Two star players join S. Korea's World Cup squad ahead of qualifier

DOHA, Qatar, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- Manchester United's Park Ji-sung and Lee
Young-pyo of Germany's Borussia Dortmund joined the South Korean national squad
Monday (Korean time) ahead of an upcoming 2010 World Cup qualifier against Saudi
Arabia.

The arrival of the two key midfielders came a day before the squad was to fly to
Saudi Arabia to play a regional qualifier for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
South Korea lead Group A of the final Asian qualifying round, while Saudi Arabia
are placed at third. They will face off against each other on Wednesday in
Riyadh.
Five teams, also including Iran, North Korea and the United Arab Emirates, are
competing in the group for a pair of tickets to the World Cup. South Korea, who
seek their seventh straight ticket, drew with North Korea in September and
defeated the United Arab Emirates 4-1 last month.
Park, who scored a goal and an assist in the qualifier against the UAE, will
again captain his team in the upcoming match, according to team officials. He
will be joined by Park Chu-young, a striker who recently moved to AS Monaco of
the French league and is scheduled to join his national squad on Tuesday.
South Korea are ranked 53rd in the world, while Saudi Arabia are one notch higher.
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