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Son Heung-min, the captain of our soccer team, is recovering quickly.

As he has returned earlier than expected whenever he had an injury before, expectations are growing that he will play against Uruguay, our first match this time.



This is Reporter Kim Hyeong-yeol.



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After entering Doha, Son Heung-min, who had been focusing on his rehabilitation-oriented individual training, started training in earnest with the ball.



In a 5-on-5 passing game, he accurately sprayed long and short passes, raising his sense of the game.



Son Heung-min, who is quickly regaining his old look, has shown miraculous resilience before.



He was diagnosed with ligament rupture in his right ankle in 2011 for up to six weeks, but played in less than three weeks, and in 2017, with a broken right arm, his return was expected to take three months, but returned after two months.



And when he went down with a hamstring injury in 2020, he even recorded two goals and an assist in a game he returned to after just one week.



[Son Heung-min: Magic happened to my thighs!] This



time, I was diagnosed with more than 4 weeks until I was completely cured, but with a fast recovery and a strong will to participate, the possibility of participating in the game against Uruguay, which will be held 20 days after the surgery, is increasing.



[Son Heung-min/World Cup Team Captain: Taking risks is what I do, so if I can give the fans a little joy and hope, I think I should take that much risk.]



As captain, he is also playing the role of mood maker.



When he was filming his profile, he brought Bento's name tag and brought laughter, and he constantly communicated at the training ground, making the eldest brother Kim Tae-hwan to the youngest Lee Kang-in a one-team.



[Kim Tae-hwan/World Cup national team defender: Because Heung-min talks a lot and is leading the way.]



[Lee Kang-in/World Cup national team midfielder: Heung-min seems to have improved the atmosphere a lot and helped a lot.]



1% Son Heung-min, who will only look forward to running in the face of possibility, is gradually increasing his chances by adding indomitable mental strength to his rapid recovery.



(Video coverage: Lee Byeong-ju, video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Seo Seung-hyeon, Kang Kyung-rim)