South Korea v England: Internet Editor Chris Sudlow monitors the latest news from the Far East. The match kicked off at 11am

FULL-TIME: South Korea 1, England 1

DESPITE a perfect start from skipper Michael Owen, England could only draw their friendly with South Korea in Jeju.

Owen pounced to give his team the lead in the 25th minute.

It was an encouraging first-half display by England, although the hosts, who beat Scotland comfortably on Friday gave them a few anxious moments.

But after making seven changes at the interval and changing from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 England were rocked on their heels when South Korea equalised on 51 minutes.

51 MIN: 1-1

Choi outjumped Martin Keown to flick on Lee Chun-Soo's outswinger, then Park Ji-Sung sent the ball flying past David James after he had evaded Teddy Sheringham's weak

challenge

Eriksson had switched Hargreaves into the centre of midfield in a revised 4-4-2 formation and Mills, Vassell and Heskey were the only other men not to be withdrawn.

Trevor Sinclair had a chance to impress just hours before he would learn whether he was set to fly home before the tournament had even begun.

HALF-TIME

South Korea 0 England 1

SUPERSTAR goalscorer Michael Owen gave England the perfect start to the friendly with South Korea in Jeju when he pounced to give his team the lead in the 25th minute.

It was an encouraging first-half display by England, although the hosts, who beat Scotland comfortably on Friday gave them a few anxious moments.

25 MIN: 0-1

Captain Michael Owen opens the scoring for England

Heskey's short pass gave Scholes a yard of space inside the penalty area and though Lee Woon-jae blocked his effort, the rebound skewed sideways and Owen pounced to

bundle the ball home.

England made an encouraging start with Bayern Munich's Owen Hargreaves racing to the edge of the area before releasing Michael Owen with a neat reverse pass.

But Owen's shot was easily saved by Lee Woon-jae, although the offside flag had already been raised.

At the other end Lee Chun-Soo forced Mills to concede a corner, however Lee Young-pyo fired wide from the cross.

PREVIEW

Manchester United full-back Wes Brown appears to be losing out in the race for injured teammate Gary Neville's World Cup position.

Danny Mills, of Leeds, was preferred in the starting line-up for the friendly with South Korea in Jeju.

England adopted a 4-3-3 system with Darius Vassell, scorer on his previous two starts for England, picked alongside Emile Heskey and Michael Owen.

The Koreans were full of confidence and looking for another notable scalp after demolishing Scotland 4-1 last week.

TEAMS

South Korea: Woon-Jae Lee, Song, Hong, Jin-Cheul Choi, Nam-Il Kim, Tae-Uk Choi, Yong-Pyo Lee, Yoo, Park, Seol, Chun-Soo Lee.

Subs: Byung-Ji Kim, Yong-Soo Choi, Min-Sung Lee, Eul-Young Lee, Sung-Young Choi, Hyun, Yun, Ahn, Cha, En-Sung Choi, Hwang, Tae-Young Kim, Sun-Cook.

England: Martyn, Mills, Ferdinand, Campbell, Ashley Cole, Hargreaves, Scholes, Murphy, Owen, Heskey, Vassell.

Subs: Keown, Seaman, Brown, Southgate, Bridge, Sheringham, Joe Cole, James, Sinclair.

Referee: A Kahalidi (Malaysia)