Son, a Tottenham player, is guiding the Asians days after breaking his face
On November 1, South Korea put its hands to its head. His most outstanding player, his star, his captain, the idol, had to be taken off on a stretcher in the Champions League match between his team, Tottenham and Olympique de Marseille. Heung-min Son received a blow to the head that required surgery. He had four fractures in the eye socket near his left eye. The selection trembled. He is their best player, way above the rest.
But a few days ago, this attacker brought the best news: «Playing for your country at the World Cup is the dream of so many children, just like mine. I won’t miss this for the world. Can’t wait to represent our beautiful country, see you soon,” he wrote on his social media.
He is the man who leads the team coached by Paulo Bento, a Portuguese who was a member of Oviedo in the 90s. Shortly after Son was injured, the Olympique player who played the main role, Mbemba, was even threatened with type : “You ruined our World Cup.”
Goal scorer
However, the tragedy was not so. Son has signed up for the World Cup. The numbers speak to the importance of this left-footed attacker who scored 35 goals in 104 games with his team. He has scored nine goals in the last 14 matches. Almost nothing. They know, of course, that it is very difficult to repeat that idyll of their World Cup, when South Korea reached the semi-finals, but they are confident that Son will more than terrify their opponents with his powerful free kicks.
Behind him, of course, there is not much to choose from. Min-jae Kim, central defender for Napoli, Hee-chan Hwang, striker for Wolverthampton, Kang-in Lee, attacking midfielder for Mallorca, and little else appear. Hence the importance of Son, the architect of the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games.
Source: La Verdad
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