Crystal
Palace winger Lee Chung-Yong had his dreams of a third World Cup dashed on
Saturday as he was one of three players cut as coach Shin Tae-Yong announced
his final 23-man squad.
The
Taeguk Warriors head to their Austrian training camp on Sunday without Lee as
well as defenders Kwon Kyong-Won of Tianjin Quanjian in China and Kim Jin-Su of
K-League champions Jeonbuk Motors.
Lee,
a veteran of the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, barely featured for Palace in the
2017-18 English Premier League season and that lack of game time counted
against the 29-year-old.
Kwon
failed to get ahead of the other central defenders named in the 28-man
preliminary squad in May while Kim has failed to recover from a knee injury
sustained in a March friendly against Northern Ireland in Belfast.
Lee
Keun-Ho and Kwon Chang-Hoon had already withdrawn from the initial roster due
to injury.
The
2002 semifinalists are in Group F and kick off against Sweden on June 18 before
taking on Mexico and defending champions Germany.
Full
squad
Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-gyu (Vissel Kobe),
Kim Jin-hyeon (Cerezo Osaka), Cho Hyun-woo (Daegu FC).
Defenders: Kim young-gwon (Guangzhou
Evergrande), Jang Hyun-soo (FC Tokyo), Jung Seung-hyun (Sagan Tosu), Yun
Yong-sun (Seongnam FC), Oh Ban-suk (Jeju United), Kim Min-woo (Sangju Sangmu),
Park Joo-ho (Ulsan Hyundai), Hong Chul (Sangju Sangmu), Go Yo-han (FC Seoul),
Lee Yong (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors).
Midfielders: Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea City),
Jung Woo-young (Vissel Kobe), Ju Se-jong (Asan Mugunghwa FC), Koo Ja-cheol (FC
Augsburg), Lee Jae-sung (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Lee Seung-woo (Hellas
Verona), Moon Seon-min (Incheon United).
Forwards: Kim Shin-wook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), Hwang Hee-chan (FC Red Bull Salzburg).
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