On May 24th in Beijing time, the South Korean national team unveiled the list of the new round of training, Shandong Taishan's South Korean foreign aid Sun Junhao is listed, this news indicates that Sun Junhao will miss the 6th and 7th rounds of the Super League, when Shandong Taishan will face Guangzhou City and Cangzhou Lions respectively.
South Korea is gearing up for the 40-team tournament, which will feature three matches against Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka and Lebanon due to the withdrawal of North Korea. As per the schedule, South Korea's first match of the Top 40 will be on June 5 against Turkmenistan. South Korea is currently second in Group H by one point with one game less to play.
The 40-team tournament is expected to end in mid-June, when several members of the national team, including Sun Junho, will end their quarantine period at the end of June, and they will then miss two rounds of the Chinese Super League.
Below is the Korea national team training list:
Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-kyu (Kashiwa Reysol/Japan), Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan Hyundai), Kim Jin-hyun (Osaka Cherry Blossoms/Japan), Goh Sung-yun (Geumcheon Sangmu)
Defender: Kim Young-Gwon (Gamba Osaka/Japan),
Minja Kim (Beijing Guoan/China)
Park Ji-soo (Suwon FC), Won Doo-jae (Ulsan Hyundai), Kim Young-bin (Gangwon FC), Lee Yong (Jeonbuk Hyundai), Kim Tae-hwan (Ulsan Hyundai), Kim Min-hwan (Los Angeles FC/USA), Hong Cheol (Ulsan Hyundai), Lee Ki-duk (Suwon Samsung)
Forward: Jung Woong (Saad/Qatar),
Sun Junhao (Shandong Taishan/China)
Nam Tae-hee (SAD/Qatar), Kwon Chang-hoon (Freiburg/Germany), Lee Jae-seong (Kiel/Germany), Roh Sang-ho (Seoul FC), Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan Hyundai), Kang Sang-woo (POSCO), Song Min-kyu (POSCO)
Forwards: Son (Tottenham Hotspur/England), Hwang Hee Chan (Red Bull Leipzig/Germany), Hwang Yi-suk (Bordeaux/France),
Jin Xinyu (Shanghai Shenhua/China)
Jung Seung-bin (Suwon Samsung)
