Heung-min Son, the 'youngest in charge' “Hyun-joo, come here and measure Moon-hwan”
Heung-min Son, the 'youngest in charge' “Hyun-joo, come here and measure Moon-hwan”
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The national soccer team will face Kuwait at 11 p.m. tonight in the fifth match of Group B of the North and Central American World Cup Third Qualifying Round.
As the team took to the pitch for the first and final time yesterday (Nov. 13), Son Heung-min, the last of the Taegeuk Warriors to take the field, watched his younger siblings practice ball-tossing with a smile on his face.
Son Heung-min, the 1992 captain, has become the big brother of the national team. The only players older than Son Heung-min in this year's squad are Lee Min-kyu, Cho Hyun-woo, and Kim Kyung-min.
Even his best friend Kim Jin-soo was recently denied a call-up to the national team, leaving Son Heung-min with only Lee Jae-sung to confide in. It's a lonely position to be in, one in which talking to the coaching staff is more natural, but Son is still busy as captain.
As the captain of the entire team, Heung-min was busy taking care of the freshmen. 카지노사이트 Ever since Son donned the captain's armband, he has been working hard to bridge the gap for players who are new to the national team.
In the past, to ease the pressure and awkwardness of younger players who joined the A team for the first time, such as Oh Hyun-kyu, Jung Sang-bin, and Yang Min-hyuk, Son Heung-min would personally talk to them, joke with them, and help them adjust.
This time, the youngest player on Son's radar was Lee Hyun-joo, born in 2003, who first made the national team as a winger for Hannover in Germany.
Far away from his older brothers, Lee Hyun-joo focused on stretching alone. But his eyes were fixed on the ball spinning of his seniors. Son Heung-min sensed this envious gaze and called out to Hyun-joo.
Son Heung-min's choice to break the ice? A keystroke with Kim Moon-hwan. On their official profiles, Lee Hyun Joo is 170 centimeters tall and Kim Moon Hwan is 173 centimeters tall, with Kim Moon Hwan being slightly taller by about 3 centimeters.
With three wins and one draw, the team is unbeaten in the third round of qualifying, and the atmosphere was jovial as they practiced their final tactical drills for the Kuwait match.
While it is still unclear whether Son Heung-min, who returned to the national team two months after recovering from injury, will be available for the Kuwaiti match in a few weeks, the captain called on the younger players to show that they are capable of surpassing him, saying, “This is a great opportunity for us to show our best, so let's not miss this chance.”