Ulsan Hyundai Complete The Signing Of Austrian Striker

The Champions of the 2020 edition of the AFC Champions League Ulsan Hyundai have confirmed that they have completed the signing of Austrian international striker Lukas Hinterseer. The K League outfit moved swiftly to confirm the announcement on their official website as they continue to bolster their squad.

Hinterseer will now be reuniting with his former team-mate, Korea Republic international superstar Lee Chung-Yong. Both players used to ply their trade at the same time for Vfl Bochum during the 18/19 campaign where they both performed well and played some fantastic football before they were eventually separated.

Ulsan Hyundai Complete The Signing Of Austrian Striker

SOUTH KOREA BACK TO WINNING WAYS

South Korea are back to winning ways following their victory over fellow Asians Qatar in a recent international friendly. The South Koreans had been on a winning run of three games before they were beaten by Mexico in the first of their two international games this month. They swiftly recovered from that loss with the win over 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar in the second match of those international games.

The two-time Asian champions had beaten Hong Kong, China and Japan on the back of the 3-0 loss to Brazil without conceding a goal. The three-match winning run was stopped by the 3-2 defeat to Mexico in an international friendly played in November. The Mexicans had to come from a goal down to beat South Korea who took a first half lead through Ui-Jo Hwang.

South Korea vs. Mexico Friendly Faceoff in November

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the sports world was going through a pause. All the national and international level tournaments were either postponed or abandoned. Football didn’t experience something different as it is also a body contact game. But after almost 6 months, everything is getting normalized with the “New Normal”; many of the sporting events have started again. As a part of this, South Korea is all set to play a friendly match with Mexico City. Before the Mexican football team gets to face harder opponents in the 2021 Gold Cup and then in the CONCACAF World Cup which is going to be held in Australia.

The tournament is about to start on November 14 but the venues are yet not decided.
The record in the head to head games is actually weighty for Mexico. They have won 7 out of 13 matches they played against South Korea and drawn 2 matches, whereas South Korea has nothing to be upset with the stats. They are among the best teams in the Asia continent and the record against a regular football playing nation is not that bad for a less focused team. South Korea is a team that has the capacity to upset any team on their day.

South Korea vs. Mexico Friendly Faceoff in November

SON PROVIDES POSITIVE UPDATE ON FRACTURED ARM

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has revealed that he’s doing very, very well. The South Korea international fractured his arm in February. He has been out of action since then. Son was the team’s leading striker before the unfortunate injury. Spurs had earlier lost Harry Kane to a long-term injury. The loss of Kane had affected the performance of the Lilywhites.

Spurs have struggled for the most part of the season. They sacked long term manager Mauricio Pochettino in October and quickly moved to replace him with Jose Mourinho. But the fortune of the club has failed to improve. Injuries to first team players have not helped their course. Tanguy Ndombele, Kane, Son and other first team players have suffered from one fitness issue or the other. But the news that Son is doing very well will come as a blast for Spurs fans. Though the South Korean insisted that football is not important right now due to the Covid19 pandemic.
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STEVE BERGWIJN JOINS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

With Eriksen finally getting the transfer he has wanted all season, Steve Bergwijn is said to be joining Tottenham any time soon and many believe it might even be for the best since the Dane has lost all desire to actually keep on putting his best in for Spurs.
It is however suspected Bergwijn might fight for Son’s position instead of actually replacing the departed Viking. The South Korea international has been a mainstay at the club since moving from Swansea city but just like how Christian Eriksen decided he’s had enough and would like to try his luck somewhere else in hopes of playing in a team that can actually compete for a title.

Any attempt by Mourinho to suggest to the South Korean that his time at the North London club is up will certainly be met with some friction given that the Oriental man has been one of the very few players to consistently give his all for the team unlike people like Dele Alli who take their foot off the gas whenever the team is in trouble and even presumably needs them more than ever before.
Everyone at Spurs will sure be hoping the south Korea international stays with the club as they cannot afford to lose another important member of the big four: Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli, Harry Kane and Son.
With the club struggling to find a way to make the best of this current season, which started terribly under Mauricio Pochettino despite ending the previous season on a high to the pique performance recorded for a short time under Mourinho and the current drab on the field that have seen them struggle as much as the other clubs gunning for the top four finish without actually taking advantage of any of their slip ups since they are so busy slipping up themselves.

TOTTENHAM VS MANCHESTER CITY PREVIEW

The Premier League resumes in the weekend with a host of intriguing matches. However, the biggest match for the weekend is at the Etihad where champions Manchester City face Tottenham.
Both clubs had an interesting duel in the Champions League where Tottenham were able to get the better of their counterpart. It took an exceptional performance from South Korea star Son in which he scored three goals.

However, Manchester City were able to defeat Tottenham in the league with young midfielder Phil Phoden netting the only goal in the game. This Saturday promises to be a blockbuster s the season is still early.

Manchester City have the nicer fixture list compared to rivals Liverpool as after the Tottenham match they next face teams outside the top six until November.

This makes the game on Saturday of greater consequences fo the Champions as a victory could give them a foothold in the title race.

Tottenham will be arriving the Etihad with a full complement of players with record signing Tanguy Ndombele scoring on his debut last week. Spurs looked susceptible to high balls in the first half.

Expect Manchester City to target that weakness with Ederson who has the best passing ability of all the goalkeepers in the EPL. The injury to Sane robs City of raw pace but Bernardo Silva is arguably a better replacement.

In- addition, RiyadMahrez appears to have rediscovered his form and was impressive in the defeat of West Ham.

If he is able to play to his potentials then it promises to be a long day for the fullbacks. Kevin De Bruyne was also exceptional against West Ham and this could be the season that he consolidates his position as the best-attacking midfielder in the league.

It would be interesting to see how the games turn out but we expect drama all through.

Ji So-Yun of South Korea is Targeting the Knockout Stages of World Cup

South Korea are optimistic that they will qualify for the knockout games of World Cup of Women which will be held in France in the upcoming month in spite of being positioned in a tough group, Ji So-Yun, the midfielder has said. The nation from Asia is all set for its 3rd appearance at the event which is quadrennial but it has never gone past the last-16 and is now pitted against some of the teams with high ranks in hosts France & also Norway in the Group A. The hosts i.e. France is ranked 4th in the world, which is 10 places better than Korea. Although Norway is on the 12th spot they will be playing without Ada Hegerberg who was the winner of Ballon d’Or but has refused to play for Norway.

The only team which is lower than South Korea is Nigeria which is on the 38th spot. On the governing body of world soccer, Ji said to the press that “Our first motive is to reach to the 2nd round.” “I am well aware of the fact that it is going to be difficult for us, but we have the capability to reach there. And once we will reach the initial goal, we will try to get more and more.”

Ji So-Yun of South Korea is Targeting the Knockout Stages of World Cup

Ji, who suffered an injury during the 2015 World Cup Campaign of South Korea and then saw from dug out as France knocked them out in the last-16 said she is now over that defeat and is now looking forward to playing well with the hosts on June 7. Ji has had a good season for his club in which she managed to score 8 goals for Chelsea, which also included a magnificent free-kick in the semifinals of Champions League which was played against Lyon (the eventual champions).

SOUTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREA IN JOINT WORLD CUP BID

FIFA president Gianni Infantino caused a stir in the football world this week when he revealed that North Korea and South Korea were considering tabling a joint bid for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. North Korea and South Korea are still technically at war with each other as the conflict in the early 50s ended in an Armistice rather than a peace treaty.

However, in recent years, both nations have utilized sports to foster good relations and this has brought the hope of reconciliation between the two nations. In 2018 both nations fielded a combined women’s hockey team in what was seen as a symbolic moment across the world.

SOUTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREA IN JOINT WORLD CUP BID

North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in also revealed plans for a joint bid for the 2032 summer Olympics in last September.

It is no surprise that both countries are considering hosting the Women’s World Cup. North Korea are among the top national teams in female football winning the under 20 tournament in 2016 while South Korea have also done well in Women’s football.

“ The 2023 Women’s World Cup hosting rights is looking to be hot contests with the likes“ of Australia, Colombia, Japan and South Africa expressing interest in hosting the tournament.
A tournament in Korea would pose little geographical problems as the two nations sit on the Korean peninsula. But there would need to be a serious logistic overhaul due to the differences in “ideology in both countries“.

FIFA have made a schedule of timelines for the applications as nations must show interest for bidding by March 15, complete bidding registration before April 16 and submit bid accounts by October 4. FIFA Council vote for the Host of the 2023 Women’s World Cup is scheduled to be held in March 2020.

Park Ji-Sung, The Former Manchester United Star Offers To Quit As Youth Strategy Chief Of KFA

Park Ji-sung, the South Korean football icon has offered on resigning from the post of this national football governing organization. He has decided on stepping down from the position of department chief of the youth strategy of Korea Football Associations. The football body is presently mulling over the offer of resignation as per the statement of KFA officials.

Park Ji-sung, the former Manchester United star midfielder had taken over the post on 2017. It had been the first time that he was placed in the KFA’s official position. He promised to develop the youth football of South Korea with the help of his abundant experience that he had in Europe.

Park Ji-Sung, The Former Manchester United Star Offers To Quit As Youth Strategy Chief Of KFA

Park has planning to build his post-playing career being the football administrator as he hung up his boots in the year 2014. He was done was done with the Master course of FIFA, the sports management program that had been managed by International Centre for Sports Studies. He had also been endorsed by FIFA and have engaged with many organizations that are related to football.

“According to sources Park was facing difficulty in focusing on his role in KFA in South Korea as he had much overseas commitment“. At present, he is the club ambassador of Manchester United and is also a member of International Football Association Board’s Football Advisory “Panel with Asian Football“ Confederation Social Responsibility Committee. The thirty-seven-year-old is also known to be running the JS Foundation for helping out the young footballers

Park is taken to be one of the best footballers to be found in South Korea. He has represented his country in about 3 World Cups and has scored 1 goal in each one of them. He has also won 100 caps for his country which made him one of the 9 South Korean in the century club.

Son Heung-min eager to perform for Tottenham Hotspur after Asian games triumph

South Korea international Heung-min Son is eager to contributed towards Tottenham Hotspur’s season now that he has returned from Asian games duty with the national team. The attacker helped his country claim their second straight title at the games in Indonesia and this ensured that he skipped the mandatory military services which he would have otherwise had to perform.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, Son indicated that he is pleased to have been relieved from the army service but that should not hamper his performances with Spurs, he said: “Some players get out of the army and don’t care anymore. I don’t want to do that, I want to be even hungrier and work even harder. It always pays off. I’m very grateful and thankful and felt sorry for my team-mates and the fans [during the Asia Cup]. I could feel they missed me and I missed them as well. But we won the cup, I’m very happy, and I was very proud to come back to show the fans.”

Son Heung-min eager to perform for Tottenham Hotspur after Asian games triumph

“Son has been a quality recruit for the north London giants since joining them from Bayer Leverkusen three years ago and during this period,“ he has contributed nearly 50 goals across all competitions for the club. As such, his services were partly missed during the opening weeks of the campaign and hopefully, he can make amends “in the forthcoming months“ where Spurs have a congested schedule to deal with.

Since returning from the Asian games, Son has featured in five matches for Spurs across all competitions but he has unfortunately found no success in terms of goals or assists. Regardless of this, Tottenham Hotspur have enjoyed another good start to the campaign with 15 points garnered from their first five matches and the form of Lucas Moura in particular has been a positive.