Korea Shocks Italy with Golden Goal; Turkey Knocks Out Japan

June 18, 2002

Turkey advanced to their first World Cup quarterfinals, riding the continued fine play of goalkeeper Rustu Recber to a 1-0 win against co-hosts Japan in Miyagi, Japan. Ahn Jung-hwan missed a penalty kick in the first half, but more than made up for it with a golden goal that put Korea into the quarterfinals.

 

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