At 33, Son Heung-min stood in a daze! Having failed to score in seven consecutive World Cup matches, a prominent commentator taunted him: reduced to just an ordinary Asian player.

In a Group A final round match of the World Cup that ended on June 25 Beijing time, the South Korean men's football team surprisingly lost 0-1 to South Africa. After starting with a victory, they suffered two consecutive defeats and failed to finish in the top two of the group. Whether they can advance to the knockout stage will only be determined after the results of other group matches are known.

When the final whistle blew, 33-year-old South Korean captain Son Heung-min stood on the pitch with a dazed look. After failing to score in this match, the former "Asia's top player" has now gone seven consecutive World Cup games without a goal.

Son Heung-min's last World Cup goal was in the final round of the 2018 group stage when South Korea beat Germany 2-0. Since then, he has failed to score in seven matches.

In this World Cup, Son Heung-min's form has been very poor. He started the first two group matches, but due to poor performance, he was substituted off in the 69th and 57th minutes respectively.

In the crucial final match, South Korean head coach Hong Myung-bo directly put Son Heung-min on the bench. Although Son came on as a substitute after halftime, his performance remained disappointing.

In half a match, he had only one shot that was blocked, zero key passes, zero dribbles, zero tackles, zero interceptions, and received a low score of 6.4.

After the match, Son Heung-min was once again mocked by famous commentator Han Qiaosheng: "Son Heung-min has truly become just an ordinary Asian player. He started the first two matches and was substituted early in the 57th and 69th minutes respectively. In this match against South Africa, he came on as a substitute in the second half, and in all three group games, he failed to make any contribution."