Yesterday’s highlights

DPR Korea 9-0 Argentina
Norway 2-1 Canada
Ghana 0-1 Germany
USA 1-1 China

Highlights of that North Korean goalfest http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/highlights/video/video=1685742/index.html

Korea DPR’s 9-0 rout of Argentina is the most emphatic victory in the history of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. It surpasses the previous biggest winning margin of eight goals which was achieved in 2006, when Germany beat Mexico 9-1 and Nigeria defeated Finland 8-0.

Having netted five times against Argentina, Kim Un Hwa equalled the record for the most goals scored by a player in a single FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup match, which was established by Canada’s Christine Sinclair in 2002 against England.

The meeting between Korea DPR and Argentina was the first FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup match to have produced two hat-tricks, with Kim Un Hwa and Kim Su Gyong helping themselves to five and three goals respectively.

The eighth Korean goal against Argentina, struck by Kim Su Gyong, was Korea DPR’s 50th in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The East Asian side now boast the third-most prolific attack in the history of the competition with 51 goals, behind Germany on 85 and USA on 76.

Norway’s win over Canada was their second victory at a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Their first was a 2-1 success in 2008 against another CONCACAF team, namely Mexico.

Against Ghana, Germany racked up their ninth straight win in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, leaving them just one short of equalling USA’s record ten-match winning streak.

Germany, the only team in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2012 yet to let in a goal, have not conceded in 296 minutes. The last player to breach the German defence was Korea Republic’s Ji So Yun in the 2010 semi-finals.

USA and Germany each contested their 30th match in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup yesterday, against China PR and Ghana respectively. The pair have played more games than any other side in the tournament’s history.