In the 24th minute of South Korea vs. Greece, Park Ji-Sung, Korea's number 7, dribles on the right-hand side and slips through Loukas Vyntra to get to the Greek box. He's inside the box and it smells like goal because there are no other defenders in sight, but Vyntra falls down hard. He bounces on the ground and lifts his arms, and the referee blows the whistle. It's a foul. It's a marvel of a made-up foul. Vyntra is behind the forward, who's got control of the ball and is ready to score, but somehow manages to convince the referee that he's been kicked. You can almost say that Korea has been robbed, and the replay confirms it. Aristophanes would've been proud.
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