South Korea’s national team captain Son Heung-min is recovering from hernia surgery, making it unclear if he will be able to play in the team’s exhibition match against Peru on Saturday.
Reporter Son Ki Sung.
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After the final match against Leeds United in the Premier League on March 29, Son Heung-min underwent surgery in London for a sports hernia.
After returning home in pain, Son later visited the international youth soccer tournament named after him as an encouragement.안전놀이터
[Son Heung-min / South Korea National Soccer Team: “Don’t get hurt and always have fun playing soccer, okay?”]
After about two weeks of recovery, Son Heung-min led the team in training on the second day of the call-up with a smile on his face.
The Korea Football Association said that while it will be up to Klinsmann to decide whether he will play in the two A matches, Son Heung-min is showing a strong desire to play.
He played with a mask at last year’s World Cup in Qatar, so Son, who underwent hernia surgery, is still the team’s mood maker and centerpiece.
[Park Ji-soo/Football National Team: “(Who is the atmosphere maker of the national team?) Isn’t Heung-min his older brother? I think Heung-min plays a lot of jokes with the younger players when they come, talks to them a lot, and helps them adapt well.”]
If Son Heung-min, who scored a multi-goal performance in his debut for Klinsmann’s Ho, is unable to play against Peru, midfielders Lee Jae-sung and Lee Kang-in are likely to fill the void.