South Korea 2 France 3

A late goal from centre back Franck Leboeuf beat South Korea 3-2 as the long road from Paris 1998 to Seoul ended.

Leboeuf has announced his retirement from the international team for after the World Cup finals and coach Roger Lemerre's side have now ended their warm-up matches.

Their next test is against Senegal as their title defence opens next Friday in the Korean capital. Senegal have 20 players on their squad from the French league - far more than the World Cup holders - but they will be hard-pressed to match Korea's impressive display on the big night next week.

The home side led 2-1 at half-time with goals from Park Ji-Sung and Seol Ki-Hyeon and the problems England had against Guus Hiddink's busy side last Wednesday were experienced by the French.

France started very impressively with David Trezeguet scoring in the 16th minute after a whipped cross from Thierry Henry and the Juventus star met it full on the volley to crash the ball in.

But Park Ji-Sung equalised in the 26th minute after Kim Nam-Il put the striker through to round French captain Marcel Desailly launch a cross shot with his left foot.

With Zinedine Zidane replaced in the 38th minute to sit with an ice pack on his thigh for the rest of the game, Korea took the lead when a Lee Young-Pyo free kick found Seol Ki-Hyeon for a free header with the French back line marking air.

Substitute Christophe Dugarry equalised from Youri Djorkaeff's free kick with another header before substitute Cha Du-Ri curled in a shot after easily beating Leboeuf.

The OM veteran then exacted revenge with a neat chest trap and volley in off the crossbar and the home side still had time to appeal justifiably for a penalty after Mickael Sylvestre handeled a Cha shot.