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The match against Portugal also drew attention as a big card game between Son Heung-min and Ronaldo, number 7.
While the two players wore the captain’s arm side by side and burned their fighting spirit, Son Heung-min’s performance shone, and helped Cheon-geum’s last goal.
Reporter Seo Bong-guk reports.
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[손흥민 / 축구대표팀 공격수·주장(지난해) : (딱 5분이 주어진다면) 호날두와 만나고 싶습니다. 축구에 대해서 진솔한 이야기를 하고 싶어요.]
Idol Ronaldo returned to his former team Manchester United after 12 years and faced Tottenham Son Heung-min four times.
All of them ended with Ronaldo’s decisive victory, leaving an upset, but another World Cup ace head-to-head match, the stage of dreams, was achieved.
The two players began with a firm handshake.
Ronaldo made several threatening chances, while Son Heung-min did well with a header and first shot on target even in uncomfortable situations wearing a mask.
In the 27th minute, there was also a rare sight where a deflected ball from Ronaldo’s back led to Kim Young-kwon’s equaliser.
Son Heung-min did his best even in the area of his left eye which was swelling more and more.
Hwang Hee-chan scored the winning goal at the last minute, and the third challenge finally came to fruition with a fantastic Round of 16.
[손흥민 / 축구대표팀 공격수 (지난 16일) : 미래는 볼 수 없으니까 지금 첫 경기, 마지막 경기까지 제가 가지고 있는 에너지, 실력, 능력들을 최대한 뽑아내서..]
Even the commonality of similar playing styles, same uniform number and same captain.
What could have been the last meeting between the two superstars ended with a resounding victory for Son Heung-min.
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YTN Seo Bong-guk (bksuh@ytn.co.kr)
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