Tue, 18 Jun, 2002 - 14:22
Christian Vieri stunned the vast home support by giving Italy a 1-0 half-time lead against South Korea in the second round of the World Cup.
Vieri headed home a Francesco Totti corner on 18 minutes after Korea's Ahn Jung-hwan had missed a penalty.
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CourtsWorld CupHeathrowPerson: Christian VieriPerson: VieriPerson: Francesco TottiPerson: Ahn Jung-HwanPerson: Alessandro NestaPerson: Fabio CannavaroPerson: Francesco CocoPerson: Mark IulianoPerson: Paolo MaldiniPerson: Alessandro Del PieroPerson: CocoPerson: Park Ji-sungPerson: Song Chong-GugPerson: Byron MorenoPerson: Christian PanucciPerson: Seol Ki-HyeonPerson: Yoo Sang-ChulPerson: Gianluigi BuffonPerson: TottiPerson: Kim Nam-IlPerson: MaldiniPerson: KoreansPerson: AzzurriPerson: Del PieroPerson: Song Chong-gupPerson: Choi Jim-cheulPerson: TommasiPerson: Lee Woon-JaePerson: Choi Jin-CheulPerson: Cristiano ZanettiPerson: BuffonPerson: ItaliansEvent: World CupOrganisation: ItalyOrganisation: South KoreaOrganisation: KoreaOrganisation: PerugiaOrganisation: Roma
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