South Korea vs El Salvador summary: score, stats, goals & highlights | International friendly World Cup 2026 warm up
Lee Deong-Gyeong grabbed a second-half winner in Sandy, Utah, as the South Koreans geared up for the World Cup with a friendly win over El Salvador.
Match ends, Korea Republic 1, El Salvador 0.
Second Half ends, Korea Republic 1, El Salvador 0.
Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Korea Republic).
Jefferson Valladares (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Yang Hyun-Jun (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kévin Reyes (El Salvador).
Cho Wi-Je (Korea Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Cho Wi-Je (Korea Republic).
Cristian Gil (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Mario González (El Salvador). Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Jorge Cruz.
Offside, El Salvador. Cristian Gil is caught offside.
Lee Tae-Seok (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cristian Gil (El Salvador).
Foul by Lee Tae-Seok (Korea Republic).
Brayan Landaverde (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Yang Hyun-Jun (Korea Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Yang Hyun-Jun (Korea Republic).
Mayer Gil (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Jens Castrop (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jefferson Valladares (El Salvador).
Lee Kang-In (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mayer Gil (El Salvador).
Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Oh Hyeon-Gyu.
Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Yang Hyun-Jun.
Foul by Jens Castrop (Korea Republic).
Jefferson Valladares (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lee Kang-In (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Son Heung-Min.
Substitution, El Salvador. Isaac Portillo replaces Christian Martínez.
Substitution, El Salvador. Cristian Gil replaces Nathan Ordaz.
Substitution, El Salvador. Kévin Reyes replaces Marcelo Díaz.
Substitution, El Salvador. Danis Cerros replaces Diego Flores.
Attempt missed. Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jens Castrop.
Handball by Jens Castrop (Korea Republic).
Attempt saved. Jens Castrop (Korea Republic) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal by Mario González (El Salvador). Assisted by Paik Seung-Ho.
Lee Tae-Seok (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brayan Landaverde (El Salvador).
Paik Seung-Ho (Korea Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paik Seung-Ho (Korea Republic).
Mayer Gil (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Paik Seung-Ho (Korea Republic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Kang-In.
Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Nathan Ordaz.
Yang Hyun-Jun (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Flores (El Salvador).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match for a drinks break.
Handball by Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Korea Republic).
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Son Heung-Min (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jorge Cruz (El Salvador).
Lee Tae-Seok (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mayer Gil (El Salvador).
Foul by Oh Hyeon-Gyu (Korea Republic).
Rudy Clavel (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, El Salvador. Mayer Gil is caught offside.
Foul by Kim Jin-Gyu (Korea Republic).
Marcelo Díaz (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, El Salvador. Mayer Gil replaces Styven Vásquez.
Substitution, El Salvador. Brayan Landaverde replaces Mauricio Cerritos.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Oh Hyeon-Gyu replaces Cho Gue-Sung.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Paik Seung-Ho replaces Lee Dong-Gyeong.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Lee Kang-In replaces Seol Young-Woo.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Yang Hyun-Jun replaces Lee Jae-Sung.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Son Heung-Min replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Kim Jin-Gyu replaces Hwang In-Beom.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Park Jin-Seob replaces Kim Min-Jae.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Jens Castrop replaces Lee Gi-Hyuk.
Foul by Lee Jae-Sung (Korea Republic).
Jefferson Valladares (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Cho Wi-Je (Korea Republic) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Dong-Gyeong with a cross.
Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Diego Flores.
Goal! Korea Republic 1, El Salvador 0. Lee Dong-Gyeong (Korea Republic) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Lee Dong-Gyeong (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Marcelo Díaz (El Salvador).
Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Julio Sibrián.
Attempt saved. Lee Dong-Gyeong (Korea Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mario González (El Salvador). Assisted by Seol Young-Woo.
Foul by Jefferson Valladares (El Salvador).
Lee Tae-Seok (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cho Gue-Sung (Korea Republic).
Julio Sibrián (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kim Min-Jae (Korea Republic).
Rudy Clavel (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Styven Vásquez.
Foul by Julio Sibrián (El Salvador).
Lee Tae-Seok (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Song Bum-Keun replaces Kim Seung-Gyu.
Substitution, Korea Republic. Cho Wi-Je replaces Lee Han-Beom.
Second Half begins Korea Republic 0, El Salvador 0.
First Half ends, Korea Republic 0, El Salvador 0.
Foul by Cho Gue-Sung (Korea Republic).
Julio Sibrián (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Mario González (El Salvador).
Mauricio Cerritos (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Hwang Hee-Chan (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mauricio Cerritos (El Salvador).
Foul by Seol Young-Woo (Korea Republic).
Diego Flores (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
Attempt missed. Jefferson Valladares (El Salvador) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mauricio Cerritos.
Foul by Cho Gue-Sung (Korea Republic).
Rudy Clavel (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mauricio Cerritos (El Salvador).
Lee Jae-Sung (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Flores (El Salvador).
Lee Gi-Hyuk (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathan Ordaz (El Salvador).
Offside, El Salvador. Nathan Ordaz is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Mario González (El Salvador).
Foul by Lee Gi-Hyuk (Korea Republic).
Nathan Ordaz (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Seol Young-Woo (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Styven Vásquez (El Salvador).
Attempt missed. Hwang Hee-Chan (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Christian Martínez (El Salvador).
Attempt blocked. Seol Young-Woo (Korea Republic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Dong-Gyeong.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match for a drinks break.
Attempt missed. Jefferson Valladares (El Salvador) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nathan Ordaz with a through ball.
Offside, El Salvador. Diego Flores is caught offside.
Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic).
Marcelo Díaz (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Lee Jae-Sung (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Diego Flores (El Salvador).
Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Diego Flores.
Attempt missed. Lee Dong-Gyeong (Korea Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lee Tae-Seok with a cross.
Attempt missed. Marcelo Díaz (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Christian Martínez following a set piece situation.
Foul by Lee Han-Beom (Korea Republic).
Styven Vásquez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Lee Gi-Hyuk (Korea Republic) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal by Mario González (El Salvador). Assisted by Lee Dong-Gyeong with a cross.
Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Christian Martínez.
Corner, Korea Republic. Conceded by Mario González.
Attempt saved. Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Mario González (El Salvador).
Hwang Hee-Chan (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Julio Sibrián (El Salvador).
Cho Gue-Sung (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rudy Clavel (El Salvador).
Foul by Marcelo Díaz (El Salvador).
Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hwang In-Beom (Korea Republic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mauricio Cerritos (El Salvador).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.