“There is no possibility to participate in Son Heung-min” Korea-Japan exhibition held in 10 years

After 15 days, on March 25 (Thursday), a friendly match between Korea and Japan will be held at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Japan. Today, the Korea Football Association announced that it has agreed with the Japan Football Association. It has been 10 years since the Japanese match in Sapporo (0-3 loss) in August 2011 that the friendly match A with Japan will be held. Since 2011, the East Asian Cup alone has played four times, and Korea has recorded 2 wins, 1 draws and 1 loss.

The attention of football fans is focused on Son Heung-min’s joining the national team. First of all, the Football Association said, “I sent a request for cooperation to the Tottenham club earlier this week.”

Four days ago, British media Daily Telegraph said, “It is a big issue for England Premier League (EPL) clubs to borrow an A match in March.” It has been reported that there may be situations in which you may not be able to compete in a friendly match between Korea and Japan.” So, for now, it is known that there is a greater possibility that Son Heung-min, the captain of our national team, will not be able to play in the A match in March. Originally, it is compulsory to select the national team during the A match period, but after the spread of Corona 19, the International Football Federation (FIFA) applies a provisional rule that can refuse to draw until the end of April if the team needs to return from the national team and self-isolate for more than 5 days. because of.

First of all, Japan is planning to lift self-isolation of visiting teams such as Korea and Mongolia during this A-match period. When Son Heung-min returns to England from Japan, the period of self-isolation is 10 days. After the A match period, Tottenham played Newcastle (4th) and Manchester United (11th) in sequence. In this case, Son Heung-min would have difficulty playing one game against Newcastle in reality. Therefore, the Korea Football Association and Tottenham are in discussions.

As it was before, the Football Association should announce the list on Monday, the 15th, but decided to postpone this announcement a bit. This is because we need to coordinate the selection of players not only with overseas players such as Son Heung-min, but also with domestic clubs. First, the Football Association has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on 7+7 quarantine. In this case, the 7th can be quarantined at the Paju NFC (National Training Center) on the 7th, and the remaining 7th can be quarantined by returning to each club and only participating in training and competitions. I have been quarantined. Secretary-General Jeon Han-jin said, “We plan to request the K-League club to cooperate accordingly.”