"I don't want to meet you." 'Captain' Son Heung-min vs'Monster Defender'Kim Min-jae meets for the first time in history'Enemy'Explosion of Interest'
Aug 03, 2024
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Tottenham (England), led by coach Enze Postecoglou, and Bayern Munich (Germany), led by Vincent Kompany, will play two Coupang Play Series games at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 3rd.
Expectations are high. Bayern Munich arrived at Incheon International Airport on the 30th of last month. He visited Korea for the first time since its foundation in 1900. Fans welcomed Bayern Munich's visit and cheered enthusiastically. Tottenham arrived more than a week earlier than Bayern Munich and clashed with Team K League once. On the 31st of last month, fans left beautiful memories with a soccer festival that blew the heat at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.
The match draws more attention because of the clash between two soccer stars representing South Korea, Son Heung-min and Kim Min-jae. South Korean national soccer team 'Senior and Junior' The two meet as enemies for the first time. It's a so-called battle between a spear and a shield.
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In an official press conference held on the 2nd, Kim Min-jae said "(Son) Heung-min is facing another team. All of Tottenham's other outstanding players will also try to stop it well. But Heung-min said, "I don't want to meet him as much as I can."
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Coach Postecoglou also said, `It's a great honor that so many people welcomed me from the first day. I knew how much Son Heung-min was loved, especially by the country of Korea. It is a great honor to experience this together. Through this, I know the heart that leads to interest in the club. It's important how well we repay each other." He also confessed that he used a 'Son Heung-min chance'. Postecoglou was worried about the result of the Australia Asian Cup (Australia's victory over South Korea, then Australia's coach Postecoglou). I don't know what's going to happen, so I remember being next to Son Heung-min and entering the country as much as possible," he said with a smile.
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His team is also performing very well. He entered the English Premier League (EPL) in the summer of 2015 after passing through Hamburg and Leverkusen (Germany). Son Heung-min has been reborn as the top striker in the world's best league. He scored 120 goals-62 assists in 303 EPL matches in Tottenham's uniform. In the 2021-2022 season, he scored 23 goals in 35 league games, becoming the first Asian player to become the top scorer. Son Heung-min joined the 2019-2020 season (11 goals-10 assists), the 2020-2021 season (17 goals-10 assists), and the 2023-2024 season (17 goals-10 assists) '10 (goal)-10 (help) club'. He is listed as the sixth player in EPL history to join the 10-10 club more than three times. There were only five players, including Wayne Rooney (five times), Eric Cantona, Frank Lampard (four times), Mohamed Salah and Didier Drogba (three times).
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