South Korea's national football team is set to train with a full squad in Dublin for European friendly matches later this month, as overseas-based players joined the team for their international duty.
South Korea, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, called up 23 players for their friendly matches against Northern Ireland and Poland later this month on the road. Shin's side, 59th in the latest FIFA rankings, will take on No. 24 Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in Belfast on Saturday and face No. 6 Poland three days later at Slaski Stadium in Chorzow, Poland.
Fourteen players from domestic K League 1 clubs took a flight to arrive in Dublin on Monday (local time) for their training. Koo Ja-cheol of FC Augsburg joined the team in Frankfurt, Germany, where the team made a stop to transfer for the flight to Ireland. Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur, Ki Sung-yueng of Swansea City and Japan-based national players were already in Dublin before the national team arrived.
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South Korean national football team players move luggage carts after arriving at Dublin Airport in Dublin on March 19. (Yonhap) |
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