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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Bo-in = Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancourt (25) of the English Premier League (EPL) gave a mischievous warning to teammate Son Heung-min (30).
Bentancourt introduced his football life through an interview video released by the Tottenham club on the 30th (local time) of last month (local time). He also expressed his anticipation.
The Uruguay national football team to which he belongs will face the Korean national team in the Qatar World Cup finals.
Korea and Uruguay were tied in Group H with Portugal and Ghana.
Uruguay will face Korea’s first group stage match, and the match between the two teams will be held at the Education Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, on November 24 at 10 PM Korean time.
Son Heung-min and Bentancourt, who are eating together at Tottenham Hotspur, face enemies in the World Cup.
While Son Heung-min joined the Century Club (played in 100 matches in A match) last month and is active as the ‘captain’ of the Korean national team, Bentancour is also a key player in Uruguay, who played 49 matches in A match.
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Bentancour remembered that “I met Son Heung-min in a friendly match with the Korean national team.”
Korea and Uruguay played a friendly match at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in October 2018, and Korea won 2-1 with goals from Ui-Jo Hwang (Bordeaux) and Woo-Young Jung (Al Sadd).
It was Korea’s first victory over Uruguay.
Korea, ranked 28th in the FIFA rankings, is inferior to Uruguay, which is ranked 13th, with 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses in their A-match record.
“I already told Son Heung-min to be careful,” Bentancur said with a smile, “he told me Uruguay plays rough, but that’s the way it was.”
Another World Cup opponent, Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) of Portugal national team was mentioned.
“I played once morest Ronaldo in the national team match and when he played for Real Madrid (Spain),” he said. “Both Korea and Portugal have great players. added.
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