The Korea Republic have become the first team to secure all three points in the 2010 World Cup after defeating Greece 2-0 in Port Elizabeth.
Group BKorea Republic: 2 (Lee Jung-Soo 7', Park Ji-Sung 52') Greece: 0
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Eilzabeth Crowd: 31,513 Referee: Michael Hester (NZL) Yellow cards:KOR - nil GRE - Vasilis Torosidis 56'
The Koreans got off to a perfect start when Kashima Antlers defender Lee Jung-Soo found himself unmarked at the backpost after a corner from Lee Young-Pyo and he made no mistake with his volley from close range to make it 1-0 after just seven minutes.
Greece could not make inroads after the opening goal and it only got worse for Otto Rehhagel's men seven minutes after half-time when South Korea captain Park Ji-Sung beat off the attention of two defenders before slotting home neatly past Alexandros Tzorvas to make it 2-0.
Starting Line-Ups
KOR Jung Sung-Ryong (gk), Cho Yong-Hyung, Park Ji-Sung, Kim Jung-Woo, Park Chu-Yong (Lee S.Y. 87'), Lee Young-Pyo, Lee Jung-Soo, Ki Sung-Yueng (Kim N.I. 75'), Lee Chung-Yong (Kim J.S. 90+1'), Yeom Ki-Hun, Cha Du-Ri
Subs - Kim Nam-Il (75'), Lee Sung-Yeoul (87'), Kim Jae-Sung (90+1')
GRE Alexandros Tzorvas (gk), Giourkas Seitaridis, Alexandros Tziolis, Giorgos Samaras (Salpingidis 61'), Avraam Papadopoulos, Angelos Charisteas (Kapetanos 61'), Giorgos Karagounis (Patsatzoglou 46'), Loukas Vyntra, Vasilis Torosidis, Theofanis Gekas, Kostas Katsouranis
Subs - Christos Patsatzoglou (46'), Dimitrios Salpingidis (59'), Pantelis Kapetanos (61')
