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>","05B90AE4F21571952008D48326AE77E3":"999","229187823D238BA5":"","519F480A5D95AABEE231AFCBBAB20A94":"","D91FA56861637784":"","F849A024F3C8AF1B2C4A709B4C92BB0F":"","80071F80C4550E7F":"172cm","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"53382","9B962DAE9CDB1287":"64kg","e_index":3};