The clash between Son Heung-min and Lee Gang-in reflects the double-edged sword of the increasing number of foreign players
It's been a few days since the Asian Cup, and I didn't expect South Korea to make headlines right now. That's right, the gauze wrapped around Sun Xingmin's hand is obvious, but we have to give him a reasonable explanation, right? Maybe that's a good explanation, but no one pays attention to it, and the reason behind it, more people just want to watch a good show. By definition, team battles are a common tactic used by West Asian teams, and do you remember the Asian Cup, where two Iranians punched each other in the face on the pitch? South Korea has always been known for its culture of unity and respect for its predecessors. Son Heung-min has undoubtedly become the No. 1 player in South Korea and Asia, so under normal circumstances, South Korean players do not have any opinions about him.
But the end result was that Lee Geun-in pushed Son Heung-min to the ground and made physical contact with him. One can imagine how hard this hit the South Korean team. The fact is also very simple, it is breakfast time, there are a few players in South Korea, and they will soon start playing, and Son Heung-min, who is the captain, feels that at breakfast, everyone should be on good terms, so the players should not be allowed to leave the table early. The latter is easy to imagine that when the power of a group of people meets a young man, the two forces are bound to clash fiercely.
In fact, many teams have Son Heung-min, like Iranian Ali Daei, who won't even sit down when eating, and others don't even dare to sit down. At that time, Ali Daei was the oldest man in the team and he became the parent of almost all the players. But I have to say that Ali Daei's performance really blew everyone up. Although there were many Iranians who played in Europe at the time, none of them could compare to Ali Daei, who had played for Bayern Munich.
Now the problem is: both Japan and South Korea have a lot of overseas players.
From a game point of view, this is really good news. Asians, under the influence of Europe, are certainly better than they are back home. But is too many expats a double-edged sword?
In the words of Sun Xingmin, breakfast is the time to cultivate feelings, and from this point of view, they are not very close to each other. Before the Asian Cup, the South Korean star returned to Asia from Europe in a hurry, without even a long training session, lacking enough knowledge of his physical condition, teammates, and not much emotional communication. And there are a lot of foreign players, they are all brought from Europe, so there is a feeling of being superior, while they have very few local players, which gives them a lot of pressure.
Wasn't the culture of Korea quite prosperous in the past? Who would dare to talk to him? Of course, the premise is that it depends on the situation. If South Korea is such a foreign athlete, then they, the older generation, must listen to the boss. But you see Hwang Hee-chan, Kim Min-jae, Lee Gang-in, when they were in Europe, they didn't play their best. Huang Xican is okay, after all, he still plays in the league, and he has also dealt with Sun Xingmin, what should Li Jiangren do? He traveled to Spain in his early years and later to Paris. Although Grand Paris is not a giant, but people have a superstar like Mbappe next to them, is Son Xingmin a fart? Tottenham is not as good as our Grand Paris.
With so many foreign players, it is even more difficult to manage the team. Because the players from abroad have a strong sense of self, they have as much respect for Son as the Iranian players have for Ali Daei. If all the players of the Korean national team are from abroad, we can't help but wonder how strong and brilliant his own strength will be if one player can beat his teammates. It is clear that Son Heung-min is still lacking in this regard, as he has yet to win the European Championship.
In fact, the scale of this conflict is small and the impact is not large. However, as Japan, South Korea, and some other teams have brought in more foreign players, this is also a problem that needs to be addressed. The higher the overall strength of the players, the stronger the team; However, if the culture of the previous generation is challenged, more problems will inevitably arise.