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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.
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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.”