Overview
- South Korea and Mexico finished 2-2 in a friendly at Geodis Park in Nashville on Sept. 9, with Santiago Gimenez equalizing in stoppage time.
- Son Heung-min entered at halftime, scored the 65th-minute equalizer and reached 136 caps, tying Cha Bum-kun and Hong Myung-bo for the most by a South Korean man.
- Oh Hyeon-gyu put Korea ahead in the 75th minute after Raul Jimenez opened the scoring for Mexico in the 22nd.
- Head coach Hong Myung-bo started nine new players compared with the U.S. match and lamented the late lapse, stressing the need to maintain focus to the final whistle.
- Son now has 53 international goals, five shy of Cha’s men’s record, as Korea look ahead to home friendlies against Brazil on Oct. 10 and Paraguay on Oct. 14.