"Fantasy star" Bae Joon-ho is also absent.

The Korea Football Association announced the selection of an alternative to the South Korean Olympic soccer team on the afternoon of the 14th.  토토사이트

Bae Joon-ho did not get permission to borrow from Stoke City in the end. As a result, Ulsan HD's Choi Kang-min was selected as a substitute.

The Korea Football Association said, "As Stoke City FC, Bae Joon-ho's team, which was included in the 23 entries for the final qualifying round for the Olympics, finally announced that it would not be able to recruit players due to team circumstances, the association replaced Choi Kang-min and will arrive in Doha at 11:45 p.m. on the 14th local time."

Bae Joon-ho is the most highly anticipated player in the Hwang Sun-hong team. He has played in 36 matches with Stoke City in the 2023-24 season, with two goals and four assists. There was no doubt about his performance as he received consistent playing time.

In fact, Bae Joon-ho showed great performance at the last WAFP U-23 Championship. However, he will not be able to see his fantastic performance this time around.

Stoke City, which includes Bae Jun-ho, is currently competing for relegation zone in the Championship (British Second Division). It ranks 20th with 12 wins, 11 draws and 20 losses. Although it is not in the relegation zone yet, the gap between Huddersfield at 22nd and Sheffield Wednesday at 23rd is not that big.

After all, Stoke City cannot recruit Bae Joon-ho, its flagship player. As a result, Hwang has to compete without "Fantasy Star."

The South Korean Olympic soccer team, led by head coach Hwang Sun-hong, will start against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the 17th and play in the final qualifying round for the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar U-23 Asian Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Hwang aims to advance to the Olympics for the first time in 10 consecutive years. Hwang is also the only hope due to the annihilation of major ball games. However, starting with the UAE, China and Japan, the group stage is expected to see a thorny side.

In addition, key European players such as Yang Hyun-joon and Kim Ji-soo, including Bae Joon-ho, have not been called out, and the power is weakening. Another main striker, Jung Sang-bin, joins, but the timing is late. Kim Min-woo's joining is reassuring.

As Hwang is not involved in an FIFA-hosted competition, he is being held back by the team because he is not considered mandatory. As of now, we have no choice but to expect him to display his best performance in his previous matches.