Defending European Champions Greece coach Otto Rehaghel has announced the following 20-man squad for the international friendly against South Korea to be played at Craven Cottage, West London, on Tuesday.

The match assumes significance as it could provide a stern test to Greece, who then face their long-time arch-rivals Turkey in the Euro 2008 qualifier on March 24.

Vassilis Torosidis is the new face in the squad from the Greece Under 21 national football team, while the German coach has sprung a surprise by leaving out Dimitris Salpiggidis.

The squad:

Giannis Gkoumas (Panathinaikos), Kostas Chalkias (Aris Salonika), Antonis Nikopolidis (Olympiacos), Loukas Vyntra (Panathinaikos), Giorgos Anatolakis (Olympiacos), Vassilis Torosidis (Olympiacos), Alexandros Mantzios (Panathinaikos), Alexandros Tziolis (Panathinaikos), Nikos Lymperopoulos (AEK Athens), Pantelis Kafes (AEK Athens), Giorgos Samaras (Manchester City), Stelios Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers), Giourkas Seitaridis (Atletico Madrid), Aggelos Bassinas (Mallorca), Takis Fyssas (Hearts), Aggelos Charisteas (Herenveen), Sotiris Kyriakos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Fanis Gkekas (Bohum), Giorgos Karagkounis (Benfica), Kostas Katsouranis (Benfica).

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