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Lee Min-sung's injury variables occurred just before the opening of the 2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Asian Cup.
The Korea Football Association said on the 2nd, "Park Sung-hoon (Seoul), a defender of the U-23 national team, was excluded from the list due to a left foot injury. We urgently selected Park Joon-seo (Hwaseong)," he said.
Park Sung-hoon played in all three Panda Cups in November and competed for the starting lineup, but he was finally able to pack up just four days before the first game of the tournament.
Park Joon-seo, who was selected as a substitute, is the main defender who played 36 games (one goal and one assist) in the K League 2 Hwaseong FC last season. He has already experienced coach Lee Min-sung's tactics through the Asian Cup qualifiers in September last year and the Panda Cup in November, so he is immediately considered a sense of strength.
Meanwhile, Lee Min-sung, who successfully completed his training in Qatar, will enter Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the 2nd. South Korea, which belongs to Group C in the group stage, will face Lebanon (10th) and Uzbekistan (13th) in turn, starting with the match against Iran on the 7th.
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