In the early morning of February 3, Beijing time, in a focus match of the Asian Cup quarter-finals, the South Korean men's football team defeated the Australian men's football team 2-1 in overtime, returning to the top four after 9 years. In this game, Son Heung-min became the number one contributor to South Korea's comeback. He first equalized the score with a penalty kick, and then scored with a free kick. He played the most outstanding game of this Asian Cup. After the game, he was rated 8.6 points and also won the overall award. The best player, and the Korean media "naver" published an article praising Son Heung-min's performance as explosive.
This is Son Heung-min's fourth Asian Cup trip. The previous three times he only reached the Asian Cup finals with South Korea in 2015, and finally won the runner-up. He failed to win his first championship. At that time, he lost to his opponent Australia.
In this regard, Son Heung-min naturally hopes to lead South Korea to complete revenge. Before the game, the Korean media also issued an article that the team needs to achieve this goal.
In the first 90 minutes of the game, South Korea played an average game. The frontcourt trio of Hwang Hee-chan and Cho Kyu-sung were in a sluggish state. Son Heung-min became the most threatening player in the South Korean team. Faced with one goal behind, Son Heung-min stepped forward to save South Korea. .
In the 94th minute, Sun Xingmin took the ball and faced multiple pressures but still did not lose the ball. He was then brought down. The referee awarded a penalty kick. Huang Xican took the initiative to take the penalty kick. Sun Xingmin also gave up. Fortunately, Huang Xican took the penalty and helped. South Korea equalized the score 1-1 and sent the game into overtime. According to statistics, this is the fourth consecutive Asian Cup game in which South Korea has scored in the second half of stoppage time.
In the 104th minute, Son Heung-min took a free kick and hit the goal directly. The ball flew over the wall and into the net. The Australian goalkeeper was unable to make a save. South Korea went ahead 2-1. Coach Klinsmann was very excited and clenched his fists and roared in celebration.
It can be said that Son Heung-min single-handedly saved South Korea. After the game, he knelt down to release the pressure, and then knelt on the lawn for a long time and shed tears of excitement. According to
statistics, Sun Xingmin scored 1 goal in 2 of 3 shots in the game. At the same time, 3 of 5 attempts were successful, 2 key passes were made, and 7 of 11 ground confrontations were successful. He was evaluated after the game. 8.6 points, the highest score in the game.
According to statistics, this is the 11th time in the history of the South Korean team that has advanced to the Asian Cup semi-finals. In the previous 10 times, it won the championship twice, the runner-up four times, and the third place four times. However, the last time it won the championship dates back to 1960.
For Son Heung-min, there is hope that he can lead South Korea back to the Asian Cup finals after 9 years. Compared with the opponents in the top 16 and top 8, they are very strong. This time the opponent in the semi-finals is only Jordan in the group stage. It is difficult for South Korea to threatening.
