National team striker Cho Gyu-seong is called up early from the national team to recover from injury

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = National team striker Cho Gyu-seong (Midtjylland) was called up early from the national team to recover from an injury.

The Korea Football Association announced on the 27th that Cho Kyu-sung was discharged from the call and will return to his team.

The Football Association explained, “After meeting with Cho Kyu-sung, coach Robert Moreno, and the medical team, we decided that recovery was necessary rather than playing in the remaining games.”

The Football Association only stated that Cho Kyu-sung needed recovery due to an injury, but did not reveal the area or level of injury.

It was also said that no replacement player will be selected to join the national team in place of Cho Gyu-seong.

Prior to this call-up, Cho Gyu-seong showed good performance for his team, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist in official games.

However, after joining the national team, he was unable to play.

In the first warm-up match against Ecuador held at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 24th, he was completely omitted from the roster along with Lee Kang-in (Atletico Madrid), Hwang In-beom (Porto), and Koo Seong-yoon (Seoul).

Coach Moreno explained at the post-game press conference that their exclusion was "a precautionary measure based on the recommendations of the medical staff. There was discomfort and muscle overload. There was a request from the medical staff not to overdo it."

Morenojo, who won 3-0 against Ecuador, will play the second game of a four-game series against South American powerhouse Uruguay at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 28th.