[서울신문] Son Heung-min “The happiest moment while playing soccer was when I was 17”

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Son Heung-min (29), who is active in English professional football Tottenham, had a time to directly answer questions from domestic fans.

In a video interview released at JTBC’s’News Room’ on the night of the 12th, Son Heung-min said, “I am always honored to set such a record while doing 100 goals in total in Tottenham and 150 in total in Europe” Said. He added, “In fact, the record is breaking,” he added. “There is no hope for a young Korean player to break (my record) quickly.”

Regarding’Click Ceremony’, Son Heung-min said, “I started to mean that I want to capture and save the scene in my life, but I do not know the reaction. “Is it good or bad?” Son Heung-min, who uses both feet well, also explained, “I think the left foot shoot is more accurate,” and “I think the right foot has more power.”

The secret of’Son Heung-min-zone’, who often makes a great scoring scene with a reeling shot near the penalty arc, said, “Thanks to the hard work.” He added, “I wasn’t good at shooting there from the beginning, so it seems to be an effort.” He added, “The location that made me like it through practice.” Son Heung-min, boasting a peculiar spurt aiming at the opponent’s back space, replied, “It looks like it will be 12 seconds” for his 100m record.

Regarding the comparison between Cha Bum-geun and Park Ji-sung, the former soccer team manager Cha Bum-geun, such as’Cha·Park·Son’, said, “Regardless of whether I scored the 100 goals, 200 goals, or 300 goals, the achievements of manager Cha Bum-geun and Ji-seong hyung have been It is impossible to achieve this,” he lowered himself.

When asked for the happiest moment in his football life, Son Heung-min, who said “it’s really difficult,” replied that he was 17 when he first trained in the German Bundesliga with the Hamburg First Army players. He said, “I saw famous players next to me and getting ready for the game, but it’s still vivid. The moment I want to feel once again” he turned back. Regarding this year’s goal, he said, “If you set a goal, you will be indolent. So, I didn’t set a personal goal and I just want to continue.” Along with this, he also conveyed the wish, “I wish to return to my original daily life and hope that many people will be happy in 2021.”

The interview that was released on this day was prepared by Naver TV and JTBC, the domestic partners of Tottenham’s official channel Spurs TV. Actor Park Seo-joon, who is known as a close friend with Son Heung-min, came out as a questioner at Naver Partner Square in Seoul, collecting questions from over 2,000 fans collected by Naver on the 2nd and 4th, and Son Heung-min answered through video at the Tottenham Training Center in London, England. JTBC in Korea and Spurs TV in London respectively. The entire interview video was released on Naver TV at midnight on this day.

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