Son Heung-min believes South Korea should cease displaying an excessive amount of respect to soccer powerhouses in the event that they wish to succeed at subsequent yr’s World Cup in the USA, Mexico, and Canada.
The captain’s feedback got here after South Korea bounced again from a 5-0 defeat to Brazil with a 2-0 win over Paraguay in Seoul. Son, who set a brand new nationwide report together with his 137th look towards Brazil, stated his aspect should undertake a extra aggressive mindset.
“Once we go up towards sturdy groups, we’ve got to consider how we may be extra aggressive,” stated Son, who at present performs for Los Angeles FC. “We revered Brazil an excessive amount of and that had a giant affect on the outcome. We now know the way it feels to get punched like that — and we’ve got to be taught to struggle again.”
South Korea, who famously reached the 2002 World Cup semi-finals, confirmed resilience towards Paraguay, scoring via Eom Ji-sung and Oh Hyeon-gyu.
Son, who performed solely the primary half, praised his teammates for his or her response after the Brazil defeat. “After a giant loss, gamers can really feel discouraged, however to see my teammates put that behind them and seize their probabilities made me actually proud as captain,” he stated.
With solely 20,000 followers in attendance, Son additionally referred to as for his crew to play extra thrilling soccer to deliver supporters again to the stands. “If we play higher and extra entertaining soccer, I’m certain the followers will return. That’s our duty.”
