Son Heung-min Grabbed Lee Kang-in by the Collar and Punched him

Son Heung-min Grabbed Lee Kang-in by the Collar and Punched him... 4th Robbery 'I'm Sorry'

It was reported through foreign media that the Korean national soccer team, which was eliminated in the semifinals after suffering a shock 0-2 loss to Jordan in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup, which ended on the 10th, suffered serious internal strife.

British popular newspaper The Sun reported on the 14th that there was severe friction, including physical fights, within the Korean national team.

According to the Sun report and Yonhap News coverage, the incident occurred during dinner time on the 5th, local time, the day before the Jordan game.

The banquet held together by everyone the day before the game is an opportunity to unite before the final game and confirm that we are one team. 카지노

However, on this day, several of the younger players on the national team, including Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), Seol Young-woo (Ulsan), and Jung Woo-young (Stuttgart), finished dinner early and went to play table tennis.

It is said that while the players, who started eating dinner a little later, were eating, they could hear the sound of Lee Kang-in and others playing table tennis noisily.

Captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) thought ‘this is not right’ and tried to stop them, but they did not listen.

Son Heung-min was enraged and grabbed Lee Kang-in by the collar. Lee Kang-in threw a punch, but Son Heung-min dodged it.

Son Heung-min's finger was dislocated while other players were trying to separate the two.

Afterwards, it was reported that senior players asked Coach Klinsmann to exclude Lee Kang-in from the match against Jordan.

However, Coach Klinsmann did not exclude ‘Crown Prince’ Lee Kang-in, who played a pivotal role in achieving a 5-game winning streak in the second half of last year.

Amidst the conflict between senior players such as Lee Kang-in and Son Heung-min since the second half of last year, the 'ping pong incident' seems to have exploded the emotions of the two players.

In the Jordan match, which kicked off amidst such serious conflict, Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in moved separately for the entire 90 minutes, just as in the previous three group stage games and two tournament games.

In the mixed zone after the game, Son Heung-min said, "I think I need to think about whether I can play for the national team in the future," and "Because the coach may not think of me anymore and I don't know what the future holds."

It appears that the conflict within the national team was not only between Lee Kang-in and Son Heung-min.

Throughout the competition, players were grouped together by age.

Young players such as Lee Kang-in, Seol Young-woo, Jung Woo-young, Oh Hyun-gyu (Celtic), Kim Ji-soo (Brentford), senior players such as Son Heung-min, Kim Jin-soo (Jeonbuk), Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan), Lee Jae-seong (Mainz), and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton).

The group led by people born in 1996, including Hwang In-beom (Zvezda) and Kim Min-jae (Munich), exchanged the ball among themselves.

It appears that there was conflict between the overseas faction and the domestic faction. During training ahead of a tournament game, reporters witnessed an overseas striker taking out his anger by kicking the ball hard at a domestic defender who was fighting hard against him.

After finishing the 2026 North and Central America World Cup Asia 2nd qualifying away match against China in November last year, European players such as Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae, Hwang Hee-chan, and Lee Kang-in returned to Korea early on a chartered flight at their own expense, leaving domestic players feeling relatively deprived. A situation has arisen.

A leader who led the national team in the past said, "I think the leaders need to sort out these areas.

They shouldn't be left to their own devices."

Despite this internal strife, Director Klinsmann appears to have played no role.

The Football Association will hold a power reinforcement committee on the 15th to evaluate Klinsmann's performance in the Qatar Asian Cup.

The Football Association's executive branch, including Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, decides on Coach Klinsmann's future by referring to the evaluation of the Strengthening Committee.

Even if a new coach system is in place, the national team will enter the March international match period (18th to 26th) with the potential for conflict between players remaining.