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Son-less S Korea lose to Peru in FIFA friendly

South Korea fell 1-0 to Peru in a FIFA friendly on Friday, with the hosts missing their talisman Son Heung-min and top defender Kim Min-jae. Bryan Reyna scored the only goal in the 11th minute in Busan as Tottenham Hotspur star Son, recovering from a recent sports hernia surgery, watched from the bench. Centre-back Kim, who won the Serie A title with Napoli, is completing his mandatory South Korean military training this month. His absence was felt by the hosts as an unmarked Reyna scored from a Paolo Guerrero pass. Peru nearly doubled their lead in the 19th minute when Reyna teed up Guerrero but the shot went just wide.