JAKARTA - South Korea coach Paulo Bento praised the performance of Son Heung-min who won the Golden Boot in the Premier League. Bento called his team's achievement an important moment for the country's football.
Tottenham Hotspur striker Son Heung-min won the Golden Boot after ending the season as the Premier League's top scorer with Mohamed Salah.
The first Asian player to top the Premier League's goalscoring list scored twice on Sunday to join Salah at the top of the list this season's top scorers with 23 goals as Spurs beat Norwich City 5-0 to secure a Champions League spot.
"I think it's a great achievement for him. We all congratulate him," Bento said as quoted by Antara from Reuters on Monday.
"This is important for him, but also important for the team and also for Korean football. It is an achievement that helped the team achieve an important goal, which is to play in the Champions League next season, and this is the most important thing. We are all happy for him."
Son has been in excellent form all season and also helped his homeland qualify for the World Cup by scoring four goals during the Asian qualifiers finals as Bento's side sealed a place in Qatar.
The 29-year-old has already been included in Bento's 28-man squad for a series of friendlies in early June as South Korea begin preparations for the finals with matches against Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and an as-yet-unnamed opponent.
"This training camp is going to be the hardest training camp we've had to date, but that's what we have to deal with," said Bento.
South Korea entered Group H at the November World Cup, along with Portugal, Uruguay and Ghana.
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