Maekyung.com MK Sports Reporter Park Chan-hyung
Football national team captain Son Heung-min (29) faced opposition from the manager of Tottenham Hotspur’s subject Mourinho (58, Portugal), making it difficult to participate in the Korea-Japan War.
Tottenham will play an away match against Zagreb on the 19th (hereinafter referred to as Korean time) in the 2020-21 European Football Federation (UEFA) Round of 16 second leg. In a press conference on the 18th, coach Mourinho argued that Son Heung-min would not be able to play the national team if he could not play against Aston Villa in the 18th round of the England Premier League (EPL) away game on the 22nd.
The national team under coach Paulo Bento (52, Portugal) will play an away evaluation match with Japan on the 25th. Director Mourinho stressed, “If Tottenham medically proves that he was not able to participate in the Villa game Son Heung-min, even if he was convened for an A match, he could do nothing.”
Tottenham coach Mourinho (left), director Sohn Heung-min (right), expressed his opposition to participating in the A-match expedition. Photo=AFPBBNews=News1 It is interpreted as a warning that the Korea Football Association calls Son Heung-min to the national team to play one day before, despite the opposition to Tottenham.
Coach Mourinho said, “Injuries do not cover the game. “Is it possible for a player who cannot play the official game for his team to have a friendly match in A match?”
It means that the criterion for judging that you are in a state of being able to participate in an evaluation match against the country should not be different from that of a club game. Coach Mourinho said, “If you can’t play in the club (Tottenham), you can’t play for Nara (the Korean national team) either.”
Son Heung-min started on the 28th round of EPL with Arsenal on the 15th of the’North London Derby’, but was replaced 19 minutes after the start of the game due to a hamstring injury. [email protected]
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