In the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup, South Korea faced Australia. With the score behind, Son Heung-min first created a penalty kick in the 4th minute of stoppage time, and then scored a world-class free kick in overtime, single-handedly changing the game.
This is Son Heung-min's 17th appearance in the Asian Cup, thus surpassing Lee Young-pyo and becoming the Korean player with the most appearances in the Asian Cup. In 2000, 2004, and 2011, Lee Young-pyo played 16 times in three Asian Cups, maintaining the Asian Cup appearance record for Korean players for 13 years.
After starting the game against Australia, Son Heung-min finally broke this record. It is worth mentioning that in the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar, Son Heung-min, who was 18 years and 194 days old, scored against India and became the youngest Korean player to score for the national team.
For Sun Xingmin, this is still a real revenge battle. In the 2015 Asian Cup final, Son Heung-min scored Matthew Ryan's goal, but Troisi's goal in overtime allowed Australia to win the Asian Cup for the first time. South Korea continued the curse of being without a championship. This was Son Heung-min's distance from Asia. cup most recently.
After losing the championship, Son Heung-min lay on Cha Duli's shoulder and cried loudly. After meeting again after 9 years, Sun Xingmin said, "Don't mention what happened in 2015 again. I was very sad at the time. I have a strong desire not to repeat the same mistakes. I hope to have an outstanding performance."
What is quite interesting is that at that time, he led Australia won the championship with Postkoglu, who now coaches Tottenham. Before the Asian Cup final, Australia coach Arnold joked, "I called Postkoglu and asked him to take Sun Xingmin away in advance."
However, facing the Australian defense, Sun Xingmin played very hard, but he and his teammates We can't find a way either. Within 90 minutes, Son Heung-min did not get a chance to shoot. South Korea shot 2 times and had 0 shots on target.
Until the 4th minute of stoppage time, Son Heung-min got the ball in front of the penalty area. Facing 4 defensive players, Son Heung-min chose to turn around and break through. After breaking into the penalty area, Son Heung-min was tackled by Miller. The referee immediately awarded a penalty kick. Huang Xican In one fell swoop, the game was dragged into overtime.
It is worth mentioning that Son Heung-min did not take the penalty kick, but asked Hwang Hee-chan to take the penalty, which reflects his calm mind. Although there were no shots in 90 minutes, Son Heung-min succeeded in breaking through three times out of four times, becoming the South Korean player with the most breakthroughs. In the 104th minute of the
match, South Korea got a free kick in front of the penalty area. Son Heung-min took the free kick and shot with his right foot. The ball drew a wonderful arc and then flew into the net. South Korea reversed the score.
After 9 years, Son Heung-min once again broke through the Australian goal and scored the third goal of this Asian Cup. This was also the 42nd goal in his national team career! Under extremely difficult circumstances, Son Heung-min finally showed his strength as Asia's number one brother!
