Son Heung-min marked his 100th international appearance with a goal Monday to help give South Korea a 2-0 win over 10-man Chile in a friendly. (More Football News)
The Tottenham forward netted in stoppage time to add to an early goal from Wolverhampton striker Hwang Hee-chan, as South Korea continued its World Cup preparation𒈔s by bouncing back from a 5-1 loss to Brazil last week.
Hwang opened the scoring after 12 minutes, running into the area from the left and sending a powerful sho🌸t past Chile goalkeeper Fernando De Paul.
Chile, which failed to qualify for the⛎ World Cup, enjoyed plenty of possession and Blackburn striker Ben Brereton-Diaz went close later in the first half. But the team’s chances of getting b🍨ack into the game were reduced just before the hour as Alex Ibacache was sent off with a second yellow card.
Son scored his 32nd goal for his country with just෴ seconds remaining by curling a free kick into the top corner from a central position just ou🌠tside the area.
South Korea will f🌄ace Uruguay, Portugal and Ghana in Group H at the World Cup, and will continue its preparations by taking on Paraguay on Friday and then Egypt on June 14꧑.
Chile will participate in the Kirin Cup in Japan, facing Tunisia on Friday with the winner taking on ei💙ther Japan or Ghana.
