BANGKOK, June 16 (Reuters) - Son Heung-min's second-half pile-driver helped South Korea to a comfortable 2-0 win over Myanmar in a 2018 World Cup qualifier in Bangkok on Tuesday.
The Koreans, bidding to appear at a ninth consecutive World Cup finals, spent the entire match camped in their opponents' half and were never threatened by Myanmar, who are banned from hosting matches due to crowd trouble at a 2011 qualifier.
Midfielder Yeom Ki-hoon cracked the base of the post and Son had a volley blocked on the line in the first 10 minutes before Lee Jae-sung opened the scoring in the 35th minute.