South Korea have cut their provisional squad for the World Cup down to 26 players.
Huh narrows provisional line-up to 26 players
South Korea have cut their provisional squad for the World Cup in South Africa this summer down to 26 players.
Coach Huh Jong-moo originally named a 30-man provisional squad, but axed four players from the line-up on Monday, a day after the team beat Ecuador 2-0 in an international friendly in Seoul.
The four players to be cut are defenders Kang Min-soo, Hwang Jae-won and Cho Won-hee and midfielder Kim Chi-woo, who all play in South Korea's domestic competition, the K-League.
The only dismissed player to feature in the Taegeuk Warriors' win on Sunday was Hwang, who was brought on as a substitute for captain and Manchester United star Park Ji-sung in the 46th minute.
Defensive midfielder Cho is currently signed with Wigan Athletic, but was loaned out to K-League side Suwon Bluewings earlier this year after a handful of appearances for the Premier League club.
Warm-up
South Korea will take on arch-rivals Japan in a friendly next Monday before leaving for their pre-World Cup training camp in Austria.
Huh is due to submit the final 23-man squad for the tournament to Fifa on 1st June.
There are a few injury concerns for the coach after midfielder Kim Jae-sung limped off against the South Americans.
He should be fully recovered next week but striker Lee Dong-gook could be out of action for two to three weeks after suffering a thigh injury.
South Korea will take on Argentina, Greece and Nigeria in Group B of the tournament.
Revised preliminary South Korea World Cup squad:Lee Woon-jae (Suwon), Kim Young-kwang (Ulsan), Jung Sung-ryong (Seongnam), Kwak Tae-hwi (Kyoto), Kim Dong-jin (Ulsan), Kim Hyung-il (Pohang), Oh Beom-seok (Ulsan), Lee Young-pyo (Al Hilal), Lee Jung-soo (Kashima Antlers), Hwang Jae-won (Pohang), Cha Doo-ri (Freiburg), Cho Yong-hyung (Jeju), Koo Ja-cheol (Jeju), Ki Sung-yong (Celtic), Kim Bo-kyung (Oita), Kim Nam-il (Tom Tomsk), Shin Hung-min (Pohang), Kim Jae-sung (Pohang), Kim Jung-woo (Gwangju), Lee Chung-yong (Bolton), Park Ji-sung (Manchester United), Park Ju-young (Monaco), Ahn Jung-hwan (Dalian Shide), Lee Seung-ryul (FC Seoul), Yeom Ki-hun (Suwon), Lee Keun-ho (Jubilo Iwata), Lee Dong-guk (Jeonbuk).
