Nagai scores freak goal to give coach Zico his first win


SEOUL: Substitute Yuichiro Nagai snatched a freak goal in injury time as Japan stunned 2002 World Cup co-hosts South Korea 1-0 in a fiercely contested friendly yesterday. 

An attempted clearance from South Korea defender Cho Byoung-kuk ricocheted off Nagai's left foot and looped over goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae to give Japan coach Zico his first victory in four attempts. 

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