South Korea thumped Honduras 4-0 in Friday’s friendly action, while China and New Zealand were forced to share the spoils.
In front of 30,000 fans in Seoul, the South Koreans produced a professional performance to see off their Central American opponents with ease.Playing for the first time in South Korea this year, Cho Kwang-Rae’s side took the lead after 28 minutes when Lee Jung-Soo found the back of the net.The hosts doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time when Kim Jung-Woo made the most of good build-up play from the country’s new captain, Park Chu-Young, and fired his shot past Honduras shot-stopper Noel Valladares.With the game petering out, the hosts added more polish to the scoreboard with goals inside the last 10 minutes from Park and Lee Keun-Ho. New Zealand came from behind to grab a 1-1 draw against China at the Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium.The All Whites, who impressed at the 2010 World Cup, made a horror start when an own goal from Andrew Boyens gave China the lead after just two minutes.Du Wei’s header required a save from Glen Moss but his parry struck Boyens and hit the back of the net to give the hosts the early initiative.But the equaliser came when Michael McGlinchey launched a shot from distance that beat substitute goalkeeper Cheng Yuelei seven minutes into the second half.In other results, Estonia shocked Uruguay 2-0 courtesy of goals from Konstantin Vassiljev and Vjatseslav Zahovaiko, Montenegro overcame Uzbekistan thanks to a Simon Vukcevic strike and Lithuania defeated visiting Poland 2-0 with Saulius Mikoliunas and Edgaras Cesnauskis getting on the scoresheet.Matches between Kuwait and Jordan and Qatar and Tunisia were postponed.
Sat 26 March, 2011