Surely if you think about the last soccer World Cup played in Russia , the story of Heung-Min Son , South Korean striker for Tottenham , comes to mind , and his tears after losing to Mexico on the second day. The second defeat of the Asian team in the Russian event left them practically out of the tournament and forced the attacker to spend two years of military service , mandatory in his country before the age of 28, and which can only be avoided after having had, between other things, a good sports record.

By 'good track record' was meant reaching one of the last World Cup qualifiers or getting gold at the Asian Games , the scorer's last great hope. Only two months after failing to overcome the first phase in Russia, Son missed the preseason for Tottenham, with whom he had renewed that summer, to try to guide his team to gold. And he achieve it.

That medal reduced Son's obligation with military service from two years to just a few weeks , and he has taken advantage of the coronavirus pandemic and his shoulder injury to travel to his country and finally overcome a process that has influenced his sports career for two years.

After being quarantined for several weeks after having made several trips between England and South Korea, Son began military training a few days ago and is close to finishing it, as we have seen from the images published by the Asian army , in which He sees the Tottenham striker among his squad mates, identified with number 136.

The attacker has traveled with the other soldiers of the Ninth Marine Corps Brigade to Jeju Island , in the Korean Strait, a tourist destination with a volcano in the center of the territory. There he has had to spend intense training with real weapons and overcome the effects of tear gas, according to local media reports.

A service that will end this week and that will allow Son to return to London , where after passing the obligatory 14-day quarantine he can return to the Tottenham facilities and continue the recovery from his injury. Before the coronavirus stoppage he had said goodbye to the season, but with the Premier League still without a date for his return, he could even give him time to help his team, which is eighth by now, outside the European positions.

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