header. From their outstanding football display Diego Maradona's men are tipped to go all way.
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