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Played
February 29, 2012 5:30 PM IST
Seoul World Cup Stadium — Seoul
Referee: Y. Nishimura
Attendance: 46551
February 29, 2012 5:30 PM IST
Seoul World Cup Stadium — Seoul
Referee: Y. Nishimura
Attendance: 46551
South Korea - Kuwait Preview: Choi Kang-Hee tries to guide the Taeguk Warriors to World Cup qualifying progress
Everything is on the line for the Taeguk Warriors in Seoul on Wednesday, as they require a result to assure their place in the next phase while Kuwait chase a win to progress
By Ben Somerford
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SOUTH KOREA
 Jung SR Park WJ, Kwak TH, Lee JS, Choi HJ Ki SY, Kim DH Han SW, Park CY, Lee KH Lee DG |
KUWAIT
 Al Khaldi Al Taher, Neda, Al Rashidi, Awadh
Nayed, Al Ansari, Al Anzi, Al Atiqi Al Mutwa, Nasser |
The Taeguk Warriors must get a result from this clash to secure their progression to the fourth and final round of qualifiers, and given the limited preparation time for this game, new coach Choi Kang-Hee has named a predominantly K-League-based squad.
However, Celtic's Ki Sung-Yueng and Arsenal's Park Chu-Young, who both missed the weekend's 4-2 win over Uzbekistan, have made the long journey and are expected to start. Park is likely to begin alongside Lee Dong-Gook who grabbed a brace against the White Wolves.
Defenders Yaqoub Al Taher and Hussein Fadel are under injury clouds for Kuwait, while coach Goran Tufegdzic has ruled out Ahmed Agab, Khaled Khalaf and Naser Al Waheb already. Al Azraq must win in Seoul, so star striker Bader Al Mutwa has a key role to play alongside emerging 21-year-old forward Yousef Nasser.
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DID YOU KNOW? |
South Korea have won their two home group matches scoring nine goals and conceding just one.
- Incoming Arsenal striker Park Chu-Young has scored eight goals in his past five international appearances.
- New coach Choi Kang-Hee guided Jeonbuk Motors to the 2011 AFC Champions League final, before being handed the top Korean job.
- Kuwait lost 2-0 to China last week in their tune-up for this clash, although Tufegdzic said it was a good hit-out in terms of acclimatising to the conditions.
- Al-Azraq have scored five goals on their travels in this group, winning 3-2 at UAE and drawing 2-2 in Lebanon.
- The last time these two sides met was back in September, culminating in a 1-1 draw in Kuwait.
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Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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South Korea 0-1 Kuwait
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South Korea 1-2 Kuwait
- 14.51 %
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South Korea 2-3 Kuwait
- 9.31 %
| World Cup Qualification - Asia (WCQA) | 29-Feb-2012 | South Korea 2 - Kuwait 0 |
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| World Cup Qualification - Asia (WCQA) | 06-Sep-2011 | Kuwait 1 - South Korea 1 |
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South Korea
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| 30-May-2012 | Spain 4 - South Korea 1 | FR |
| 29-Feb-2012 | South Korea 2 - Kuwait 0 | WCQA |
| 25-Feb-2012 | South Korea 4 - Uzbekistan 2 | FR |
| 15-Nov-2011 | Lebanon 2 - South Korea 1 | WCQA |
| 11-Nov-2011 | UAE 0 - South Korea 2 | WCQA |
Kuwait
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| 29-Feb-2012 | South Korea 2 - Kuwait 0 | WCQA |
| 17-Feb-2012 | Korea DPR (PRK) 1 - Kuwait 1 | FR |
| 17-Jan-2012 | Kuwait 1 - Uzbekistan 0 | FR |
| 22-Dec-2011 | Kuwait 3 - Palestine 0 | AG |
| 20-Dec-2011 | Kuwait 0 - Jordan 2 | AG |
| - | Sung-Ryong Jung | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Hyo-Jin Choi | Defender |
| - | Sang-Sik Kim | Midfielder |
| - | Tae-Hwi Kwak | Defender |
| - | Jung-Soo Lee | Defender |
| - | Won-Jae Park | Defender |
| 8 | Do-Heon Kim | Midfielder |
| - | Sang-Woon Han | Midfielder |
| - | Chu-Young Park | Striker |
| - | Keun-Ho Lee | Striker |
| 20 | Dong-Gook Lee | Striker |
| - | Soon-Tae Kwon | Goalkeeper |
| - | Young-Kwang Kim | Goalkeeper |
| - | Sung-Hwan Cho | Defender |
| - | Chang-Soo Kim | Defender |
| 3 | Hyung-Il Kim | Defender |
| - | Beom-Seok Oh | Defender |
| - | Jeong Ho Hong | Defender |
| 13 | Chi-Woo Kim | Midfielder |
| - | Hyung-Min Shin | Midfielder |
| - | Jae-Sung Kim | Midfielder |
| - | Sung-Yueng KI | Midfielder |
| 27 | Dae-Sung Ha | Midfielder |
| - | Tae-Uk Choi | Striker |
| - | Shin-Wook Kim | Striker |
| 22 | Nawaf Al Khaldi | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Fahad Awad | Defender |
| - | Yaqoub Abdullah Al Taher | Defender |
| - | Mohammad Al Rashedi | |
| - | Fahad Al Ansari | Midfielder |
| - | Mesaed N Al Enzi | Defender |
| - | Talal Al Enezi | Midfielder |
| 15 | Waleed Ali Jumah | Midfielder |
| - | Fahad Al Enezi | Midfielder |
| 20 | Yousef Al Sulaiman | Midfielder |
| 17 | Bader Al-Mutawa | Striker |
| 1 | Khaled Al Rashidi | Goalkeeper |
| 23 | Hameed Youssef | Goalkeeper |
| 9 | Ali Al Maqseed | Defender |
| - | Naser Al Wohaib | Defender |
| - | Ahmad Al Rashidi | Defender |
| - | Hameed Al Qallaf | Goalkeeper |
| 8 | Saleh Al Shaikh | Midfielder |
| 18 | Jarah Al Ateeqi | Midfielder |
| - | Khaled Al Qahtani | Midfielder |
| - | Abdulaziz Ashwan | |
| - | Fahad Al Rashidi | Striker |
| 21 | Abdulaziz Al Enezi | Midfielder |
| - | Husain Al Mosawi | Striker |
| - | Hamad Naif Al Enezi | Striker |
Results
Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Shinji Okazaki
Striker Japan |
6 | 0 |
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Chu-Young Park
Striker South Korea |
6 | 0 |
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Younis Mahmoud Khalaf
Striker Iraq |
6 | 0 |
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Khalfan Al-Khalfan
Striker Qatar |
4 | 2 |
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Nashat Akram
Midfielder Iraq |
4 | 1 |