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Six European players join the World Cup final qualifier… Injured Heung-Min Son and Hee-Chan Hwang put on hold


Six European players will join the national soccer team for the 7th and 8th rounds of the 2022 Qatar World Cup final qualifiers. Heung-Min Son (Tottenham) and Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolverhampton), who are recovering from injuries, have been suspended.

On the 17th, the Korea Football Association played Kim Min-jae (Fenerbahce), Jung Woo-young (Al Sadd), Jung Woo-young (Freiburg), Hwang In-beom (Rubin Kazan), Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), Hwang Ui-jo (Bordeaux), Qatar World Cup Final Qualifier Lebanon (27th), It was announced that he was selected for the national team to participate in the Syrian match (February 1).

These six people are scheduled to enter Turkey on the 24th, where the national team is training under the direction of coach Paulo Bento. However, the association announced that “the selection of Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan, who are undergoing treatment for injuries, has been put on hold.”

According to the association, coach Bento said, “Son Heung-min and Hwang Hee-chan are important players who are indispensable to the current national team, so we will make a final decision on whether to be selected after watching their recovery a little more.”

Some of the 27 players currently training in Antalya, Turkey due to joining overseas teams will be removed from the roster and return to their home country after the friendly match against Moldova on the 21st.

The team plans to move to Istanbul, Turkey on the 22nd to continue training, and then to Lebanon on the 25th to play the 7th game of the World Cup final qualifier. yunhap news