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South Korea 1 Croatia 1

First Published: Nov 13, 2001

Croatia came from behind to hold World Cup co-hosts South Korea and end their short trip to Asia.

The friendly opened the new Kwangju stadium which will host games at next year's finals.

Croatia lost 2-0 on Saturday and trailed to a 42nd minute Choi Yong-soo shot before defender Boris Zivkovic hit the equaliser twenty minutes later.

The visitors started strongly with defender Josip Simunica smacking a header against the crossbar in only the 3rd minute but Choi gave Korea the lead when he hit a looping finish to a near post cross just before half time.

Milan Rapaic crossed for Zivkovic to head in just after the hour mark.