Son Heung-min (31) of Tottenham Hotspur, an English professional football club, took off his protective face mask for the first time since an orbital fracture injury and digested a real game.
Son Heung-min started the 2022-2023 EPL round 18 home match against Aston Villa held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England on the 1st.
Son Heung-min who played full-time wearing a black protective mask all the time in the 4 matches of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the match against Brentford just before returning to his team due to a fracture injury orbital, played without a mask for the first time on this day.
Son Heung-min started the match wearing a face mask, but took it off in the 19th minute of the first half.
After that, he continued to walk on the ground with his face bare.
Tottenham and Aston Villa, who played a close match until the first half, went into the break without scoring.
/yunhap news
