Wolverhampton Hwang Hee-chan joined the national football team call-up on the 19th. Korean Football Association
An open workout with around 250 fans to watch. The athletes summoned to Lake Bentu started their first training session with a smile despite their tense expressions.
Korea national football team coach Paulo Bento summoned the players to Paju NFC on the afternoon of 19 before two evaluation matches against Costa Rica (23) and Cameroon (27) in Korea in September. On the 13th the list of 26 people was announced including foreign players such as Heung-min Son (Tottenham), Min-jae Kim (Napoli), Kang-in Lee (Mallorca) and Jae-seong Lee (Mainz), and 20 of them were admitted by 2:30 pm that day.
When full-scale open training began at 5:30 pm, fans shouted out the names of the players they were cheering for. Some fans wore the shirts of their favorite players, while others made pegs with handwriting.
The soccer team took a group photo in front of the fans during NFC Paju’s open training session. Korean Football Association
Hwang Hee-chan (26, Wolverhampton) was the one who garnered the hottest reaction. Hwang Hee-chan smiled shyly as fans called out his name one after another. The national team players couldn’t hold back their laughter due to the excessive cheering (?) For Hwang Hee-chan.
Fans praised, “Yeo Jin-goo” and “handsome” followed. Then, Hwang Hee-chan responded by raising his right hand to cheer. But as if embarrassed, he raised his hand and turned away.
Even at the end of the training, the fans did not forget to praise Hwang Hee-chan’s appearance. Hwang Hee-chan smiled brightly to the end, greeted the fans and went back to the dorm.
Son Heung-min (Tottenham), who should have been drafted in the late afternoon, also arrived at Paju NFC just before the end of official training. Heung-min Son, who greeted coach Paulo Bento and his teammates, also took a group photo after training. The remaining players, including Kim Min-jae (Napoli), will join the NFC on the 20th.
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