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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. South Korea won 2-0. Son Heung-min is greeting his fans. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Son Heung-min scored the first free kick goal and is sharing his joy. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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If Son Heung-min took a free kick at Tottenham, wouldn't he have another title.
South Korea's A national team, led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, won 2-0 in a friendly match against Bolivia at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th.
South Korea dominated against Bolivia in the first half, but failed to produce a decisive scene except for Lee Jae-sung's header from a corner kick. Attacks often showed players relying on their individual skills. Bolivia's blatant defensive consistency tactics have pushed the flow. After the middle of the first half, the performance was below expectations as the flow was handed over.
Son Heung-min broke through the blood of victory in a frustrating game. Son Heung-min took charge of Hwang Hee-chan's free kick in the 11th minute of the second half. Son Heung-min crossed the wall and slotted it into the square of the net. It was already the seventh free kick score in the A-match alone. Son Heung-min is the only player who has scored so many free-kick goals in the A match.
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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Son Heung-min is scoring the first free kick goal. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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Tottenham fans are also paying attention to the news that Son Heung-min scored again with a free kick. Most fans are regretting that Son Heung-min was not a dedicated free-kick kicker at Tottenham. Son Heung-min was a dedicated kicker at Tottenham, but he only took charge of corner kicks and free kicks from long distances.
In the Son Heung-min era, the free kick kicker was Harry Kane. Kane is a world class and a better goal scorer than Son Heung-min, but he was not capable of free kicks. He handled a number of free kicks during his time at Tottenham, but he scored only one free kick goal. If it wasn't Kane, Eric Dier was in charge, but Dier's success rate was no different from Kane's.
In fact, Tottenham has hardly scored a free kick since Christian Eriksen, a former free kick specialist, left. Dyer or Kane is in charge of the position to score directly with a free kick, but the chances of success of the two players are very low. In this regard, the local media also raised the need for a change in Tottenham's exclusive kicker.
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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Son Heung-min scored the first free kick goal and is sharing his joy. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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Tottenham fans are also dissatisfied with this part. This is an issue that Tottenham fans have directly demanded since 2022, when Son Heung-min started scoring a free kick goal for the national team. At the time, a fan said, `Son Heung-min has to practice free kicks. Kane and Dyer are at the level of passing to the goalkeeper, and there were a lot of positive responses. Another fan also "In my memory, Kane scored one goal with a free kick. So is Dyer. Son Heung-min should be given a free kick" he insisted.
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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. South Korea won 2-0. Son Heung-min is greeting his fans. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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Tottenham fans also showed resentment against Kane when Son Heung-min scored another free kick against Bolivia. When news of Son Heung-min's free-kick goal was heard on Tottenham's social media Spurs Web, a fan said, `Why did Son rarely win a free-kick while he was at Tottenham?" questioned. Another fan commented "Kane tried many times but was terrible. It was surprising considering how technologically outstanding it is."
If Son Heung-min also handled the free kick at Tottenham, he might have become a world-famous free kick kicker.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
