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Mon, May 23, 2022 | 20:25
Son Heung-min to join South Korea for November friendlies
Posted : 2020-11-02 15:17
Updated : 2020-11-02 15:17
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Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min warms up before the match against Brighton & Hove Albion FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Britain, Nov. 1, 2020. REUTERS-Yonhap
Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min warms up before the match against Brighton & Hove Albion FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Britain, Nov. 1, 2020. REUTERS-Yonhap

Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min has been named to the South Korean men's national team for upcoming friendly matches in Austria.

Head coach Paulo Bento announced his 26-man roster for matches against Mexico and Qatar. Son, who is tied for the Premier League lead with eight goals in seven matches this season, was a no-brainer choice for South Korea's first international matches of 2020.

South Korea will first face Mexico at 9 p.m. on Nov. 14 near Vienna (5 a.m. on Nov. 15 in Seoul) at Stadion Wiener Neustadt in Wiener Neustadt, south of Vienna. South Korea will then play Qatar at 2 p.m. on Nov. 17 (10 p.m. on Nov. 17 in Seoul) at BSFZ Arena Admiral Stadium in Maria Enzersdorf, also near Vienna.

These two matches in Austria will be the first international contests for South Korea in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on sporting calendars around the world, and World Cup qualifying matches scheduled for South Korea this year have all been pushed back to 2021.

Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min warms up before the match against Brighton & Hove Albion FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, Britain, Nov. 1, 2020. REUTERS-Yonhap
Bordeaux's South Korean forward Hwang Ui-jo (right) vies for the ball with Nimes' French defender Patrick Burner during the French L1 football match between Bordeaux (FCGB) and Nimes (NO) on October 25, 2020, at the Matmut Atlantique Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France. AFP-Yonhap

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Bento's team played two exhibition matches against the under-23 national Olympic team last month. Bento didn't have the services of Son and other Europe-based stars then, because they would've had to be quarantined for 14 days upon arriving in South Korea during the pandemic.

There will be no such concerns this time, and Son is joined by Hwang Ui-jo of the French side Bordeaux, Hwang Hee-chan of the Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and Lee Kang-in of Valencia CF in Spain. They are among seven forwards.

Other names from overseas are: SC Freiburg midfielder Kwon Chang-hoon, Holstein Kiel midfielder Lee Jae-sung and Al-Sadd midfielder Nam Tae-hee.

Beijing Guoan's Kim Min-jae is one of 10 defenders, a unit that includes three players from the K League 1 runners-up Ulsan Hyundai FC: Hong Chul, Kim Tae-hwan and Won Du-jae. Another Ulsan star, goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo, is expected to get the bulk of minutes in Austria.

Representing the K League champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors will be midfielder Son Jun-ho, one of four league MVP candidates. (Yonhap)



 
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