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Hwang Sun-hong, who is trying to win three consecutive Asian Games, will begin quenching in earnest from early September. While some of the controversial transfer of players from the A national team has been settled, the tight schedule and condition management of players who will join the Asian Games national team from the A national team have emerged as tasks.

Among the 25 players who were transferred to the A match in September, Seol Young-woo (Ulsan) and Hong Hyun-seok (KAA Hent) were also listed on the Asian Games national team. Initially, Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) was also certain to be selected for the A national team, but he was excluded due to injury.

Few deny that Seol Young-woo and Hong Hyun-suk are necessary resources for both the A and Asian Games teams. Seol Young-woo is the leader of the next-generation fullback of Korean football, and Hong Hyun-suk is also an expectant who is considered the "future of Korean football" as Lee Kang-in did in the past.

The problem is the harsh schedule that they naturally followed as they carried out both the A national team schedule and the Asian Games schedule. In the case of Seol Young-woo, he will move to the UK immediately the next day after the K League Gwangju FC match on September 3. Hong Hyun-suk will also go to England from Belgium immediately after the league match scheduled for the 3rd. After the match against Wales (8th), he will move back to Korea and participate in the Asian Games national team training in Changwon.

After that, he will move to the Paju National Football Team Training Center (NFC) on the 13th, train until the 15th, then leave for China on the 16th, and face Kuwait for the first group match on the 19th. In the case of Seol Young-woo, he has a tight schedule to go from Korea to England, return to Korea, and then leave for China. Hong Hyun-suk is not much different from Seol Young-woo.

In particular, in the case of Hong Hyun-suk, it is also important whether his team Hent will cooperate. Since the Asian Games are not an official FIFA competition, there is no reason for his team to follow the transfer. The A match period in September is from the 4th to the 12th, and the key is whether Hong Hyun-suk can participate in Paju training, which will be held from the 13th to the 15th. If the association is in close consultation with the club, but this problem does not work out, Hong Hyun-suk may have to go back to Belgium after Changwon training and then go to China in time for the start of the group stage.