Korea Republic's 27-match unbeaten run came to an end on Wednesday 18 November, with fellow 2010 FIFA World Cup™ qualifiers Serbia beating Park Ji-Sung and Co in a friendly at Fulham's Craven Cottage.

Park's Manchester United team-mate Nemanja Vidic, who has been sidelined for three weeks with a calf injury, captained Serbia and played 70 minutes of a match decided by Nikola Zigic's solitary goal.

Park also got 70 minutes under his belt having been missing for United since October with a knee injury, while centre-half Vidic gave Sir Alex Ferguson a major boost by proving his fitness ahead of Saturday's Premier League meeting with Everton.

PSV Eindhoven's Danko Lazovic, who scored Serbia's winner in last Saturday's friendly in Northern Ireland, was also in the side. And the team which qualified ahead of France for the finals in South Africa next year did not have to wait long to take the lead.

In the sixth minute, Nenad Milijas swung in a cross and towering Valencia forward Zigic got in front of his marker and tucked the ball away for the only goal.

The South Koreans had four of the players who helped them reach the semi-finals of Korea/Japan 2002 under Guus Hiddink in their starting line-up, but they came up short against a powerful Serbian team.

Predictably, their best moments came via Park, whose every touch was greeted with raucous cheers from an enthusiastic Korean crowd. The midfielder almost set up a second-half equaliser but substitute Lee Dong Gook could not quite get on the end of his cross.

However, Serbia could have won by more with Aleksander Lukovic hitting the crossbar in the first half and Milos Krasic fizzing a free-kick just wide late on.