Heung-Min Son (30, from Chuncheon, Tottenham), the ‘Captain’ of the Korean men’s soccer team, aims to end the bad ties with Iran by scoring two consecutive goals in the A match. The Korean men’s soccer team, led by coach Paulo Bento, will play the ninth leg of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian final qualifier against Iran at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 pm on the 24th. Among them, Son Heung-min, the ‘solver’ and ‘captain’ of the national team, stands at the forefront and aims to score in two matches in A match.
Heung-min Son scored an additional goal in the 28th minute of the second half in the 6th game (3-0 victory) against Iraq last year, achieving his 30th goal in his career A match. After that, he suffered an injury while playing his team’s schedule and did not play in the 7th or 8th rounds of the final qualifying round.
Son Heung-min, who is coming back to match A after a long time, is aiming for a ‘hard enemy’ with his 31st goal in match A in this match. condition is the best Heung-Min Son recently scored a multi-goal in a home match against West Ham United in the EPL 30th round of the 2021-2022 season held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England, leading the team to a 3-1 victory. Heung-Min Son scored 13 goals after Muhammad Salah (Liverpool, 20 goals) and ranked second in the EPL with Diogo Jota (Liverpool) in scoring. He also completed his 200th personal career by adding 170 goals in his professional career and 30 goals in the A team. His performance in this match is also worth looking forward to. In particular, Son Heung-min is the main character who scored a goal in the fourth round of the final qualifying match against Iran last year, so expectations are high. It is the first time in 12 years for a Korean player to score a goal in Iran since Park Ji-sung in 2009. At that time, Korea had a 1-1 draw with Iran, but they are determined to win the home match and break the ties completely. Korea has a record of 9 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses in 32 matches against Iran in history, and there has been no victory in 11 years since the 2011 Asian Cup quarter-final victory (1-0). All the last 3 matches have been draws. Qatar World Cup qualification has already been confirmed, but this is the reason why people are paying attention to Iran. South Korea finished second in the group after leading Iran (7 wins, 1 draw, 22 points) with 6 wins, 2 draws and 20 points in the final qualifying round, and have already secured tickets to the finals regardless of the remaining match results. The view is not bad. This is because the Iranian team’s firepower Medi Taremi (Porto) and Alireza Jahanbakhsi (Feyenoord) cannot go on this expedition due to COVID-19. Attention is focused on the outcome of the match whether Korea, which seized the golden opportunity, will be able to cut off its long bitter ties with Iran. Seunghwan Jeong