The World Cup’s most iconic players: Ahn Jung-Hwan and the Golden Goal

There are 74 days to go until the 2018 World Cup begins and marvelbet369.com is counting them down by looking at the competition's most wonderful players.

This list, featuring Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane, looks at the greatest moments from the most iconic footballers - from great goal scorers and majestic defenders to sensational scoundrels and those who just didn’t know the rules.

74) Ahn Jung-Hwan: South Korea, midfielder (2002, 2006)

“An affront to Italian pride,” raged Perugia president Luciano Gaucci as he tried to sack his club player Ahn Jung-Hwan for the audacity of scoring the golden goal that knocked Italy out in 2002.

Ahn had bigger fish to fry than the whopping halibut Gaucci, still being in the World Cup ‘n’ all. He went on to score a shoot-out penalty against Spain as South Korea made the semis.

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