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A moment in the sun

Jung-Hwan Ahn

Scoring late goals, as he did in the June 13 match against Togo in Frankfurt, are Ahn's forte, it would seem.

The South Korean midfielder pulled off a similar trick in a match against Italy in World Cup 2002, pushing his team into the quarter-finals and knocking Italy out of the tournament.

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In fact, he will always be remembered for scoring that goal. It saw him being thrown out of his Italian club, Perugia, and he had to quit European club football.

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Photographs: AFP/Getty Images

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