Son Heung-min is taking his breath for a while at a match against Qatar at the BSFZ Arena in Maria Enchersdorf, Austria in November last year. Provided by the Korean Football Association
Paulo Bento (56), the coach of the national football team, calls injured Son Heung-min (29, Son Heung-min) a day ago. Director Bento said, “We will receive the results of Son Heung-min’s test from Tottenham Club and make a final decision on whether to convene.”
On the 15th, coach Paulo announced the list of A-match between Korea and Japan, which will be held in Yokohama, Japan ten days later, at the soccer center in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The list includes Son Heung-min, who complained of hamstring pain in the first half of the match against Arsenal in the English Premier League round 28 played in the’North London Derby’ that day. In addition, a large number of Europeans such as Kang-in Lee (20, Valencia), Hee-chan Hwang (25, Leipzig), and Woo-young Jung (22, Freiburg) convened, and Park Ji-soo (27, Suwon FC), who recently raged from China to Korea, was included. Goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyun (34, Cereso Osaka), who was once said to have retired from the national team, was also called.
The match between Korea and Japan came to pass as the second qualifying schedule for the 2022 Qatar World Cup in Asia was postponed to June in the aftermath of the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). The Japan Football Association working-level team first suggested to hold an evaluation match, and the two sides shared positive sympathy, and after an official letter arrived at the Korea Football Association, the evaluation match for the first time in 10 years was concluded, the association said.
After returning home, all domestic players convened on the Bento were cohort quarantined for the first 7 days at Paju NFC (National Team Training Center), and the remaining 7 days, consultations with the government were completed so that they could return to their team and participate in the game. However, among the convening members, Hwang Hee-chan is in the process of partial discussions on quarantine exemption between his team and the government after confirming the player’s destination and itinerary, the association said. An association official said, “Except for cases where quarantine exemption is not available, only 23 members will be called.”
The following is a list of convocations of Korea and Japan
▲GK=Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan) Kim Seung-gyu (Kashiwa Raysol) Kim Jin-hyun (Cereso Osaka)
▲DF = Young-kwon Kim (Gamba Osaka) Doo-jae Hong Chul Kim (Ulsan Lee Sang) Joo-ho Park Ji-soo Park (Suwon Lee Sang FC) Young-bin Kim (Gangwon) Jong-Gyu Yoon (Seoul)
▲MF = Joo Sejong (Gamba Osaka) Dongjun Lee Dongjun Bitgaram Yun (Lee Sang Ulsan) Taehee Nam Jung Wooyoung (Lee Saad) Kangin Lee (Valencia) Wooyoung Jung (Freiburg) Heungmin Son (Tottenham) Wonsang Um (Gwangju) Sangho Na (Seoul) Heechan Hwang (Leipzig )
▲FW = Jeonghyup Lee (Gyeongnam) Youngwook Cho (Seoul)
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