SEOUL (Reuters) - Plucked from the obscurity of South Korea's military soccer team, Lee Jeong-hyeop has shown he not only deserves a place in Uli Stielike's Asian Cup squad but could one day be the answer to their chronic striking problems.
Stielike's decision to include the raw 23-year-old in the party for Australia was met with raised eyebrows and murmurs of surprise, as the absence of injured pair Kim Shin-wook and Lee Dong-guk left Korea woefully short of experienced strikers.
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