"Son Heungmin is still in charge of playing time".Today's 4th goal.

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It has been confirmed that Tottenham captain Son Heung-min has not been able to play full-time since his return from injury is ultimately for player management.

Today (10th) he will challenge for his fourth goal in the league against Ipswich, the lower-ranked team in the league.

Reporter Lee Dae-gun's report.

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It's time for Son Heung-min, who is back from injury, to play in the last two games.

In his return match against Aston Villa, he showed unusually strong dissatisfaction as he was replaced in the second half despite recording his third assist of the season,
In the away game of the
Europa League, he only played in the first half.

There was a lot of talk about Son Heung-min's early replacement as the contract with Tottenham was intertwined, but Tottenham manager's clear position came out.

It's player management.

[Enzi Postecoglou / Tottenham manager: We don't want to put a player in an injury cycle. Especially when you push a player back from injury, it's easy to fall into that cycle, so we have to pull it up while managing the playing time.]

Son Heung-min is expected to play in the home game against Ipswich, the lower-ranked team in the league, today (10th).

The goal is, of course, the fourth goal in the league.

However, I can't guarantee that Son Heung-min will play full time again this time.

Son Heung-min's playing time is expected to affect the two consecutive A matches against Kuwait and Palestine in November.

As national team coach Hong Myung-bo has also closely watched Son Heung-min's playing time, he is planning various ways to utilize it.

[Hong Myung-bo / Head coach of the national soccer team (last 4th): How long the game will be extended at Tottenham is also because I think it will be a process of preparation for our team to use Son Heung-min in the next two consecutive games..]

Frequent injuries and early replacements not seen before are, in a way, natural for a 32-year-old veteran.

Whether it's Tottenham or our national soccer team, it's the same to think about how to use it accordingly.

I'm Lee Daegun of YTN.


Video editing: Lee Young-hoon
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