Captain Son Heung-min, The National Team

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I enjoy playing with Lee Kang-in... Thank you for trying to become one.

Son Heung-min (Tottenham), the star of Korean soccer, said he had really thought about retiring from the national team, but decided to play hard again thinking of the fans. 바카라사이트 추천

Son Heung-min played in the 2026 FIFA North and Central America held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st.

After the home match against Thailand (1-1 draw) in Group C of the World Cup Asia 2nd qualifying round, he met with reporters and shared his 'truth' about his future career with the national team and was unable to speak for a while when asked about his retirement from the national team.

Son Heung-min's first answer was, "I think it's a very difficult question."

After thinking for a while, Son Heung-min said, "I have never taken my position on the national team for granted.

I was grateful and honored every time," but added, "I thought it would have been enough if I only thought about myself."

The people Son Heung-min asked for advice from were Park Ji-sung, technical director of Jeonbuk Hyundai, and FC They were prominent national team seniors, including Seoul captain Ki Sung-yong and former national team coach Cha Du-ri.

It is said that he also sought answers from his father, Son Woong-jeong, coach of SON Soccer Academy.

Son Heung-min has been in a lot of trouble recently over the Taegeuk mark.

The match against Thailand on this day was the first international match played while the national team was reduced to Korea's 'problem child'.

The national team was eliminated in the semifinals after a poor performance at the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup under former coach Jurgen Klinsmann.

Afterwards, the shocking 'Table Tennis Gate' and 'Card Gate' became known one after another, raising eyebrows among the public.

It was a huge shock when it was revealed that captain Son Heung-min had a physical collision with Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), who is considered the next generation of Korean soccer, on the eve of the Asian Cup semifinal match with Jordan.

Immediately after the Asian Cup, Son Heung-min revealed in an interview with the Tottenham club channel, “It was the most difficult week of his life.”

Son Heung-min confirmed that the national team, which was hit by various storms such as the table tennis scandal, is now recovering.

I thought it was encouraging that Son Heung-min showed this level of teamwork even though the period of working together under Hwang Sun-hong's interim coach system was not long.

Son Heung-min said, "The most positive part of today's game was that we came together and tried to do at least one more thing.

We needed to see both players playing and non-playing players trying to become one, and I am grateful to them for showing us that."

“I really want to do this,” he emphasized.

He also added that he enjoyed playing on the field with Lee Kang-in, who collided with him.

Lee Kang-in came on as a replacement for Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart) in the 17th minute of the second half of the day, and later led Hwang Seon-hong's attack.