Having initially struggled to break down its visitors at Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Korea Republic eventually wrapped up the win with help from substitute Cho Gue-Sung on his return to the national team.

The hosts started strong, with Lee Jae-Sung seeing two headers kept out by Guillermo Viscarra, while Enzo Monteiro also went close for Bolivia, only narrowly missing the post just after the half-hour mark.

However, it was the hosts that found the breakthrough in the 57th minute with a free-kick just outside the box. Son stepped up, bending a wonderful strike over the top of the wall and into the top-left corner, giving Viscarra no chance.

Myung-Bo Hong's side continued to push and doubled Korea Republic's lead in the 88th minute through Cho, who had come on to replace Son just over 10 minutes earlier.

He profited from some slack defending, brushing off his defender to poke the ball in from close range, with the sprawling Viscarra unable to keep it out despite getting a hand to it.

Elsewhere, Japan was also victorious in a friendly against Ghana, with goals from Takumi Minamino and Ritsu Doan securing a 2-0 win.