Jeonbuk got off to a bright start after their high pressing game forced Dynamic Herb into conceding a penalty after Roberto Corsame clipped Choi Chul-Soon inside the area. Lee Seung-woo sent keeper Florencio Badelic the wrong way to put the K League 1 side in front in the fifth minute.

The Philippine side struggled to get their momentum going and came under pressure as Lee Seung-woo was foiled in the eighth minute before Nana Boateng and Park Jae-Yong both failed to find the target from outside the area.

Badelic was kept on his toes in the 14th minute after Boateng squeezed a crisp through ball to Park Jae-yong, who did well to evade his marker before being denied by the Filipino custodian.

Dynamic Herb survived another Jeonbuk attack six minutes later when  Ku Ja-Ryong nodded the ball on for Park Jae-Yong, whose headed attempt was blocked, before Lee Seung-Woo sent his effort high following the ensuing corner.

Jeonbuk doubled their advantage just before the half-hour mark after Dynamic Herb failed to clear Lee Seung-woo’s inviting cross from the left, which left  Badelic exposed to Jeon Byung-Kwan’s rifled finish into the bottom left corner.

With Dynamic Herb’s movement severely limited in the second half, Jeonbuk took advantage in the 52nd minute after a careless backpass by Kamil Amirul propped up Jeon Jin-woo to score past a hapless Badelic.

Jin Tae-ho came close to extending Jeonbuk’s lead in the 67th minute but Badelic closed the door on the midfielder with a near post save, only to concede for the fourth time after Song Min-kyu finished off a slick passing exchange with Jeon Jin-Woo with a thumping shot. 

Jeonbuk face Thailand’s Muangthong United, while Dynamic Herb take on Selangor FC of Malaysia next week.