After wasting chances in the first half, Mexico sharpened its aim in the second half and beat South Korea 3-2 in a warm-up match played in the city of Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Ui-Jo Hwang, at minute 20, and Kyung-Won Kwon, at 87, scored for the ‘Taeguk Warriors’. The ‘Tricolor’ prevailed with goals from Raúl Jiménez, at 67, Uriel Antuna, at 69, and Carlos Salcedo, at 70.
After this match, on Tuesday South Korea will play Qatar and Mexico will face Japan; These tests will also be played in Austria, in the towns of Maria Enzersdorf and Graz, respectively. AFP (hn)