South Korea avenged a 1-0 home defeat to Japan in April by the same scoreline at a rain-swept National Stadium on Saturday.
Ironically it was Japan-based, second-half substitute Ahn Jung Hwan who banged in the deserved winner in the 86th minute after a mistake by Yutaka Akita.
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