Son Heung-min "Face with Kim Min-jae". It was so nice."
Aug 11, 2024
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Son Heung-min played in the pre-season match between Tottenham and Bayern Munich at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the afternoon of the 10th (local time). Son Heung-min, who started, was replaced after playing 80 minutes. The first half came on the left wing. In the second half, he changed his position to the front-line one-top. I had no choice but to keep bumping into Kim Min-jae. Son Heung-min struggled but failed to target Bayern Munich's defense. Tottenham lost 2-3.
I met Son Heung-min in the mixed zone after the game. Recalling his confrontation with Kim Min-jae, he praised his junior teammates of the national team. Son Heung-min said, `Kim Min-jae is such a good defender. I really like it. a player who can learn a lot." As for the new season, which starts in a week, "I'm looking forward to it. You have to prepare well."
◇ Q&A with Son Heung-min
-The pre-season is over. What kind of evaluation should I make.
▶First of all, losing the game is. Whether it was a practice game or a real game, I don't want to and I think it's a shame that I couldn't show all the things I prepared hard. Nevertheless, in the process of training, each and every player has trained with great dedication, and I think the upcoming season will be a season I'm looking forward to. We're going to start the season in earnest from next week, so we're going to prepare well. I think we were able to see more things that we lacked as we lost (to Bayern Munich) twice in a row. We'll have to review these things well and practice and continue to play perfect games from Monday.
-After moving the position in the second half, he continued to face Kim Min-jae.
▶As I say every time, Kim Min-jae is a really good defender.It's a defense that I really like. From a global perspective, I think he is a player who can learn many things from now on.
The fact that we can play together, we play together only in the national team, but we exchange passes together, but today it was fun as we had to fight together. It was a lot of fun, and it was a lot of fun to show this emotional and competitive side-by-side with Korean players in the stadium.
It was also difficult to pierce Minjae because he was such a good player. Minjae always talked to me. Why are you telling me to go out like this. I said this as a joke, but I think it was an honor for me and a good memory because we are so close and I really care about him.
-The Korean team has a good performance at the Paris Olympics. If you can cheer for the players who are playing hard in Paris.
▶Actually, I'm not sure if I'm in a position to tell them.They're all amazing players, and no one knows how hard they've worked for that performance for four years
I'm so proud of those who won a medal, those who didn't win a medal, and those who didn't. I was so proud of myself as a Korean when I watched TV broadcasts in England and Korea, wrapped my body around taping and sweating.
I hope you know that every single drop of sweat really gave Korea a lot of strength. As a Korean, thank you so much. I hope we can continue to show good performances. As a sportsman, I hope that Son Heung-min, a soccer player, will support you with all his heart so that you can continue your career.
-Is there a game that impressed you?
▶I think every single one of them was really cool. Starting with archery, table tennis, badminton, judo are all important, but it's actually very unfair to choose someone.
In fact, all the players worked really hard, so I really enjoyed watching it. Everything was so touching. I was so moved and actually, the color of the gold medal could change once in this game. It was about winning a medal or not, so I want to say that all the things that I really tried to do in the stadium were so touching and so cool.
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