Higuain scores a hat trick as dominant Argentina hit South Korea for four.
I always imagined an Argentina win in this game but I was expecting a tighter affair having seen South Korea play exceptionally well against Greece in their first game.
It just wasn't to be as Argentina got their first goal via South Korea's Park Chu-Young turned the ball into his own net after a Messi free kick was whipped in viciously and caught him on the knee. Very very unfortunate goal to concede but it was just the breakthrough Argentina needed and they got their second when Maxi Rodriguez drifted a nice ball right-footed in from the left. Nicolas Burdisso flicked it on, Higuain manged to head it in at the back post to make it 2-0.
It all looked too easy for Argentina but South Korea were gifted a goal after a route one ball wasn't dealt properly by Demichelis and allowed Lee Chung-Yong in to make it 2-1 just before the break.
At half time you'd think that South Korea would be brimming with confidence having pulled a goal back but they lacked any sort of malice in going forward and it was still Argentina who managed to press on and dominate much of the game.
Lionel Messi was instrumental in the third goal as he weaved and turned his way into a good goalscoring position as his shot was parried away by the South Korean goalkeeper who unfortunatley directed into the path of Higuain who had a simple tap in to score his second on 78 minutes.
It was Lionel Messi again who instigated a killer ball which led to Argentina's 4th goal when he picked out a lovely pass to find Sergio Aguero who in turn picked out Higuain for him to head home for his hat trick.
Very very good attacking performance from Argentina but I would still have a huge question mark over their defence.
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