Lee Seung-woo (Suwon FC), who has been selected for the third consecutive year in the team K League, has started to take care of Yang Min-hyuk, who joined Tottenham Hotspur.
Team K League will play one game against Tottenham Hotspur of the “2024 Coupang Play Series” at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 31st.
The team K-League is comprised of active K-League players. The head coach is Pohang Steelers coach Park Tae-ha. Suwon FC coach Kim Eun-joong joined the team as a coach. A total of 22 players will participate in the match, including 11 players, Yang Min-hyuk who was chosen as “Couple Young People” through fan voting, and “Pick Ten” selected by the coach and coaching staff.
Team K-League will face Tottenham once again in two years at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Lee will also face Tottenham for the second time. Having joined Team K-League for three consecutive years, Lee started against Tottenham in the summer of 2022 and played 32 minutes.
In his third year in the K-League, Lee started taking care of Yang Min-hyuk. “I think we need to create a stage for Yang Min-hyuk,” Lee said in a press conference ahead of the match. “I joined Tottenham for now, and I will make new coaches and players feel that they are really good players.”
Yang Min-hyuk entered Gangneung Jeil High School in 2022 and joined the Gangwon Under 18 (U-18) team. On December 29, 2023, just before entering high school, he signed a semi-professional contract with Kangwon, a member of the K League 1, and was called up to the first team from the 2024 season. 안전놀이터
In Gangwon Province, Yang Min-hyuk emerged as a “super rookie” to succeed Yang Hyun-joon. He set a record for the youngest ever business trip by the club from the opening game, and set a new record for the youngest score ever by the Gangwon club in the second round and the youngest score ever in the K League 1. Yang Hyun-joon had been active with eight goals and four assists in 25 games until the 26th.
Thanks to his stellar performance, he won the K-League Young Player of the Month award in April, May, and June for three consecutive months. Yang instantly attracted attention from European big clubs and successfully signed a contract with Tottenham. Yang became the first player to directly move from the K-League to the Big 6 of the English Premier League.
Yang Min-hyuk’s performance in this Coupang Play series is raising expectations from K-League fans. It is no exaggeration to say that the focus is on what kind of play Yang Min-hyuk, who will join Tottenham in January 2025, will perform against his European big clubs and future teammates. In this situation, Lee Seung-woo, who was active in Europe from an early age, is taking care of Yang Min-hyuk.
First of all, Lee Seung-woo’s “Taking care of Yang Min-hyuk” started at the fan signing event on Tuesday. When he saw Yang at the fan signing event, Lee took care of him like a younger brother. “He’s so cute. This is how much love I received from older brothers. He’s such a cute friend, so I want to treat him well and buy him something,” Lee said at a press conference on Sunday.
In addition, Lee used to play with Yang in open training. Team K-League training consisted of Rondo, Sprint, Kick, and Shooting training, while Lee Seung-woo was in the same group as Yang Min-hyuk from the time he was in Rondo. Lee also showed a bright smile to Yang Min-hyuk.
Before the opening training session, Lee reportedly had lunch with Yang Min-hyuk. “I had to eat British food as well, so I went out to eat pancakes and omelettes instead of room service at lunch,” Lee said. Will Lee and Yang Min-hyuk work well together on the ground.
