Full Story 13: The Koreans celebrated by forming a line near the corner flag and aped the movements of speedskaters in a pointed reference to the short track controversy at this year's Winter Olympics.
The disqualification of speed skater Kim Dong-sung and award of a gold medal instead to American Apolo Anton Ohno in the 1,500 meters final in Salt Lake City had sparked anger in South Korea. (Korean players display anti-U.S. gestures.)
The equalizer was also a relief to the hapless Lee Eul-yong, who was the first player to fail from the penalty spot, excluding shootouts, since France 1998 when Predrag Mijatovic rattled the bar in Yugoslavia's second round match against the Netherlands.
Since then the World Cup had gone 39 matches and 13 successful penalties before Lee Eul-yong stepped up for Korea.