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SINGAPORE, May 31 -- Park Ji-sung is a doubt for
South Korea's World Cup warm-up match against Norway in Oslo on
Friday after spraining an ankle in training. The Manchester United midfielder sustained the injury in a
collision with Lee Young-pyo during a five-on-five training
game at Glasgow Rangers' training ground, Murray Park. Coach Dick Advocaat, who managed Rangers from 1998-2002,
has been given permission to use the extensive training complex
to complete South Korea's build-up for their World Cup
campaign, which begins on June 13 against Togo in Frankfurt. Korea will also play France and Switzerland in Group G. "At the moment, it looks like he has sprained his left
ankle," team doctor Kim Hyun-chul was quoted as saying by
Yonhap news agency on Wednesday. Park's injury is the second such problem to hit the Korean
camp this week after defensive midfielder Kim Nam-il went down
with an injured right ankle in training on Monday. Kim, Park and Trabzonspor's Lee Eul-yong are expected to
form a three-man midfield in Advocaat's starting line-up. Goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae told a news conference Park's ankle
would be looked at on Wednesday to determine the extent of the
damage. "Park said it didn't feel that painful," he said. "But coach Advocaat will assess the situation before
deciding whether he can take part against Norway." South Korea will also play Ghana in a warm-up in Edinburgh
on June 4 before departing for Germany on June 6. (Writing by Peter Rutherford in Singapore)
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