Macala's team kicked off their campaign with a surprise defeat at the hands of co-hosts Indonesia, a result that has left the Gulf side in desperate need of a win against Pim Verbeek's side.

"Our match against South Korea is our last chance," he said. "We have the right to qualify and even if we had one point it will be good.

"South Korea have a good side as they have a mixture of experienced and young players. I've checked the players' ages and the majority are young and I think that they are preparing the team for the future.

"They have good talents and even without their three players who play in Europe, they are still a good team."

The Koreans came to South East Asia without injured England-based trio Park Ji-Sung, Lee Young-Pyo and Seol Ki-Hyeon but are still considered among the favourites for the title, despite being held to a 1-1 draw in their opening game by Saudi Arabia.

Macala is expecting to make several changes to the starting line-up with the return of duo Mohammed Hussain and Salman Maki, who missed the game due to suspension.

"We are probably going to have some changes in the defence with the return of the players who missed the first game," he said. "We will have Mohammed Hussain and Salman Maki back to the team while we have now one injured player.

"Midfielder Abdulla Omar is still not 100% fit as he has a problem in his leg muscle and we will see how fit will he be in the last training before the match."

Korea have midfielder Lee Chun-soo fit after shaking off a fever that kept him out of the starting line-up for the 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia, although Verbeek refused to be drawn on whether he would play from the beginning.

"Chun-soo would normally have normally played against Saudi Arabia but he had a fever and he wasn't ready," said Verbeek.

"But the fever is okay, he's feeling much better, and although he has lost some time in training he is fit enough to start tomorrow."

The Dutchman will hold off on deciding the make up of his starting line-up until the morning of the game as assesses the impact of the hot and humid Indonesian conditions on his players.

"The (Saudi) game was heavy," he added. "But every team has that same problem and we have to wait until tomorrow to see if everybody is fit enough to start.

"I will wait until tomorrow to talk to the players to decide on the final XI. So far everybody is fit.

"I think we had a very good training session in the stadium yesterday and we didn't do much in the afternoon because I think we are ready for the game."