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“Was the pass for South Korea’s second goal against Germany the longest assist in World Cup history?” asked Michael McCourt.

Our thoughts at first drifted to Ronald de Boer, who pinged a beautiful pass all of 60 yards to Dennis Bergkamp against Argentina at France 98. And we all know what happened next. But having looked at footage of Ju Se-jong’s pass for Son Heung-min’s goal against Germany we measure it at around 75 yards by the time the ball is touched into the net at the six-yard box. You may think there couldn’t be a longer assist than this but there is, and we can’t imagine any other World Cup assist can beat it.

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