Seven matches, zero goals — Son's World Cup goes quiet
Son Heung-min, now 33, has failed to score in seven straight World Cup matches, putting his form back in the spotlight.
The World Cup waits for no one, yet Son Heung-min, now 33, is still waiting for a single goal. Seven straight matches without scoring — the Korean captain who once set the Premier League alight now stands under the national team's glare, wrapped in a hush.
The numbers are blunt. From one tournament to the next, chances haven't exactly vanished — but the ball has skimmed past the post, or nestled gently into a keeper's gloves. Compared with those thunderbolt strikes at Tottenham, the international Son looks like someone quietly hit his mute button.
A decade in the national shirt, an Asian Cup, and a thousand sprints down the flank. Thirty-three isn't the finish line — only the goal is. Can he afford to keep waiting?