South Korea's national soccer player Son Heung-min attends his team's final practice before their match against Algeria at the Beira-Rio stadium in Porto Alegre June 21, 2014. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's hopes of winning gold in the Asian Games football tournament have suffered a setback after Bayer Leverkusen refused to release livewire forward Son Heung-min for the competition.
South Korea had hoped Leverkusen would release the 22-year-old for the latter stages after the German side denied their initial request for him to participate in the entire tournament.
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