South Korea’s Son Heung-min will be capable of play with a masks of their World Cup Group H opener towards Uruguay on Thursday, coach Paulo Bento mentioned because the talismanic ahead returns from a surgical process to stabilise a fracture round his left eye.
Son was injured halfway by means of Tottenham Hotspur’s Champions League tie at Olympique de Marseille earlier this month and there have been doubts the 30-year-old can be slot in time for the World Cup group stage. “Sonny will be capable of play,” Bento assured reporters on Wednesday.
“I believe the truth that he will probably be carrying a masks will not be an inconvenience for him, it’s fairly pure for him. We caught with the plan once we arrived right here… However we’ll see tomorrow how it is going to be. “Our hope is that he will probably be snug to the best extent potential and use the very best technique in order that he can really feel relaxed throughout the sport. He is aware of and we all know that after his harm we can not take any dangers.”
Bento confirmed that Wolverhampton Wanderers ahead Hwang Hee-chan had not recovered in time for the sport whereas the group will take a late name on defender Kim Jin-su.
South Korea have failed to duplicate their magical run to the 2002 World Cup semi-finals in latest tournaments and Bento mentioned he wouldn’t burden them with the purpose of qualifying for the knockout levels, taking issues “one match at a time” as an alternative.
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“Our aspirations is one thing we conveyed, we want to compete in the very best method potential within the three group video games,” he mentioned.
“We’re properly conscious that we’ll face many difficulties with rivals we play towards and we’re conscious that within the historical past of World Cups, South Korea solely superior to knockouts twice – one in all them once they have been co-hosts with Japan.
“I don’t see any motive to place any strain on their shoulders. If this was a group that at all times superior, then I’d say, ‘Sure, we have to qualify (for the following stage)’.” Midfielder Jung Woo-young, one of the vital skilled gamers in South Korea’s World Cup squad, mentioned set items can be one in all their “greatest weapons” and brushed apart considerations that Uruguay’s taller gamers would have a bonus.
“Set items are crucial to find out the result of the match, so this will probably be a giant benefit for us,” mentioned the 32-year-old, who performs for Al-Sadd within the Qatar Stars League. “Now we have a wonderful kicker in our group and we’ve got gamers which can be bodily outfitted. “We even have tall gamers, so we’re not fearful in regards to the peak. It’s not a figuring out think about soccer, so this doesn’t trouble us.”