[오피셜] Watch Heung-Min Son’s game again! The Premier League will resume this weekend

[골닷컴] Reporter Dong-Ho Kim = The Premier League, temporarily suspended due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, will resume.

The Premier League announced on its official website on the 13th (Korean time), “Seven of the 10 Premier League matches will be played this weekend. Match 3 has been postponed due to the Queen’s funeral. In addition, the opening times will be changed. start of the two games “.

Queen Elizabeth II of England died on the 9th at the age of 96. According to the British royal family, the queen died in Balmoral Castle in Scotland, a holiday destination. She maintained a relatively healthy appearance, including the appointment of the new Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss on the 6th, but her health rapidly deteriorated within two days and she eventually died. 10 days after her death, national funerals are held.

As a tribute to the queen, the Premier League postponed all 7 rounds of the championship last weekend. It was controversial, but it was analyzed that it was an inevitable choice. There is also an opinion that the match could not proceed normally due to the mobilization of the police force for the Queen’s funeral service. European competitions have also been postponed, such as the Champions League and Europa League, which were supposed to take place on British soil during the week.

After a week of mourning, the Premier League is back this weekend. But not all of them come back. 3 out of 10 games were postponed for unavoidable reasons. Matches are Chelsea v Liverpool, Manchester United v Leeds, Brighton v Crystal Palace.

The rest of the match will be the kick-off. Heung-min Son’s Tottenham Hotspur and Hwang Hee-chan’s Wolverhampton were also included in the regular kickoff match. Tottenham will face Leicester at home at 1:30 (Korean time) on the 18th, and Wolverhampton will play Manchester City at 20:30 (Korean time) on the 17th.

Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II has reigned 70 years and 127 days to date, making it the longest reign among British monarchs. In particular, the scene of the handing over of Julie Mecup to the England national team, who won the England World Cup in 1966 after 13 years of reign, has long been remembered in the history of football.

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