Hwang Hee-chan fell down once more. He was substituted 15 minutes into the game, this time with a back injury. After four months he was on the roster for the national football team, but it remains to be seen whether he will be called up for real.
Correspondent Oh Seon-min.
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In the fourth minute of the second half, defender Conor Cody scored a head-to-head goal, and Wolverhampton beat Everton to jump up to 7th place in the Premier League.
However, in the moment of cheers, Hwang Hee-chan was not on the ground.
It was replaced too early, but this scene was the problem.
In the 8th minute of the first half, as soon as I received the ball and turned around, I tripped over the opponent’s knee and fell.
He was given first aid and stood on the ground, but collapsed once more a minute later.
Everton fans booed it, saying it was a waste of time.
Hwang Hee-chan, who showed his will to play somehow by sending a gesture of apology to the fans, finally signed for a substitution in the 15th minute of the first half.
[브루노 라즈/울버햄프턴 감독 : (부상은) 아직 모르겠어요. 황희찬은 부딪힌 뒤에도 계속 경기를 하려고 했죠.]
He left the field for two months with a hamstring injury and returned, but was once more trapped in the shadows of his injury.
The British reporter tweeted that Wolverhampton’s manager had “appeared to have injured his back and might take several weeks to return”.
Nevertheless, he was added to the soccer team roster following 4 months.
The severity of the injuries identified by the Korea Football Association seems a little different.
An official from the Football Association said, “We exchanged stories with Wolverhampton regarding the injury, and we included Hwang Hee-chan’s recovery period into the national team list.”
First of all, it was determined that the injury was not serious.
The World Cup final qualifiers will resume in ten days.
It seems difficult to say yet whether Hwang Hee-chan will be able to participate normally.
(Screen source: YouTube ‘KFATV_Korea National Football Team’)
(Intern reporter: Seong Ki-won)
(*Due to copyright, the broadcast video is not serviced.)