February’s AFC Challenge Cup provided Korea DPR with a perfect chance to test their fringe players, and after winning the continental championship, assistant coach Jo Tong-Sop announced that “four or five” of the title-winning team had a chance of making the plane to South Africa.<\/P>
While tournament MVP and top scorer Ryang Yong-Gi would seem the most likely to earn his place in coach Kim Jong-Hun’s 23-man line-up, midfielder Ri Chol-Myong is also among the candidates after excelling throughout the campaign.<\/P>
Though he is still just 22, the Pyongyang City playmaker is no stranger to the international scene, having represented Korea DPR at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru and the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada two years later.<\/P>
He was also selected in the experimental side that played the opening qualifying fixtures for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, starting in both legs against Mongolia as Korea DPR progressed 9-2 on aggregate.<\/P>","2134628892B06B90":"Ri Chol Myong","6A0E980854EFD8AD1B424574AD15DF0D":"","60DC9D976694DF52":"1","BCB817AACBF8A2A6870B9B82788BC0CB":"1","BA50BEB0DB40F3ADF7C4575FF4221F17":"","411CCFA197052F93":"Ri Chol Myong","797F91F0051E8E7502912D1DDA7DF5C1":"Korea DPRK","e_index":9};