SOUTH Korea's talented Olympic squad arrived in the territory yesterday in a buoyant mood for Sunday's Asian Group C qualifier against Hong Kong.
Backed by a string of highly impressive results in their build-up towards qualifying for Atlanta '96, South Korea are expected to provide the territory with a daunting task at the Mongkok Stadium.
Making their third trip to the territory since first competing in the Carlsberg Cup Lunar New Year tournament, where they finished runners-up to former European power Yugoslavia, the Koreans look to have the territory's under-23 Olympic squad covered.
Led by former Commonwealth of Independent States head coach Anatoli Byshovets, South Korea are confident of getting their Olympic campaign off to a good start.
'We are coming to Hong Kong in good form. We have played at Mongkok Stadium before and we know the conditions,' the former Russian coach said.
Byshovets had a first-hand look at the territory when he went on a spying mission at the Mongkok Stadium and saw Hong Kong's under-23 side lose 2-1 to Macau in last night's annual Interport.