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Our national team will play its first group stage game against Uruguay on Thursday night, two days later in our time.

Captain Son Heung-min is recovering quickly from a facial injury.

During training, he even attempted a header for the first time.



This news will be delivered by reporter Kim Hyung-yeol from Qatar.



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Taegeuk warriors, who took a sweet rest for a day, started training again for the game against Uruguay.



Captain Son Heung-min paired up with Son Jun-ho and during a balance exercise, when Son Jun-ho's kicked ball flew low, he reflexively lowered his head and put his head on it.



After suffering a facial fracture during a league game on the 2nd, he attempted a header on the 19th.



Son Heung-min naturally continued training as if he had no pain after heading, and it is known that he made several more headers at the end of training.



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Son Heung-min, who is recovering quickly ahead of the first match against Uruguay, posted on his SNS, "The preparations are over. It's time to pursue the biggest dream."



Prior to training, Son Heung-min and his teammates visited the Education City Stadium, the place of the decisive battle.



He checked the condition of the grass by touching it with his hands and running himself.



Our players, including Son Heung-min, showed satisfaction with the field conditions, including the condition of the grass.



[Hwang Eui-jo/World Cup national team striker: (Hwang Ui-jo, how is the grass?) Good, good.]



[Hwang In-beom/World Cup national team midfielder: It would be nice to train (here), but even if you can’t do that, coming here and seeing it is very helpful. Could it be...

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The Education City Stadium, completed in 2020 and capable of accommodating 45,000 people, is Bentojo's home stadium.



We played all 3 group stage matches here, which is good for turf and acclimatization, while the opposing country only plays 1 match against us at this stadium.



The national team, which has completed all inspections of the venue for the final match, will now play the first group match against Uruguay the day after tomorrow (24th) after just two more training sessions.