South Korea beat 2-0 Bosnia in World Cup warm-up

SEOUL, May 26: South Korea, strengthened by the return of their Europe-based players, beat Bosnia 2-0 in a World Cup warmup match today.

Seol Ki-hyeon opened the scoring for the home side in the 50th minute, heading in from close range after Bosnia keeper Romeo Mitrovic could only half-clear an effort by Ahn Jung-hwan.

Cho Jae-jin made certain of victory by blasting in a second from the edge of the area in the 90th minute.

South Korea coach Dick Advocaat had brought back his European players, including England-based duo Park Ji-sung and Lee Young-pyo, after his team had struggled at times to impose themselves in their last warm-up match against Senegal.

Bosnia looked dangerous on the break aided by the trickery on the left of Admir Vladavic, who forced a good save from South Korea keeper Lee Woon-jae in the 24th minute, but appeared to fall off the pace a little in the second half.

South Korea, who were held 1-1 by Senegal on Tuesday, now travel to Europe for final warm-up matches against Ghana and Norway.

The 2002 semi-finalists face France, Switzerland and Togo in Group G, with their opening game against the African side on June 13.

REUTERS