"We know he is their best player by far," said Korea's assistant coach Pim Verbeek, who was also Hiddink's right-hand man in 2002.

"But we have no plans to man-mark him. That's not our style."

Verbeek said the pay dispute could work in Togo's favour, pushing the players to perform better.

"There are always two sides to this kind of story. On one hand you can say they are not training any more, they are not motivated," he said.

"On the other hand they may think they will try to show the whole world how good they are."

Teams:

South Korea (4-3-3)

1-Lee Woon-jae (97-0); 22-Song Chong-gug (51-3), 4-Choi jin-cheul (62-4), 6-Kim Jin-kyu (23-3), 12-Lee Young-pyo (85-5); 7-Park Ji-sung (60-5), 5-Kim Nam-il (66-1), 13-Lee Eul-yong (47-3); 14-Lee Chun-soo (62-7), 9-Ahn Jung-Hwan (61-16), 11-Seol Ki-hyeon (67-13)

Coach: Dick Advocaat

Togo (4-4-2):

16-Kossi Agassa (49-0); 2-Dare Nibombe (16-0), 3-Jean-Paul Abalo Dosseh (65-1), 5-Massamasso Tchangai (34-2), 19-Ludovic Assemoassa (5-0); 8-Kuami Agboh (4-0), 9-Thomas Dossevi (10-1), 10-Cherif Toure-Maman (39-7), 15-Alaixys Romao (11-0); 4-Emmanuel Adebayor (29-12), 17-Mohamed Kader Coubadja (46-13)

Coach: Kodjovi Mawuena

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Linesmen: Philip Sharp (England), Glenn Turner (England)