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(Reuters) - Wolverhampton Wanderers' Hwang Hee-chan has been called up for South Korea's final two matches in Asia's World Cup preliminaries despite suffering a hip injury during his club side's Premier League win over Everton on Sunday.
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Hwang Hee-chan has been called up for South Korea's final two matches in Asia's World Cup preliminaries despite suffering a hip injury during his club side's Premier League win over Everton on Sunday.
Coach Paulo Bento has no plans to ease South Korea through the remainder of Asia's World Cup preliminaries next month after guiding the nation to a place in the finals in Qatar.
The Koreans, who have appeared at every finals since Mexico in 1986 and came fourth when they co-hosted the tournament in 2002, go to Qatar alongside Iran, who had already clinched a place from Asia's preliminary Group A.
Australia's hopes of automatic qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were rocked by a late Abdullah Fawaz penalty as Oman claimed a 2-2 draw with Graham Arnold's side in Muscat on Tuesday. Jamie Maclaren's 15th-minute penalty put Australia ahead but Fawaz levelled with a drive into the top corner in the 54th minute. Aaron Mooy restored Australia's lead 11 minutes from time when he shot past Faiyz Al Rashidi, only for Fawaz to score from the spot following Fran Karacic's foul on Muhsen Al Ghassani. Australia remain third in Group B of the Asian qualifiers but are now four points behind Saudi Arabia and three adrift of Japan, with games against the leading pair to come in the final two rounds of games in March.
HONG KONG :South Korea booked their place at the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday after Paulo Bento's side beat Syria 2-0 in Dubai to confirm their progress to a 10th consecutive finals.
