Son Heung-Min to lead South Korea in FIFA World Cup 2022 despite injury concerns

South Korea announced its 26member squad led by football star Son HeungMin for the FIFA World Cup 2022 on SaturdayDespite suffering a fractured eye socket while playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League earlier this month Son HeungMin was selected to South Koreas 26man roster for this months FIFA World Cup in QatarAfter Son proclaimed himself fit to play for the Koreans who will be making their 10th consecutive appearance at the World Cup finals head coach Paulo Bento added Son to his teamWe are in contact with him with the Tottenham medical department but about the exact time the exact day he can train with the team we dont have that information yet So we need to wait we need to analyse his situation day by day We have time to decide and the most important is he recovers as well as possible he feels comfortable and then we will take the final decision said Bento as quoted by ESPNAlso Read FIFA World Cup 2022 Dont worry about Kanes fitness says Tottenham coach Antonio ConteThe 30yearold underwent surgery to fix the injury and has stated that if necessary he will wear a protective mask while playing in QatarEven competing with a highlevel performance from our side we are going to feel many difficulties because on the other side are very good and strong teams added BentoLee KangIn a playmaker for Mallorca was not chosen by Bento as a backup for Son in the event that the Premier Leagues coleading scorer from the previous season was injuredHaving been ousted by Uruguay in the Round of 16 in 2010 South Korea will enter the World Cup hoping to advance to the knockout stages for the first time since thenBeginning their World Cup run against Uruguay in Group H on November 24 Bentos team will then play Ghana on November 28 and Portugal on December 2South Korea squadGoalkeepers Kim SeungGyu Jo HyeonWoo Song BumKeunDefenders Kim MinJae Kim YoungGwon Kwon KyungWon Cho YuMin Kim MoonHwan Yoon JongGyu Kim TaeHwan Kim JinSu Hong ChulMidfielders Jung WooYoung Son JunHo Paik SeungHo Hwang InBeom Lee JaeSung Kwon ChangHoon Jeong WooYeong Lee KangIn Son HeungMin Hwang HeeChan Na SangHo Song MinKyuForwards Hwang UiJo and Cho GueSungThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever