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Summary Shortage of playing time for Asia's players is causing headaches for the region's national teams.
A shortage of club playing time for Asias top players is causing headaches for the regions national teams ahead of World Cup qualifiers in the coming week.South Korea, Japan and Australia are three nations expecting to reach the 2014 World Cup, but their qualification campaigns are being hampered by many of their top players warming the bench with their club sides in Europe.South Korea is likely to enter its qualifiers with a strike force of Sunderlands Ji Dong-won and Arsenals Park Chu-young, who have had limited game time in the Premier League, yet coach Cho Kwang-tae insists when you have lots of experience and are in a good physical condition then you dont lose your ability to switch on for competitive games.
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