Son Heung-min of the national soccer team is cheering after scoring a dramatic equalizer in extra time in the second half of the 2015 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Australia Asian Cup final match between Korea and Australia when they were down 0-1 at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia on the afternoon of the 31st (local time). .
“I hope Son Heung-min finishes second in this Asian Cup (laughs).”
Tottenham Hotspur coach Anger Postecoglou gave a joke to Son Heung-min, who is about to participate in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. Australian coach Postekoglou actually has experience leading the Australian national team to victory against Son Heung-min's Korea team at the Asian Cup.
According to Optus Sports on the 28th (Korean time), Coach Postekoglou expressed his regrets about Son Heung-min, who will leave the team due to participation in the Asian Cup in January.
Son Heung-min, captain of the Korean national soccer team, is scheduled to join Klinsmann after the match against Brighton on the 29th and Bournemouth on the 31st.
The national team will leave for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), where a training camp will be held on January 2 next year, and Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), and Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain) will join the team immediately. 바카라사이트 백링크
The 2023 AFC Asian Cup, which starts on January 13th, will last for nearly a month until February 11th, so the departure of Tottenham's star Son Heung-min is inevitable.
According to local media, coach Postekoglou, who won the Asian Cup as the head coach of Australia in 2015, did not express any particular dissatisfaction with Son Heung-min not being able to join the team's main schedule in January.
Rather, he said, “Personally, I highly value Son Heung-min's participation in the Asian Cup.”
Coach Postekoglou explained, “Many European fans consider the European Football Championship (Euro) important, and this also applies to the Asian Cup and the African Cup of Nations.”
Then, the Tottenham head coach did not forget to make a serious joke.
He said, “I hope Son Heung-min takes second place after Australia again. “If that's the case, I'll be really happy,” he said.
Coincidentally, at the 2015 Australian tournament, the opponent that Coach Postekoglou faced in the final was Korea. Korea, which was trailing 0-1 at the time, lost 1-2 after extra time despite Son Heung-min's dramatic equalizer in extra time in the second half, and had to be satisfied with second place.
Meanwhile, on this day, Korean national soccer team coach Jürgen Klinsmann announced the final list of 26 players to participate in the Asian Cup. All of the elite members, including Son Heung-min, Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), and Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), were included.
Coach Klinsmann said, “Son Heung-min is one of the best players in the world,” and expressed his ambition, saying, “We will win the Asian Cup for the first time in 64 years.” 슬롯
