SUMMARY
- Son Heung-min leads Tottenham Hotspur with 12 goals and five assists in 20 appearances during the 2023-2024 Premier League season.
- Son Heung-min displayed sportsmanship by consoling Saudi Arabian players after South Korea won a penalty shootout.
Son Heung-min is known for his on-field guile and supreme skills as a winger and forward player for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and his country South Korea, at the highest level. Son possesses extreme pace and a unique ball-carrying ability that gives his opponent’s defenders a hard time playing against him.
The 31-year-old South Korean has emerged as one of the most important players for Spurs. Son Heung-min has managed to lead the front line of his club quite well this season. He has registered an impressive tally of 12 goals and five assists so far in just 20 appearances for Spurs in the 2023-2024 Premier League campaign.
The winger is currently away from English top-flight soccer. He is on national duty representing South Korea at the AFC Asian Cup. During one of the matches in the last 16 phases of the tournament, Son Heung-min showed an immaculate gesture towards one of his opponent’s players. The incident took place during the later stages of a last-16 clash.
Fans were touched by Son Heung-min’s warm gesture
South Korea scored the winning penalty against Saudi Arabia in the AFC Asian Cup match. The Korean players were celebrating with each other. However, upon realizing how heart-breaking it was for the Saudi Arabian team to lose the match after coming so close, Son went up to fellow Saudi Arabian players and hugged and consoled them.
Seeing this warm gesture by the South Korean, fans around the world have reacted by expressing their opinions. One of the fans stated, “His hugs ARE the warmest”. Another follower stated, “Cheers. Son knows what it’s like to cry”. A fan inflicted, “Son is actually Wayne from The Leftovers”.
Here are some of the reactions by the fans:
Another fan chipped in and expressed, “If only he didn’t play for my rival lol. But yeah it seems like Son is just total class on and off the pitch”. From the reactions of the fans, it can be seen that Son’s cordial act towards his opponent’s player has won the fans over.
South Korea storms into the quarterfinals of the AFC Asian Cup
A place in the quarterfinals of the AFC Asian Cup was on the line as the clash between South Korea and Saudi Arabia headed towards an all-important penalty shootout. The initial momentum was with South Korea as they seemed more on the front foot during the last phase of the match.
South Korea beat Saudi Arabia on penalties to advance to the Asian Cup quarterfinals 🥳 pic.twitter.com/Bpk7m9QAUV
— B/R Football (@brfootball) January 30, 2024
The Koreans managed to win the penalty shootout by a scoreline of 2-4 in favor of them. With this win, they progress into the last eight of the tournament. South Korea will face an in-form Australia in the quarterfinals. The match will take place at Qatar’s Al Janoub Stadium.