Soccer, thanks to biased judgment, quarterfinals" and Italian media criticized the 2002 World Cup→'Unfortunate Match' was selected
Soccer, thanks to biased judgment, quarterfinals" and Italian media criticized the 2002 World Cup→'Unfortunate Match' was selected
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Italian media cited the 2002 FIFA Korea-Japan World Cup Round of 16 as one of the most unfortunate matches in the history of the Italian national soccer team. At that time, the round of 16 was a match in which Italian media consistently insisted on misjudgment. It is argued that Italy suffered the damage of the biased judgment.
Italian media Gazeta Delo Sport selected the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup round of 16 against South Korea on the 8th (Korea Standard Time), citing the 10 unfortunate matches of the Italian national soccer team. The main target of criticism is referee Byron Moreno (Ecado), who was in charge of the game at the time, but argued that it was thanks to referee Moreno that South Korea reached the quarterfinals in the end.
"At that time, it was referee Moreno who broke the Italian national team's dream. He sent off Francesco Totti and declared two goals invalid. And he sided with Korea in every scene. In the end, Korea beat Italy 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals thanks to biased judgment," the Korean media said.
"At that time, Ahn Jung-hwan, who was playing for Perugia, scored the winning goal, and Perugia immediately released him," he said. "The Italian national team that was eliminated at the time included Gianluigi Buffon, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Del Piero, Totti, Gennaro Gattuso, and Christian Vieri." This means that the team was not eliminated in the round of 16 after losing to Korea.
South Korea, led by head coach Gus Hiddink at the time, lost the first goal to Vieri in the 18th minute of the first half, but Seol Ki-hyun's dramatic equalizer in the 43rd minute of the second half led the game to extra time. Then, Ahn Jung-hwan's dramatic golden goal in the 12th minute of the second half of extra time made it to the quarterfinals. At that time, South Korea advanced to the quarterfinals after reaching the round of 16 for the first time in its history, then beat Spain and wrote the myth of the semifinals.
However, Italian media still remember the defeat against Korea at that time as a result of Moreno's unilateral biased judgment. It is argued that Italy's extra-time score was canceled due to an offside decision and that Totti was sent off for accumulating warnings were all misjudgment. Consistent Italian media claim that instead of Italy being damaged, the host country, South Korea, enjoyed the benefits and headed to the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
Referee Moreno, 메이저사이트 who is still suffering from Italian fans, stressed that the game was fair, saying he would make the same decision even if he went back to that time. Recently, when asked about the situation at the time in a local interview with Ecuadorian media, he said, "I will make the same decision now," and protested that there was no problem with the World Cup's round of 16 decisions between Korea and Italy, including the decision to leave Totti.