"Let's be close" "'Captain' meets Son Heung-min 'Youngest' Yang Min-hyuk's smile'"I'll appeal his finishing ability regardless of age"
Sep 03, 2024
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Coach Hong Myung-bo, who returned as the head coach of the national soccer team for the first time in 10 years, selected Yang Min-hyuk as the first call-up. He joined the A national team for the first time and was called up on the 2nd to carry out his first training session.
He appeared in the K-League like Hyesung in the 2024 season. He took his first step as a semi-professional player and broke all the Gangwon club's consecutive records. Last month, he confirmed his transfer to Tottenham in the English Premier League (EPL), the `big league of dreams.' He will join Tottenham in January next year. Yang Min-hyuk's dream of playing in 29 K-League games and scoring eight goals and five assists has become a reality.
Coach Hong said, "(He showed enough performance to make the national team. Of course, there is a drop from July, when this was the best time, but he deserves to be in the national team with his appearance so far." Yang Min-hyuk is a player who everyone has high expectations for. I look forward to doing well in the national team" he said.
At the age of 18 years and 132 days, Yang Min-hyuk was ranked 13th in the list of the youngest national team selection. He was ahead of Son Heung-min (18 years and 152 days old).
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From the North Korea-China World Cup, the number of countries that advance to the finals will increase from 32 to 48. In Asia, 8.5 tickets were also allocated, up from 4.5 to 4. In the third qualifying round, the first and second place in each group will win a ticket to the World Cup finals. South Korea was in Group B along with Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Palestine and Kuwait in the Middle East in the third qualifying round.
If Yang plays in the match against Palestine or Oman, he can also break the record of Son Heung-min (18 years and 175 days), who ranked fifth in the category of the youngest player in history.
In an interview released by the Korea Football Association on the 3rd, he said, `It's a great honor. I am grateful for the opportunity at a young age. Since I'm the youngest, I'll approach you first and get close to you so that I can get used to it quickly" he said.
Yang Min-hyuk is currently in his third year of high school. He said "I didn't hear much because I didn't go to school for a few days after the call was announced, but some friends congratulated me." he said.
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Yang Min-hyuk advised me that I should study English a lot, saying, "I'm doing well then, too." I'm looking forward to living in person this time. I want to get closer. I want to talk about it. I want to learn a lot," he stressed.
As for the first training "Yesterday was a simple recovery training, but it was very systematic. I'm looking forward to the future by training with my brothers in seriousness and enjoyment." When asked which brother took good care of him ",Jae-sung took good care of him and talked to him a lot. (Choi)Woo-jin and I came in together for the first time, and we're doing well,' he replied.
His A-match debut is also drawing attention. Yang Min-hyuk "I want to be bold and not intimidated just because I'm young. I want to appeal to the best of dribbling and finishing skills using speed," he added.
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