SEOUL —
South Korea enjoyed a resounding 4–1 victory
over Egypt playing without Mohamed Salah on Tuesday, capping off a run of four
World Cup tune-up matches with their most convincing performance of the month.
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South Korean captain Son Heung-min, who shared the Premier
League Golden Boot with
Salah last season, made his fourth consecutive start
but saw his goal-scoring streak snapped after two games.
The Son versus Salah showdown never materialized at Seoul
World Cup Stadium, as the Liverpool star did not make the trip due to an
unspecified injury.
South Korea took the lead over the undermanned visitors on
16 minutes when Hwang Ui-jo headed home a Kim Jin-su cross for his second goal
in his past three matches.
Hwang then set up Kim Young-gwon's diving header six minutes
later to give South Korea a 2–0 advantage.
Egypt fought back on 38 minutes, courtesy of
Galatasaray
forward Mostafa Mohamed, who took advantage of some confusion among South
Korean defenders.
After Ibrahim Adel's first shot hit Kim Jin-su, several
South Koreans raised their hands to signal possible handball instead of trying
to clear the ball out of harm's way. Mohamed jumped on the loose change and
fired it home to make it a 2–1 game.
Following a quiet stretch in the second half, substitute Cho
Gue-sung extended South Korea's lead on 85 minutes with a right-footed curler
from just outside the box. Kwon Chang-hoon then put the icing on the cake with
a stoppage-time header.
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