Son Heung-min, captain and great star of South Korea, will be able to play this Thursday in his team’s World Cup debut in Qatar 2022 against Uruguay. This was announced by Paulo Bento, coach of South Korea. To make this possible, Son, one of Tottenham’s emblems, will wear a protective mask, as he underwent surgery to stabilize a fracture around his left eye.
Son, 30, was injured playing with Tottenham in the Champions League against Marseille and is a doubt for the World Cup. “Sonny knows how to play. the mask is not a problem for him. In any case, we will see tomorrow – he knows and we all know that we cannot take risks,” said Paulo Bento.
South Korea’s coach has confirmed that Wolves striker Hwang Hee-chan is yet to recover to face Uruguay. Paulo Bento assured that they do not feel “pressureif we always qualified for the eighth, we would have it, but not like that.”
South Korea reached the host semifinals, along with Japan, at the 2002 World Cup. although benefiting from some arbitral assistance, as noisy in the quarterfinals against Spain, by the arbitration of the Egyptian referee Gamal al Ghandour.
Source: La Verdad
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