Argentina qualifed from Group B with a comfortable 2-0 win over a predictably defensive Greece.
Maradona's team were frustrated until the 77th minute, when Martin Demichelis lashed home from a corner.
Martin Palermo tapped in a second in the dying minutes to send a poor Greek team home. And to be honest, it would've been a travesty is such a team based on ugly football and negativity got through.
Luckily, South Korea's point against Nigerias was enough to put the 2002 hosts through. The two teams battled out a very entertaining 2-2 draw in Durban.
Nigeria took the lead after 12 minutes through Kalu Uche, but goals from Lee Jung-Soo and Park Chu-Young turned the game on its head.
Yakubu Aiyegbini equalised from the penalty spot, just moments after producing one of the misses of the world cup when he struck wide with an open goal from six yards.
It was this kind of wastefulness that ultimately cost the Africans a place in the last 16.
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