[시사포커스 / 이근우 기자] Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham Hotspur) will be absent for the time being due to a hamstring injury.
Son Heung-min started as a starter against Arsenal in the’North London Derby’ in the 28th round of the English Premier League in the 2020-21 season held at the Emirates Stadium in London on the 15th (Korean time) and was replaced by Eric Lamela after being injured in the first half 15 minutes. .
In this day’s game, Son Heung-min ran into a sprint to get Toby Alderweireld’s long pass, but the hamstring was weird. After being replaced, Son Heung-min was treated in a locker room and came out to the bench in the second half, but the complexion was not good due to severe pain.
In the 33rd minute of the first half, Tottenham scored the first goal with a Ravona kick, but Martin Odegard equalized it in the 44th minute, and Lamela was sent off after receiving two warnings in the second half. In the end, Tottenham lost 1-2 with a penalty kick by Alexandre Lacazette.
After the game, coach Jose Mourinho said, “I don’t know how long it will last. It’s a muscle injury. Muscle injuries are not easy to recover, but Son Heung-min is a player who recovers very quickly. The game was accumulated and I gave a 30-minute break to the last game, but I had already played 60 minutes,” he said.
If Son Heung-min is sure of a hamstring injury, the return is expected to take at least 2-3 weeks. Of course, he returned after a week in September of last year, but it is usually not easy to return quickly. It is inevitably bad news for Tottenham and the Korean national team.
Tottenham’s game schedule is not very relaxed. The European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League round of 16 second leg match against Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia), followed by an away game against Aston Villa in EPL round 29 on the 22nd, followed by an expedition to Verbingham.
Meanwhile, coach Paulo Bento is known to convene without revising the list of the Korean soccer team despite the news of Son Heung-min’s injury in the Korea-Japan match on the 25th.