Son Heung-min was awarded South Korea’s highest sporting honour on Thursday after the Tottenham forward became the first Asian player to win the Premier League Golden Boot.The 29-year-old was given the Cheongnyong Medal by President Yoon Suk-yeol before South Korea’s friendly against Brazil at Seoul World Cup Stadium.However, Son and his teammates didn’t have plenty of reasons for happiness afterwards as Selecao annihilated them 5-1, thanks to Neymar’s brace from the spot. Regardless of his pair of goals, Brazil demonstrated high class and dominated the game, mostly through Richarlison, Casemiro and a whole bunch of other sensational players.Neymar comforted Son Heung-min after he picked up a knock 💛 pic.twitter.com/Evcg6R2W9x— GOAL (@goal) June 2, 2022 Their fans should be very happy with the Selecao performance, a few months ahead of the World Cup in which they’re in contention for the title.THU: 21.45: (2.24) SERBIA (3.35) NORWAY (3.35)
