South Korea have conceded Park Ji-sung will miss the Olympic Football Tournament.
The 27-year-old was in contention to be named as one of three eligible players aged over 23 for the competition, but is struggling with a knee injury which forced him to miss last Saturday’s 3-1 World Cup Qualifying win in Turkmenistan.
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