South Korea vs Cameroon

SEOUL: Son Heung-min scored for the second straight match on Tuesday (Sep 27) to lead South Korea to a 1-0 victory over Cameroon in their latest World Cup ...

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Son Heung-min's first half header earned South Korea a 1-0 win over Cameroon on Tuesday at Seoul World Cup Stadium as the Tottenham Hotspur striker netted ...

Son carried the main threat against the visitors and it was from his deep cross in the fifth minute that the Koreans almost took the lead, Kim Jin-su nodding back across goal before Onana kept out Jeong Woo-yeong’s close range header. Son went close to claiming a second late in the game with a free kick that narrowly cleared the crossbar while Leandre Tawamba could have earned Cameroon a late draw, but his attempt to lob Kim Seung-gyu was too weak to clear the goalkeeper. Son pounced in the 35th minute after Andre Onana kept out Kim Jin-su’s initial shot, the 30-year-old finding the target again after scoring a late free kick in Friday’s 2-2 draw with Costa Rica.

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min's first-half header earns South Korea victory over Cameroon in a friendly in Seoul.

The Iran forward headed home from a cross by left back Ehsan Hajsafi. The two teams ran for cover and after 45 minutes it looked like the game would resume as the Mali players returned to the turf to re-start their warm-up. The five-time African champions, who begin their World Cup campaign against Switzerland and are also grouped with Brazil and Serbia in Group G at the finals, will host Jamaica in a friendly in Yaounde on 9 November before leaving for Qatar, according to Song.