The national team of South Korea, coached by Jürgen Klinsmann, clearly beat world 95th-ranked Vietnam in a test. Numerous players with Bundesliga experience were involved in goals in the 6:0
National coach Jürgen Klinsmann used several players with Bundesliga experience in his starting eleven: In addition to figurehead Son (Tottenham, formerly HSV and Leverkusen), Jae-Sung Lee (Mainz 05) and ex-Leipzig player Hwang (Wolverhampton Wanderers) as well as Bayern Munich’s Min-Jae Kim also started.
Ex-Leipzig Hwang raises
It was also Kim who gave the home side the early lead in Suwon: the centre-back was criminally left free with his header inside the five-yard box (5th). Before the break, ex-Leipzig player Hwang (27th) increased the lead after an assist from Mainz player Lee, and the 26th-ranked team in the world went into the dressing room with a 2-0 lead.
After own goal: Vietnam finish test with ten players
Shortly after the restart, Vo Minh Trong put the ball into his own net (50th), but 3-0 from South Korea’s point of view against 95th-ranked Vietnam was not enough: Son scored dryly after a one-two with Hwang to make it 4-0 (60th). The visitors were then forced to play themselves out, with Bui Hoang Viet Anh seeing a yellow card in the 61st minute.
That was not all for the Vietnamese: Paris St. Germain’s Kang-in Lee also scored (70th). The final goal was again scored by a Bundesliga player: Joker Jeong, who had won the Asian Games with a South Korean team not even two weeks earlier, completed the half dozen (86th).