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Nothing happened, Zoro: Will Jung Min Son recover against Ghana? | Israel today

2022-11-28T09:03:56.785Z


The Tottenham winger overcame a frightening eye socket injury ("a real nightmare") • Today (15:00), with a Zorro mask on his face, he will lead South Korea to a third World Cup in a row • The goal: to get closer to the round of 16 at the expense of the Africans


Quite a few national teams lost their big stars just before the start of the World Cup.

This happened to African champions Senegal, who arrived in Qatar without their icon, Sadio Mane, and the French lost Karim Benzema, the Ballon d'Or winner, two days before the start of the tournament, after he had already arrived in Qatar.

Even in South Korea, they feared that they would arrive at the World Cup without the biggest star, Jung Min Son.

The Tottenham striker injured his eye socket in the victory in Marseille, which lifted the Roosters into the last 16 of the Champions League.

The hit by the opponent's defender, Shensel Ambamba, was not intentional, but strong enough for Son to have to undergo surgery.

It happened 23 days before the Koreans' first match at the World Cup, and only 11 days after the injury there was a sigh of relief in South Korea, when national coach Paolo Bento included Son in the final squad.

In the opening match against Uruguay, Son came up with a black mask on his face, in which he looked like the mythological character Zoro.

It wasn't a good game for the Premier League's top scorer last season.

He only had two shots on goal towards the end of the game, but they were not on target.

After the game, he told about everything he had been through in the last few weeks: "It was a real nightmare. Immediately after I got injured, I called several doctors and said: 'Look, I don't care what the options are, I want to play in the World Cup.' Fortunately, the surgery went well, and Tottenham did everything to that I arrive in Qatar."

Son against Uruguay.

Need to get down to business, photo: Reuters

Son is the top scorer of the current team, already with 35 goals in the national uniform.

He is still very far from the legendary record Cha Bum Kun (58 goals), but in the current generation there is no one who comes close to him.

This is the 30-year-old Son's third World Cup.

In 2014 in Brazil he scored one goal, against Algeria, and four years ago in Russia he scored twice, against Mexico and in the historic victory over Germany.

Tonight he will try to score in the third World Cup in a row against Ghana, whose coach he knows personally.

Otto Edo was born in Germany and was the coach of Hamburg's youth team when the 16-year-old Son joined them in 2009.

"I really liked his personality," said Edo.

Son signed a professional contract when he was 18 years old and became the youngest scorer in the history of Hamburg in the Bundesliga.

Later he moved to Leverkusen and Tottenham and became one of the best strikers in the world.

Edo, who works at the same time coaching the Ghana national team in the youth department of Borussia Dortmund, is not surprised.

"He's become such a good player because of his hard work. He's had an amazing career, and I'm glad he's healthy and will be able to play against us. But we'll stop him as a team."

Winner ratio for a South Korea win 2.40, for a draw 2.90 and for a Ghana win 2.80

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Source: israelhayom

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