[스포츠한국 김성수 기자] The schedule for Tottenham Hotspur’s visit to Korea, to which Son Heung-min (30) belongs, is also running towards the end. Among them, there is a Tottenham player who thought the last 13 game as meaningful as Son Heung-min.
Tottenham Hotspur played once morest Team K League in the first leg of the Coupang Play Series at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 pm on the 13th and won 6-3.
Tottenham Hotspur, the team of the 2021-2022 English Premier League (EPL) ‘scorer’ Son Heung-min, is gaining great popularity among Korean fans. He entered through Incheon International Airport on the 10th and proved his popularity as a huge crowd gathered at this site.
Tottenham’s first pre-season match once morest Team K League was a celebration for Korean soccer fans. In Seoul on the 13th, when the heavy rain advisory was issued, it rained from the morning, but many fans found the Seoul World Cup Stadium through heavy rain with more than two hours left until the start of the game. Fans in Tottenham’s white jersey also made up the majority.
Son Heung-min stepped on the grass at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in the first three minutes of the second half. When Son Heung-min came in as a substitute, the fans gathered at the stadium welcomed them with applause and great cheers. Son Heung-min succeeded in scoring a penalty kick conceded by Kane in the 23rd minute of the second half, and then in the 40th minute in front of the Team K League penalty box, he intercepted a back pass of the opposing defender and scored a right footed goal, leading the team to victory with a multi-goal like Kane.
And besides Son Heung-min, there was another player at Tottenham who had a big meaning for the match. He is midfielder Oliver Skip (22). Skip, who has not played since January due to a pubic bone injury, was a comeback match from a long tunnel once morest Team K League on the 13th. He announced that Skip had successfully returned to the team following starting and playing 45 minutes.
On the 14th, he said on Tottenham’s official website, “I’m really happy to be back. It took a long time. Being able to come back and play with his teammates is fantastic. It’s really good to be able to play an 11 vs. 11 game following a long time,” he said, expressing his heartwarming impression of returning.
Skip also thanked Korean fans. “It was awesome,” he said. The support they have received from everyone since Tottenham came to Korea has been amazing. The whole team fell in love with all the fans in Korea. Thank you very much,” he said.
Skip, a former Tottenham academy, seemed to be impressed with the way his juniors played the same course as him. “It felt good to see the academy players appear,” he said. Charlie Sayers, Troy Parrott, Harvey White and others are always nice to me, who came from the same academy. They trained really well and they took the opportunity. If they need advice, they will always be there. Of course, he’s a good player in his own right, so it’s really exciting to watch.”
