Son Heung-min (Tottenham) was selected as the best player in the match between Korea and Uruguay in the first leg of the Qatar World Cup Group H by the British public broadcaster BBC.



The BBC announced the ratings of the participating players after the Korea-Uruguay match ended 0-0 at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on the 24th (Korean time).



According to this, in Korea, Son Heung-min received the highest score with 7.88 points, followed by Kim Seung-gyu (Al-Shabab) with 7.46 points and Kim Moon-hwan (Jeonbuk) with 7.34 points.



The BBC selected Son Heung-min as the 'Player of the Match', the best player in the game.



Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) of Uruguay has been selected as FIFA's Official Player of the Match.



In Uruguay, Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) scored the highest with 6.85 points, while Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham) scored 6.48 points and Valverde scored 6.34 points for a good game.



In Korea, in addition to Son Heung-min, Kim Seung-gyu, and Kim Mun-hwan, there were many players with 7 points or more, including Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk) 7.29 points, Kim Min-jae (Napoli) 7.23 points, Kim Young-gwon (Ulsan) 7.22 points, and Hwang In-beom (Olympiacos) 7.04 points.



The BBC said of this match, "Korea led the first half, but Uruguay gradually prevailed, and at the end of the second half, Valverde's shot hit the post and almost won."



The media added, "In the first half, Korea took the lead in the game and showed good build-up football." "Son Heung-min often showed isolation, but he penetrated the space and beat two defenders and raised a sharp cross." .



The BBC also predicted that with a draw on the day, "In Group H, Korea, Uruguay and Portugal will compete in the round of 16."



Eurosport, on the other hand, gave a generous evaluation to Uruguay.



Eurosport gave Diego Godin (Veles Sarsfield) and Jose Jimenez (Atlético Madrid) the highest rating with 8 points.



The media pointed out Jimenez as the best player in the game and evaluated, "He worked well in defense with Godin, and created a chance by raising a diagonal long ball in attack."



However, he pointed out that "Uruguay is a team with excellent attacking talent, but on this day, it showed a rather tight appearance against Korea, which has a solid defense."



For the Korean players, Lee Jae-seong (Mainz) gave 7 points, and Son Heung-min got 6 points.