International Friendlies
Son opened the scoring in the sixth minute with his 59th international goal before substitute Oh Se-hun sealed the victory at the hour mark.
Korea Republic made the perfect start after Uzbekistan were penalised for handball just outside the box, with Son stepping up to drill the resulting free-kick into the bottom right corner.
Uzbekistan responded strongly, with Dostonbek Khamdamov and Abbosbek Fayzullaev testing goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo as the Central Asian side enjoyed a good spell of pressure.
Cho Hyun-taek came close to extending Korea Republic’s lead in the 31st minute, only to be denied by Abduvohid Nematov, while Jo kept out another Khamdamov effort at the other end.
Son almost struck again three minutes after the restart but Nematov produced a fine save to keep out his curling free-kick, while Jo then denied Akmal Mozgovoy and Odiljon Hamrobekov in quick succession.
Korea Republic doubled their advantage in the 60th minute with Oh rising above Bekhruz Karimov to head home Song Min-kyu’s cross.
Uzbekistan continued to threaten, with Khusain Norchaev going close in the closing stages, but Korea Republic held firm to seal the victory.
In Chongqing, Tajikistan edged China PR 1-0 courtesy of Vahdat Hanonov’s second-half strike.
The sides went into the break goalless before Hanonov broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute.
China PR’s hopes of mounting a comeback suffered a further blow six minutes later when Wei Shihao was sent off, with Tajikistan holding firm to secure the victory.
In Kolkata, Uruguay powered to a 6-1 win over India, with Maximiliano Araújo scoring twice.
Darwin Nunez opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 11th minute before Anirudh Thapa restored parity for India in the 22nd minute.
Araujo put Uruguay back in front six minutes later to give the South Americans a 2-1 lead at the break.
Rodrigo Zalazar extended Uruguay’s advantage in the 53rd minute before Araujo struck again six minutes later.
Juan Manuel Sanabria added a fifth in the 71st minute, with Rodrigo Aguirre completing the scoring four minutes from time.
Photos: Korea Football Association
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