South Korea lost to world No. 87 in an upset: Son Heung-min was beaten by his teammates before the game and dislocated his finger
South Korea's men's performance at the Asian Cup in Qatar did not meet expectations, and they lost to the Jordanian men's football team, ranked 87th in the world at the time, in the semi-finals, continuing the embarrassment of 64 years and zero titles. And just after South Korean coach Klinsmann was exposed to class, some internal contradictions in the South Korean men's football team were also exposed, and they had infighting before the game against Jordan, and Asian football king Son Heung-min was beaten to the point of dislocating his finger.
The British "Sun" exclusively reported on the 13th (local time) that "Tottenham star Son Heung-min dislocated his finger in a fight with his teammates the day before he was eliminated from the Asian Cup". Later, the South Korean media "NEWSIS" news network confirmed that Son Heung-min was indeed injured by criticizing his juniors to play table tennis, and Klinsmann witnessed the whole process.
Based on all the information, that is, the South Korean team had infighting at an internal pre-match dinner, when a number of young players quickly finished eating and wanted to play table tennis, and as the captain of the team, Son Heung-min thought that the big game was imminent, and the team needed to be united, and suggested that these young players stay with their teammates more, at this time, the young players were disrespectful to Son Xingmin, and the two sides began to break out into a quarrel, which eventually turned into a small conflict, in the process, Son Xingmin's finger was dislocated and injured, and he has not recovered until he has returned to play in the Premier League.
On the other hand, the South Korean media also directly exposed that the confrontation with Son Heung-min was another main striker of the South Korean men's football team, Lee Gang-in, and the two were captured in a scene where there was no communication on the field.
The performance of the South Korean team in the semi-finals of the Asian Cup is extremely abnormal, the whole game was pressed by Jordan, and there was not even a shot on target in the first half, and finally lost the game, you must know that the South Korean team is ranked 64 places higher than Jordan in the world, and is the favorite to win the Asian Cup, and it is also recognized as the top three best teams in Asia, but it was ultimately lost to Jordan.
Now it seems that everything is traced, and part of the reason for South Korea's defeat is itself, and Son Heung-min, as the leader and captain, cannot control the young players and cannot bring the whole team together.
Professional football is a team sport, a team to become strong and become a champion requires all players to work together, only one excellent player is not enough, the Korean men's football team wants to achieve a breakthrough, perhaps need to start with the team culture, when a current Asian football leader is not respected enough, this in itself represents a problem.
For Son, he has previously stated that he may not be selected for the national team in the future, which means that he may say goodbye to international competition and concentrate on playing in the Premier League, and as a world-class star, Son Xingmin has a successful enough career to prove himself not to win an intercontinental championship. Who do you think is at fault for this infighting?