Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 20 | 17 June 2010 | 13:30 | Johannesburg / Soccer City Stadium | 82174 |
Referee Frank DE BLEECKERE (BEL) | Assistant Referee 1 Peter HERMANS (BEL) | |
Fourth Official Jerome DAMON (RSA) | Assistant Referee 2 Walter VROMANS (BEL) | |
Match Commissioner Tai NICHOLAS (NZL) | Fifth Official Celestin NTAGUNGIRA (RWA) |
| Argentina (ARG) | Statistics | Korea Republic (KOR) |
| 22 | Shots | 13 |
| 11 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 19 | Fouls Committed | 19 |
| 6 | Corner kicks | 2 |
| 1 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 3 |
| 1 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 1 |
| 3 | Cautions | 2 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 56% | Possession (%) | 44% |
| 38 | Actual playing time | 30 |
| Argentina (ARG) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Korea Republic (KOR) |
| 5% | 16% | 8% |
| 10% | 20% | 11% |
| 5% | 17% | 8% |
| 4% | 9% | 6% |
| 11% | 20% | 11% |
| 9% | 19% | 11% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 22 | Sergio ROMERO | GK | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Martin DEMICHELIS | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | Gabriel HEINZE | D | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | Angel DI MARIA | M | 90 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 9 | Gonzalo HIGUAIN | F | 82 | 3 | 6/7 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | Lionel MESSI | F | 90 | 3/7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 11 | Carlos TEVEZ | F | 75 | 1/3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 13 | Walter SAMUEL | D | 23 | |||||||||
| 14 | Javier MASCHERANO | M | 90 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | Jonas GUTIERREZ | M | 90 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 20 | Maxi RODRIGUEZ | M | 90 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Nicolas BURDISSO | D | 67 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | Mario BOLATTI | M | 8 | |||||||||
| 16 | Sergio AGUERO | F | 15 | 0/1 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | 11/22 | 19 | 18 | 3 | ||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 18 | JUNG Sungryong | GK | 90 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | OH Beom Seok | D | 90 | 0/1 | 4 | |||||||
| 4 | CHO Yong Hyung | D | 90 | 4 | ||||||||
| 7 | PARK Ji Sung | M | 90 | 1/1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 8 | KIM Jung Woo | M | 90 | 0/2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 10 | PARK Chuyoung | F | 81 | 0/2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 12 | LEE Young Pyo | D | 90 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | LEE Jung Soo | D | 90 | 5 | ||||||||
| 16 | KI Sungyueng | M | 46 | 0/2 | 2 | |||||||
| 17 | LEE Chung Yong | M | 90 | 1 | 1/2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | YEOM Ki Hun | M | 90 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 5 | KIM Nam Il | M | 44 | 0/2 | 1 | |||||||
| 20 | LEE Dong Gook | F | 9 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 2/13 | 19 | 18 | 2 | ||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |
Match Report