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Nigeria’s second
and third opponents at the fast approaching World Cup, Greece and South
Korea have both unveiled their final 23-man squad list for the
tournament taking place in South Africa.

The lists were
released separately early Tuesday by the Korea Football Association and
their Greek counterparts to meet FIFA’s June 1 deadline.

Argentina were the first team in Group B to make public their World Cup list followed by the Super Eagles.

South Korean coach
Huh Jung-moo slimmed down the squad from his previous list of 26, with
midfielders Koo Ja-cheol of Jeju United and Pohang Steelers’ midfielder
Shin Hyung-min missing the trip to South Africa 2010, along with
Japan-based striker Lee Keun-ho of Jubilo Iwata.

Central defender
Kwak Tae-hwi who injured his left knee in last Sunday’s defeat to
Belarus and was subsequently ruled out of the World Cup was replaced
with fellow defender Kang Min-soo who had been previously excluded from
the squad.

Former Middlesbrough striker Lee Dong-gook also made the final team despite not being fully recovered from a hamstring injury.

No Greek gift

There were however
no surprises in the final list released by the 71-year-old coach of the
Greek team Otto Rehhagel, who will be the oldest coach at the World
Cup, as he stuck with most of the players that featured in the World
Cup qualifiers such as Liverpool defender Sotiris Kyrgiakos and Celtic
striker Giorgos Samaras, as well as long serving captain Giorgos
Karagounis of Greek side Panathinaikos.

There was however no room for AEK Athens midfielder Grigoris Makos and Panionios defender Giorgos Tzavelas.

Rehhagel had
already cut his 30-man provisional squad to 25 but dropped the pair
from his chosen squad on Tuesday with the FIFA deadline looming large.

Christos
Patsatzoglou and Giorgos Seitaridis, who had been struggling with
injury, have been included despite concerns over the amount of game
time each had played with their domestic clubs.