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Wednesday, Aug 18, 2004

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Seon is Korea's hero

By S. Thyagarajan

ATHENS, AUG. 17. Needing a win to be in the hunt for a place in the semifinals, the Koreans scored a thrilling victory over Great Britain in a Pool A encounter this morning. The match winner came two minutes before the hooter thanks to a penalty corner by Lee Jung Seon.

It was a tight match in which Britain's defence held on gamely throughout but the Koreans were faster and picked up a goal in the first half and slotted two in the second. Korea took the lead when Lee Jung Seon produced a stunning shot that left Mason beaten under the bar.

Danny Hall worked out a solo move to obtain the equaliser but a perfect penalty corner by Yew Woo Koon gave Korea the lead. Britain hit back when the unmarked Niall Stott shot home a pass from Danny Hall. A draw was on the cards before Lee converted a penalty corner two minutes from end. The Koreans who drew with Spain in the opening game have four points.

Match drawn

Meanwhile, the unpredictable Argentineans came close to stage an upset but ended up sharing points with Australia. An early goal by Mario Almada stunned the Aussie defence, which had to work hard to net the equaliser through Jaime Dwyer off a penalty corner. Another splendid goal by Mario Almada before half-time gave Argentina a 2-1 lead. The Aussies had to wait till four minutes from the end to share the points. Jaime Dwyer again came to the rescue for the Aussies, who had a fluent start against the Kiwis in the opening match. Australia has four points to the one by Argentina.

The results: Korea 3 bt Britain 2; Argentina 2 drew with Australia 2.

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