Son Heung-min, ‘wonder goal from free kick against Australia’, selected as Goal of the Year for 2 consecutive years

2nd place is Lee Kang-in against Singapore, 3rd place is Cho Gyu-seong against Saudi Arabia

Son Heung-min (left) scores a comeback goal with a free kick in the 14th minute of extra time against Australia in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup quarterfinals held at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar on the 2nd (local time). Korea won a hard-fought 2-1 and advanced to the semifinals to compete with Jordan in the finals. 2024.02.03. [알와크라=AP/뉴시스]

National soccer team captain Son Heung-min (Tottenham) won the Korea Football Association’s Goal of the Year for two consecutive years.

The Football Association announced on the 6th that the ‘2024 KFA Game of the Year/Goal of the Year’ voted directly by fans was selected for the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup match against Australia and Son Heung-min’s goal at the time.

The voting held on the Football Association’s marketing platform ‘PlayKFA’ lasted from December 5 to 26, and a total of 2,607 people participated through the application and website.

Son Heung-min’s free kick goal during the Asian Cup quarterfinal match against Australia was selected as the goal of the year with 48.8% of the support out of 10 candidates.

Son Heung-min won the Goal of the Year for two consecutive years following the goal he scored with a mid-range shot during the 2023 2026 FIFA North and Central America World Cup Asian 2nd qualifying round Group C first match against Singapore.

2nd place was Lee Kang-in’s (Paris Saint-Germain) goal against Singapore in the 5th game of Group C of the North and Central America World Cup Asian 2nd qualifying round (23.2%), and 3rd place was Cho Gyu-seong’s (Midtjylland) goal against Saudi Arabia in the Asian Cup round of 16 (10%). was selected.

The Asian Cup quarterfinal match against Australia, in which Son Heung-min scored, was selected as the game of the year by 64% of the 8 candidates.

Korea, which had conceded the first goal at the time, balanced the score with Hwang Hee-chan’s penalty kick equalizer in extra time in the second half, and achieved a 2-1 comeback victory thanks to Son Heung-min’s free kick goal in the 14th minute of extra time.

Second place was the game against Kuwait in the 5th game of Group B of the North and Central America World Cup Asian 3rd qualifying round (13.6%), and third place was the game against Iraq in the 4th game of Group B of the same tournament (12.7%).

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