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Soccer:

South Korea go through after Nigeria draw

8:30 AM Wednesday Jun 23, 2010

DURBAN, South Africa -

South Korea reached the second round of the World Cup

by holding Nigeria to a 2-2 draw Tuesday in their final group game.

Defender Lee Jung-soo and Park Chu-young scored for South Korea

after Kalu Uche had given Nigeria the lead in the 12th minute.

Ayegbeni Yakubu netted a 69th minute penalty to draw Nigeria level again,

but the Africans squandered a couple of good opportunities to score

a winner.

Argentina won Group B by beating Greece 2-0 in the other match,

meaning Nigeria would have advanced with a win despite losing

their first two games.

Argentina won all three games to finish with nine points,

while South Korea had four points, Greece three and Nigeria one.

Nigeria coach Lars Lagerback was left ruing his team's inability to finish

South Korea's Park Ji-Sung, foreground,

competes for the ball with Nigeria's John Utaka. Photo / AP

Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama,

right, fails to stop a goal by South Korea's Park Chu-young, (not visible).

South Korea's Lee Jung-soo, third from right,

celebrates with teammates after scoring

South Korea's Lee Jung-soo, left, celebrates as South Korea's Park Chu-young,

not visible, scores a goal past Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama

South Korea open World Cup campaign with a 2-0 victory over Greece