Paulo Bento Brought Korea Won Against Uruguay

DBasia.news – Paulo Bento gained his second victory in three matches since he handled Korea national team. Under the Portuguese coach, they won 2-1 against Uruguay in the friendly match on Friday.

Jung Woo-young scored the decisive goal at 11 minutes before the match ends after Matias Vecino balanced the situation after South Korea led the game by the opening goal of Hwang Ui-jo.

Hwang scored the goal at 66′ from the penalty box after Fernando Muslera scored the penalty kick from Son Heung-min.

Uruguay balanced the situation six minutes later when Lucas Torreira utilized the mistake from South Korean defense line to achieve the ball and passed the ball to Vecino who successfully scored the goal from 8 meters distance.

But Korsel achieved the victory when Jung scored the goal.

The victory was the second for Bento since taking over the coaching position for South Korea on September. The Portuguese coach also achieved his first victory against Costa Rica before the draw match against Chile 0-0.