Local hero Son Heung-min delighted his South Korean fans by scoring twice as Tottenham Hotspur beat a K-League select team 6-3 in a wildly entertaining pre-season friendly in Seoul on Wednesday. The English Premier League Golden Boot winner Son and Harry Kane, who bagged two goals, both appeared just for the second half as manager Antonio Conte gave his full squad a run-out in their first preseason match.21/22 Premier League game thirty-eight: ⚽⚽22/23 pre-season game one: ⚽⚽ Picking up where he left off 😏 pic.twitter.com/GsxkH7bLWp— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 13, 2022 Both Son and Kane had every move cheered raucously by a 64,000 sellout crowd at Seoul’s World Cup Stadium, even when just warming up on the touchline during the first half. Of course, national hero Son was in the focus.”Amazing supporters, amazing performance. It’s the first game of the season, so I am really pleased with it and grateful they came out in such rainy weather. I really, really enjoyed that.”Defender Eric Dier opened the scoring for Spurs with a thumping left-foot drive in the 29th minute. Team K-League equalised from Cho Gue-sung’s header to make it 1-1 at half-time before the match exploded in a frenzy of goals after the break. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6504267##Spurs started with their new 60 million pound signing from Everton, Richarlison, upfront, and after a lively first 45 minutes the Brazilian was joined by Kane. It took just two minutes for the England captain to make an impact, whipping in a cross from the right which Kim Jin-hyuk turned into his own net with Richarlison lurking. A Spurs debut for Richarlison ⚪ pic.twitter.com/bDY78Bav3u— B/R Football (@brfootball) July 13, 2022 Son was then brought on to huge cheers but the K-League side spoiled the party by levelling for a second time on 52 minutes through South African international Lars Veldwijk. Two minutes later Kane restored Tottenham’s lead with a trademark left-foot finish from outside the box. Japan international Amano Jun then inexplicably handled to give Spurs a penalty, which Son converted to send his fans into a frenzy. Amano made amends two minutes later by smashing home a free kick, however, deadly partnership Kane and Son, after the K-league team had been reduced to 10 men, sealed a see-saw match with a further goal apiece.
