The last excursion of Son Heung-Min in a Tottenham shirt had all the emotions they would expect-but it also showed a funny moment that only Korea could deliver.
The trace legend played 65 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Newcastle United in a temporary Friendly in Seoul and marked the end of a glittering 10-year career at the club. When he left the field, the son received a touching honorary guardian from both players and was visibly moved, wiped the tears in front of a revered home.
After more than 450 appearances, countless goals and a long-awaited European trophy, the 33-year-old will now connect MLS Side Los Angeles FC.
But before the serious farewell parties came the surreals.
The day before the match, the son and his teammates became Spurs in the South Korean capital, where they had called local celebrity-choi Hong-Man and literal huge culture. The former MMA fighter, known as “Korean Colossus”, stands 7’2 “and weighs 160 kg.
Of course, he put this hulcing framework for work by picking up his son and weighed him like a toddler like a toddler like the amusement of the striker. Choi later played with other trace players that block Pape Matar Sarr in a Bearhug and fascinated Richarlison visibly stunned by its mere size.
Choi, a staple of K-1 and MMA scene in the 2000s, fought in heavyweight icons, Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko Cro Cop, and even briefly rely on Brock Lesnar before a medical problem was fighting.
With its high-towering frame and its wrestling background, it is tempting to imagine that Choi Hong-Man makes football himself. He may not have the son’s finesse, but at 7’2 “he would no longer be in the air – imagine that you are trying to mark him on a corner.
Peter Crouch, eat your heart.
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