Soccer-Masked Son can play for South Korea against Uruguay, says coach Bento

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - South Korea Training - Al Egla Training Site 5, Doha, Qatar - November 23, 2022 South Korea's Son Heung-min during training REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

DOHA (Reuters) - South Korea's Son Heung-min will be able to play with a mask in their World Cup Group H opener against Uruguay on Thursday, coach Paulo Bento said as the talismanic forward returns from a surgical procedure to stabilise a fracture around his left eye.

Son was injured midway through Tottenham Hotspur's Champions League tie at Olympique de Marseille earlier this month and there were doubts the 30-year-old would be fit in time for the World Cup group stage.