2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Two minutes from the end of regulation time, Oliver Kahn sent a goal kick down the field, which was received by Michael Ballack. Ballack passed to Bernd Schneider whose cross was turned in by Oliver Neuville. In the 92nd minute, Roberto Acuña was sent off after punching Ballack.[1]

15 June 2002

15:30

Germany	1–0	Paraguay
Neuville  88'	Report

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo

Attendance: 25,176

Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)

Germany

Paraguay

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) RB 22 Torsten Frings CB 3 Marko Rehmer  46' CB 2 Thomas Linke LB 21 Christoph Metzelder  60' RM 19 Bernd Schneider  35' CM 16 Jens Jeremies CM 13 Michael Ballack  90+2' LM 17 Marco Bode CF 7 Oliver Neuville  90+2' CF 11 Miroslav Klose Substitutions: MF 15 Sebastian Kehl  46' DF 4 Frank Baumann  71'  60' FW 14 Gerald Asamoah  90+2' Manager: Rudi Völler

GK 1 José Luis Chilavert (c) RB 2 Francisco Arce CB 18 Julio César Cáceres CB 5 Celso Ayala CB 4 Carlos Gamarra LB 21 Denis Caniza CM 15 Carlos Bonet  84' CM 10 Roberto Acuña  26'  90+2' CM 6 Estanislao Struway  90+1' CF 20 José Cardozo  50' CF 9 Roque Santa Cruz  29' Substitutions: FW 11 Jorge Campos  29' MF 14 Diego Gavilán  84' FW 23 Nelson Cuevas  90+1' Manager: Cesare Maldini

After five minutes, David Beckham launched a corner towards Rio Ferdinand, whose header was fumbled by Thomas Sørensen into the net.[2] Michael Owen doubled England's advantage after Trevor Sinclair's pass was flicked to him by Nicky Butt.[2] England made it 3-0 one minute before half-time when a throw-in by Danny Mills was missed by Niclas Jensen, with Beckham passing to Emile Heskey who swept the ball home.[3] In the second half, England appeared to take their foot off the pedal, possibly with a view to conserving energy for the next round: but were easily able to snuff out any rare Danish attacks, neither side coming particularly close to scoring again.

15 June 2002

20:30

Denmark	0–3	England
	Report	Ferdinand  5' Owen  22' Heskey  44'

Big Swan Stadium, Niigata

Attendance: 40,582

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Denmark

England

GK 1 Thomas Sørensen RB 6 Thomas Helveg  7' CB 4 Martin Laursen CB 3 René Henriksen (c) LB 12 Niclas Jensen CM 2 Stig Tøfting  24'  58' CM 7 Thomas Gravesen RW 19 Dennis Rommedahl AM 9 Jon Dahl Tomasson LW 8 Jesper Grønkjær CF 11 Ebbe Sand Substitutions: DF 20 Kasper Bøgelund  7' MF 14 Claus Jensen  58' Manager: Morten Olsen

GK 1 David Seaman RB 2 Danny Mills  50' CB 5 Rio Ferdinand CB 6 Sol Campbell LB 3 Ashley Cole RM 7 David Beckham (c) CM 8 Paul Scholes  49' CM 21 Nicky Butt LM 4 Trevor Sinclair CF 11 Emile Heskey  69' CF 10 Michael Owen  46' Substitutions: FW 9 Robbie Fowler  46' MF 23 Kieron Dyer  49' FW 17 Teddy Sheringham  69' Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

On 11 minutes, a Sweden corner was headed in by Henrik Larsson.[4] Eight minutes before half-time, Henri Camara equalised for Senegal by shooting into the bottom-left corner.[4] Camara scored the golden goal on 104 minutes, from a similar position shooting low in off the left post. Senegal became the second African nation to reach the quarter-finals, after Cameroon in 1990.

16 June 2002

15:30

Sweden	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal
Larsson  11'	Report	Camara  37',  104'

Big Eye Stadium, Ōita

Attendance: 39,747

Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Sweden

Senegal

GK 1 Magnus Hedman RB 2 Olof Mellberg CB 15 Andreas Jakobsson CB 4 Johan Mjällby (c) LB 16 Teddy Lučić RM 7 Niclas Alexandersson  76' CM 8 Anders Svensson CM 6 Tobias Linderoth LM 17 Magnus Svensson  99' CF 10 Marcus Allbäck  65' CF 11 Henrik Larsson Substitutions: FW 22 Andreas Andersson  65' FW 21 Zlatan Ibrahimović  76' MF 18 Mattias Jonson  99' Managers: Lars Lagerbäck & Tommy Söderberg

GK 1 Tony Sylva RB 17 Ferdinand Coly  73' CB 13 Lamine Diatta CB 4 Papa Malick Diop  66' LB 2 Omar Daf CM 19 Papa Bouba Diop CM 6 Aliou Cissé (c) CM 12 Amdy Faye RF 7 Henri Camara CF 18 Pape Thiaw  94' LF 11 El Hadji Diouf Substitutions: DF 21 Habib Beye  66' Manager: Bruno Metsu

Spain took the lead early with a goal from Fernando Morientes. They managed to hold out until the very last minute, when a foul by Captain Fernando Hierro saw a penalty converted by Robbie Keane. After extra time ended goalless, Spain triumphed 3-2 on penalties with goalkeeper Iker Casillas emerging a hero by saving two attempts.

16 June 2002

20:30

Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Republic of Ireland
Morientes  8'	Report	Robbie Keane  90' (pen.)
Penalties
Hierro Baraja Juanfran Valerón Mendieta	3–2	Robbie Keane Holland Connolly Kilbane Finnan

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 38,926

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Spain

Republic of Ireland

GK 1 Iker Casillas RB 5 Carles Puyol CB 6 Fernando Hierro (c)  89' CB 4 Iván Helguera LB 3 Juanfran  62' RM 21 Luis Enrique CM 8 Rubén Baraja  87' CM 17 Juan Carlos Valerón LM 11 Javier de Pedro  66' CF 7 Raúl  80' CF 9 Fernando Morientes  72' Substitutions: MF 16 Gaizka Mendieta  66' MF 14 David Albelda  72' FW 12 Albert Luque  80' Manager: José Antonio Camacho

GK 1 Shay Given RB 2 Steve Finnan CB 14 Gary Breen CB 5 Steve Staunton (c)  50' LB 3 Ian Harte  82' RM 18 Gary Kelly  55' CM 12 Mark Kinsella CM 8 Matt Holland LM 11 Kevin Kilbane CF 9 Damien Duff CF 10 Robbie Keane Substitutions: DF 4 Kenny Cunningham  50' FW 17 Niall Quinn  55' FW 13 David Connolly  82' Manager: Mick McCarthy

18 June 2002

20:30

South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Italy
Seol Ki-Hyeon  88' Ahn Jung-Hwan  117'	Report	Vieri  18'

Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon

Attendance: 38,588

Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

South Korea

Italy

GK 1 Lee Woon-Jae CB 4 Choi Jin-Cheul  115' CB 20 Hong Myung-Bo (c)  83' CB 7 Kim Tae-Young  17'  63' RM 22 Song Chong-Gug  80' CM 6 Yoo Sang-Chul CM 5 Kim Nam-Il  68' LM 10 Lee Young-Pyo RF 21 Park Ji-Sung CF 19 Ahn Jung-Hwan LF 9 Seol Ki-Hyeon Substitutions: FW 18 Hwang Sun-Hong  63' FW 14 Lee Chun-Soo  99'  68' FW 16 Cha Du-Ri  83' Manager: Guus Hiddink

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon RB 2 Christian Panucci CB 15 Mark Iuliano CB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) LB 4 Francesco Coco  4' RM 19 Gianluca Zambrotta  72' CM 17 Damiano Tommasi  55' LM 6 Cristiano Zanetti  59' AM 10 Francesco Totti  22'  103' CF 21 Christian Vieri CF 7 Alessandro Del Piero  61' Substitutions: MF 8 Gennaro Gattuso  61' MF 16 Angelo Di Livio  72' Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

The 2002 FIFA World Cup round of 16 match between Italy and co-hosts South Korea was played on 18 June in Daejon. In the first round, South Korea had topped their group with victories over Poland and Portugal, and a draw against the United States, while Italy struggled to advance to the second round with a victory against Ecuador, a defeat against Croatia, and a draw against Mexico, while also having several goals ruled out for offside. In the lead-up to the match, the press saw the in-form South Koreans as the favourites to win, in particular as Italy's usual starting defensive pair, Alessandro Nesta and Fabio Cannavaro, were both unavailable – the first due to injury and the latter due to suspension. The pre-game choreography by the Korean fans also saw supporters hold up red and white cards spelling out the words "Again 1966", a reference to Italy's elimination at the hands of North Korea in the first round of the 1966 World Cup.[5][6] In the fifth minute of play, Ecuadorian referee Byron Moreno awarded a controversial penalty for South Korea after judging Christian Panucci to have pulled down Seol Ki-Hyeon in the box, but Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon saved Ahn Jung-Hwan's spot kick, putting the ball out for a corner. Italy took the lead in the 19th minute after Christian Vieri headed in a Francesco Totti corner. The second half became increasingly physical, which saw several players on both teams sustain minor injuries, while Gianluca Zambrotta and Kim Nam-Il were later forced off; Seol Ki-Hyeon eventually managed to equalise in the 89th minute to send the match into extra-time. In the first half of extra-time, Italy were reduced to ten men after Moreno showed Totti a second yellow card for an alleged dive in South Korea's penalty area, while Moreno was 40 yards away from the play, and in the second half, Damiano Tommasi appeared to score a golden goal for Italy, which was however disallowed for offside; Ahn later scored the golden goal in the 118th minute to give the co-hosts a 2–1 victory, which allowed them to progress to the quarter-finals of the competition, the first time an Asian team had done so since 1966.[6][7][8][9][10][11] Following Italy's elimination from the tournament, Moreno's performance was criticised by members of the Italian team – most notably attacking midfielder Totti and coach Giovanni Trapattoni – for several contentious decisions he had made throughout the match.[7] Some team members even suggested a conspiracy to eliminate Italy from the competition,[12] while Trapattoni even obliquely accused FIFA of ordering the official to ensure a Korean victory so that one of the two host nations would remain in the tournament.[13] FIFA President Sepp Blatter stated that the linesmen had been a "disaster" and admitted that Italy suffered from bad offside calls from the group matches, but he denied conspiracy allegations. While he criticised Totti's sending off by Moreno, Blatter refused to blame Italy's loss on the officials, stating: "Italy's elimination is not only down to referees and linesmen who made human not premeditated errors ... Italy made mistakes both in defense and in attack."[10][14]

Co-hosts South Korea faced Spain in the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals on 22 June, in Gwangju. South Korea had progressed to the quarter-finals after defeating Italy with a golden goal, while Spain overcame Ireland in the round of 16 in a penalty shoot-out victory. In the second half of regulation time, Spanish midfielder Rubén Baraja scored from a header, but it was disallowed by referee Gamal Al-Ghandour because of alleged shirt pulling and pushing in the penalty area; a 0–0 deadlock saw the match go into extra-time. In the first half of extra-time, Spanish striker Fernando Morientes appeared to score the golden goal with a header, but the referee disallowed it after the linesman raised his flag, as he erroneously felt that the ball had gone out of play for a goal kick before being crossed in by winger Joaquín; later on in the half, Morientes came close to scoring again when he hit the post with a first-time half-volley following a throw-in. With both sides still failing to score, the match went to a penalty shoot-out; South Korea's goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae saved Joaquín's spot kick – who had been carrying an injury – while South Korea converted all of their penalties – with Hong Myung-bo scoring the decisive spot-kick – to win the shoot-out 5–3, becoming the first Asian side ever to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup. However, following prior criticism in the media over the quality of officiating in South Korea's win over Italy in the round of 16, there was further controversy surrounding the contentious decisions made by the officials in South Korea's quarter-final victory, as the referee had disallowed both of Spain's goals after his linesmen Ali Tomusange and Michael Ragoonath had raised their flags. Spanish midfielder Iván Helguera, who had to be restrained after the match when he attempted to confront the referee, was particularly vocal in his criticism of the officials' decisions, stating afterwards: "What happened here was robbery. Everyone saw two perfectly good goals. If Spain didn't win, it's because they didn't want us to win. I feel terrible about this game."[15][16]

22 June 2002

15:30

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
Hierro Baraja Xavi Joaquín	3–5	Hwang Sun-hong Park Ji-sung Seol Ki-hyeon Ahn Jung-hwan Hong Myung-bo

Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju

Attendance: 42,114

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Spain

South Korea

GK 1 Iker Casillas RB 5 Carles Puyol CB 6 Fernando Hierro (c) CB 20 Miguel Ángel Nadal LB 15 Enrique Romero RM 22 Joaquín CM 4 Iván Helguera  93' CM 17 Juan Carlos Valerón  80' CM 8 Rubén Baraja LM 11 Javier de Pedro  53'  70' CF 9 Fernando Morientes  111' Substitutions: MF 16 Gaizka Mendieta  70' MF 21 Luis Enrique  80' MF 19 Xavi  93' Manager: José Antonio Camacho

GK 1 Lee Woon-jae CB 4 Choi Jin-cheul CB 20 Hong Myung-bo (c) CB 7 Kim Tae-young  90' RM 22 Song Chong-gug CM 5 Kim Nam-il  32' CM 6 Yoo Sang-chul  52'  60' LM 10 Lee Young-pyo RF 21 Park Ji-sung CF 19 Ahn Jung-hwan LF 9 Seol Ki-hyeon Substitutions: MF 13 Lee Eul-yong  32' FW 14 Lee Chun-soo  60' FW 18 Hwang Sun-hong  90' Manager: Guus Hiddink