Son Heung-min despatched a message of assist to former Tottenham Hotspur teammate Christian Eriksson on Sunday after his second-half penalty helped South Korea win 2-1 over Lebanon within the Asia second spherical of World Cup qualifying.
Sonny Saad gave Lebanon a shock lead after solely 12 minutes in Goyang, however it was worn out by a Song Min-kyu header firstly of the second half.
Son transformed the penalty within the 66th minute and a message of assist for Ericsson appeared on tv cameras saying “Chris, stay strong, I love you”, who fell on the bottom whereas taking part in for Denmark within the Euro 2020 match towards Finland was. Saturday.
Heung Min Son “Stay strong Chris, I love you ️”
I like this aspect of soccer, seeing the likes of Lukaku, Sonny and your entire soccer neighborhood come out in full class assist. #ericksen
— Adam Smithy (@AdamJSmity) 13 June 2021
Son’s purpose, his first for his nation since 2019, means South Korea is considered one of eight winners within the group that may routinely progress to the third spherical beginning in September. Lebanon should wait till the second spherical ends on Tuesday to search out out if it strikes to the following stage as a best-of-four runners-up.
Moving on to one of many high runners-up can be the one method China may make it to their solely World Cup in 2002. A win over Group A leaders Syria on Tuesday would have been sufficient however a draw would depart groups needing ends in different teams. to go your method.
Iran, seeking to compete in a 3rd consecutive World Cup, are additionally in second place and wish a win over Group C leaders Iraq in Bahrain to make certain of transferring ahead. After dropping to Iraq and Bahrain in November 2019, Iran has returned to kind this month with three comfy victories, most not too long ago beating Cambodia 10-0 on Friday.
Australia and Japan have each received all seven video games to this point within the second spherical and sealed progress early and would prolong their excellent data in the event that they beat Jordan and Kyrgyzstan respectively.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
