Son Heung-min (32, Tottenham) is slow to recover from his injury.
England's "Football London" said on the 5th (Korea Standard Time), "Coach Enzi Postecoglou said Son Heung-min's return this weekend would be difficult."
Son Heung-min suffered a hamstring injury in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League phase against Karabakh FK on the 27th of last month and was unable to play in the match against Manchester United last month and the Ferencvaros on the 4th.
Son Heung-min is also expected to rest in the upcoming Brighton and Hove Albion game. Tottenham will play Brighton away game in the seventh round of the Premier League on the 7th, but Postecoglou said Son Heung-min's participation is not easy.
In a press conference ahead of the match, Postecoglou said, "Destiny Udogi will be fine. He needs to complete his training first, but if there is no problem, he will be deployed immediately. However, Son is unlikely to play this weekend. He is recovering hard, but his return will not be soon."
"The Korea Football Association (KFA) has decided not to convene Son Heung-min in the World Cup qualifying round next week," the British newspaper Metro said on the same day. In an interview before the injury, Son Heung-min expressed his concern about excessive game schedules and said, "I don't want to see players suffer from injuries."
In fact, the KFA officially announced on the 4th, "Regarding the call-up of the A national team in October: We decided to exclude the call-up in October to protect the players as we judged that Son Heung-min needed a rest due to his left thigh injury."
KFA, which excluded Son Heung-min from the call-up list, announced that it would replace Hong Hyun-seok, who plays with Lee Jae-sung in FSV Mainz 05.
Team Korea's schedule is not easy. Team Korea's national soccer team Hong Myung-bo will leave Jordan, which lost its semifinal match against Qatar at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup on Saturday, and bring Iraq home on Saturday, five days later.
This time, the national team should use Yongin Mir Stadium, which is somewhat unfamiliar, instead of Seoul World Cup Stadium. This is because AFC instructed to use another stadium due to the grass condition of the Seoul World Cup Stadium. 먹튀검증
Team Korea, which has been in disarray in many ways including the recent parliamentary questions on pending issues and the interim announcement of the results of the ministry's specific audit, has even lost its captain, Son Heung-min. Two more A-matches are expected to be held in a more challenging manner than ever before.