Fine individual work and a left-footed drive from Phillip Cocu and the right foot of Marc Overmars from a breakaway four minutes later gave the Dutch a 2-0 first-half lead.

Dennis Bergkamp, Pierre Van Hooijdonk and Ronald De Boer scored the others as the Dutch pressed the accelerator late in game.

In the 37th minute, just one minute after an Overmars goal had been ruled off-side, Cocu gave the Dutch the lead, working the ball along just outside the box and unleashing a thundering left-foot shot.

Overmars made it two four minutes later when Wim Jonk fed him, he rounded his marker Choi Sung-Yong and fired home an unstoppable shot.

But the biggest cheer from the massed orange ranks was reserved for a goal from Dennis Bergkamp. The Dutch striker, starting his first match in seven weeks, made his mark in the71st minute as he took an Aron Winter pass, slipped between two Korean defenders and slotted the ball in.

Five minutes later, he could have had a second. Eventually, he was replaced by Van Hooijdonk.