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...JUNG HWAN played soccer for Italy's Club Perugia. But when the World Cup began, he rejoined his fellow Koreans by playing for their national team--and it cost him his job. That's because he was the one who scored the winning overtime goal that allowed South Korea to oust Italy from the tournament. Perugia chairman Luciano Gaucci claims that he fired Ahn because of comments the athlete made in a post-game interview declaring Korean soccer superior to the Italian brand. But, Gaucci told an Italian paper, "I have no intention of paying a salary to someone...
...responded by learning how to steam dim sum so that the visitors could feel at home. In a rare show of unity, North Korea broadcast the South's win over Italy, raising hopes that a divided peninsula could still share in athletic triumph. Eastward, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung plans to renew his invitation to Japan's Emperor Akihito to visit, just a few months after the monarch said the nations shared not only the World Cup but common blood?admitting the long-taboo fact that the Japanese imperial family has Korean ancestry. "The World Cup has brought...
...Koreans, who could forget the sight of 40,000 delirious fans jumping up and down in Daejeon Stadium the night their forward Ahn Jung Hwan grabbed a 117th minute Golden Goal to knock Italy out of the World Cup? Or the 100,000 Koreans who, in the spirit of hospitality, served as volunteer supporters for other nations...
...JUNG HWAN, 26, SOUTH KOREA Scoring the Golden Goal that knocked out the Italians certainly elevated his value. At week's end, he had reportedly signed a new deal with his Italian side Perugia?after the club had first said it would sack him for saying that Korean football was better than the Italian sort. VALUE: $6.5 million, up from $1.5 million...
...BEST COACH Korea's Guus Hiddink has done more to put Asian soccer on the map than any number of Nakatas or Ahn Jung Hwans. His simple rule?if you're good and fit, you play?was revolutionary in a country where seniority squelches the talented. Honorable Mentions: Senegal's Bruno Metsu, Japan's Philippe Troussier and Turkey's Senol Gunes...