[오피셜] Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan, the first joint selection sortie in the tournament… Kim Young-kwon joined the Century Club

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The Korean national soccer team, which is challenging for the first time ever in the away World Cup quarterfinals, scrambles Son Heung-min (Tottenham) and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) to win once morest Brazil. Defender Kim Yeong-gwon (Ulsan) joins the ‘Century Club’ by participating in his 100th A match.

Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan were included in the starting list for the 2022 Qatar World Cup round of 16 once morest Brazil held at Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar at 10:00 pm on the 5th (4:00 am on the 6th, Korean time). This is the first time that the two players on the stage of the English Premier League (EPL) start together.

Son Heung-min, who previously played full-time in all three group matches, will start for four consecutive matches. Hwang Hee-chan, who skipped the 1st and 2nd games of the group stage due to a hamstring injury, was substituted in the 3rd match once morest Portugal and scored the winning goal, signaling his complete recovery.

With Cho Kyu-seong (Jeonbuk), the protagonist of the multi-goal once morest Ghana, standing in the forefront, Son Heung-min is expected to work with Cho Kyu-sung as a two-top or shadow striker.

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Hwang Hee-chan, Hwang In-beom (Olympiacos), and Lee Jae-seong (Mainz) are expected to stand in the second offensive line from the left, and Jung Woo-young (Al Sadd) will play as the defensive midfielder. The defensive line is Kim Jin-su (Jeonbuk), Kim Min-jae (Napoli), Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan), and Kim Moon-hwan (Jeonbuk) from the left, and Kim Seung-gyu (Al-Shabaab) wears the goalkeeper gloves. With this match, Kim Young-kwon joins the Century Club by completing 100 A-matches in his career. After making his A-match debut in an evaluation match once morest Nigeria in August 2010, Kim Young-kwon has been active as a key defender for the Korean national football team for over 10 years.

Meanwhile, Brazil will start with Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), who has attracted attention. Neymar injured his ankle in the first group match once morest Serbia and missed the second and third matches.

Rafinha (FC Barcelona), Son Heung-min’s Tottenham teammate Hisharlisson (Tottenham), and Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) form an attacking triangle, and Neymar is expected to coordinate the attack in midfield.

Casemiro (Manchester United) and Lucas Paqueta (West Ham) will join Neymar in midfield.

Danilo (Juventus), Marchinhos (Paris Saint-Germain), Chiagu Silva (Chelsea), and Eder Militao (Real Madrid) make up the four-back defense line, and Alisson (Liverpool) wears goalkeeper gloves.

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