South Korea held by Iran in friendly

Hwang Ui-jo found the net in his second straight match for the Taeguk Warriors at Seoul's World Cup Stadium, but Kim Young-Gwon conceded an own goal for the hosts.

The Iranians, known as "Team Melli", have never lost to South Korea in six meetings, with four wins and two draws.

The only thing missing in the action-packed first half was a goal.

Both sides generated strong scoring chances and the two goalkeepers, Jo Hyeon-woo and Alireza Beiranvand, came up huge to keep clean sheets.

Heung-Min Son came close before South Korea beat Beiranvand but not the woodwork, as Na Sang-ho's volley off a Lee Yong cross hit the bottom of the bar and bounced just in front of the goal line.

Iranian sub Ahmad Noorollahi was also denied by the crossbar in the 55th minute, as the teams picked up right where they left off in the second half.

South Korea finally beat Beiranvand in the 57th minute.

Two defenders, Milad Mohammadi and Morteza Pouraliganji, ran into each other as they were tracking the flight of a long pass, and Hwang capitalised on the blunder and flicked a shot over Beiranvand, who'd charged out of the net to challenge the forward.

South Korea's lead lasted only five minutes, however, as Kim Young-gwon had a Ramin Rezaeian corner hit ricochet off his leg past Jo into the goal.

Neither side came close to breaking the deadlock until Son's strike on stoppage time forced Beiranvand to make another great save.