Heung-Min Son (30, Tottenham) of the soccer team became the first Korean player to open the goal with a free kick in two consecutive A matches.
In the friendly match against Chile on the 6th, Son Heung-min scored an additional goal from a right-footed free kick in the 46th minute of the second half to lead the team to a 2-0 victory. 2 laid the foundation for a draw.
In this regard, the Korea Football Association said on the 11th, “It is virtually the first time in the history of the Korean national team that a player directly scored a goal with a free kick in two consecutive matches.”
The reason why the word ‘de facto’ was attached is because the scoring process of some games before the 1960s was not specifically left.
Because of this, the Football Association said, “It is difficult to say 100%, but up to that time, there were very few cases where a goal was scored directly from a free kick.”
Son Heung-min scored a goal with a powerful right-footed free kick from behind the arc in the 22nd minute of the second half in the match against Myanmar in the Asian region’s second qualifying round for the 2018 Russia World Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand on June 16, 2015.
Heung-Min Son appeared in 101 matches of Match A and scored 3 out of 33 goals from direct free kicks.
On the other hand, among Korean players, the player who scored the most goals from direct free kicks in a match is ‘Left-footed Master’ Ha Seok-joo, manager of Ajou University.
Coach Ha scored a goal from a left-footed free kick in the 1996 Korea-China regular match against China, 1997 friendly against Australia, France World Cup qualifier against Thailand, and 1998 France World Cup group stage match against Mexico, taking the first place in this division with a total of 4 goals. is up
Including this, manager Ha scored 23 goals in 94 matches in A-match.
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