The Korea Times
Korea will face Austria in their next men's football friendly match at full strength, with a couple of key attackers ready to roll after being limited in their previous contest, head coach Hong Myung-bo said. Korea and Austria are scheduled to square off at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna for a pre-World Cup friendly, with the kickoff set at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday (local time), or 3:45 a.m. Wednesday (Korea time). At his prematch press conference at the stadium on Monday, Hong said captain Son Heung-min and midfielder Lee Kang-in will both be available from the start. Korea lost to Ivory Coast 4-0 near London on Saturday with Son and Lee both getting subbed on in the second half. Son had been under the weather last week while Lee had been dealing with effects of a recent ankle injury. "In our previous match, those players were not in good enough of physical condition to start, and we had to scale back their minutes," Hong said. "For our next match, I think every player will be able to play." Hong noted that Austria, three spots below Korea at No. 25 in the FIFA rankings, are capable of applyin
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