FIFA WORLD CUP 2010:Argentina crushes South Korea; Higuain scores hat-trick

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010:Argentina crushes South Korea; Higuain scores hat-trick

  June 17, 2010    Pradeep Padma

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Gonzalo Higuaín scored the first hat-trick of the 2010 World Cup making Argentina to a comfortable win over South Korea on Thursday. Argentina crushed South Korea 4-1 in a Group B game at Soccer City, Johannesburg.

Argentina took the lead in as early as the 17th minute when Korean forward Park Chu-young deflected a pass into his own goal.Lee Chung-Young pulled one back for Korea, making it 2-1 in the 45th minute to wrap up an interesting first half.

Argentina have now won both their games, having beaten Nigeria 1-0 in the campaign opener.