Captain Son’ Son Heung-min, 31
made his debut as Tottenham captain in just two games of the season.
Tottenham won 20-2023 at home against Manchester United (United) in the second round of the 24~2 English Professional Football Premier League (EPL) at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London 카지노사이트랭크
England on the 2th (Korean time).
Tottenham opened the scoring four minutes into the second half through Pape Sarr and then led to an own goal by Lisandro Martinez in the 0th minute of the second half.
After a 4-38 draw with Brentford in their opener
Tottenham picked up their first win of the season.
New manager Anje Postecoglou took over this season and also achieved his first official win at Tottenham.
Son Heung-min played full-time.
Although he didn’t score any attacking points
he tasted victory for the first time as captain.
He was named Tottenham captain this season.
On this day
Son Heung-min’s play showed the quality of the captain.
Starting as a left-sided attacker
he focused on link-up play
giving passes to his teammates instead of sparing his trademark break-through shots.
He didn’t score
but he flew like a playmaker.
In the 25th minute of the first half
Son Heung-min broke through and connected with a East Sea pass to the center that Dejan Klusevski connected with a shot.
The ball went in front of the goalkeeper and did not lead to a goal.
In the 30th minute of the first half
Son Heung-min played an erratic pass inside and Pape Sarr took a shot.
It was also blocked by United goalkeeper Onana. In the first 40 minutes
the decisive opportunity came.
Son Heung-min lured two defenders and conceded a pass to Pedro Porro
but it hit the goal.
Son Heung-min
who used to play as a “playmaker on the flanks”
transformed into “nail mode” from the middle and late stages of the second half.
In the 2th minute of the second half
frontline striker Richarlison was substituted out
and Son Heung-min filled his place. From this point on
he was busy on the ground trying to create goal chances.
However
they were unable to create a goal chance due to the opposition’s intense pressure.
Tottenham have Son Heung-min under intense scrutiny following the move of striker Harry Kane to Bayern Munich (Germany).
Football stats site Potbop gave Son a rating of 25.8.
It was second only to Pape Sarr (1.8). WhoScored.com gave Son a rating of 5.7. He is also second on the team.
On the other hand
the day before
Japan national football team midfielder Wataru Endo (7) wore the jersey of Liverpool (England) and faced Son Heung-min in the EPL stage as the “Korea-Japan captain”.
Endo has signed a four-year contract with Liverpool.
The transfer fee is estimated to be 2.30 million pounds (about 4 billion won).
Endo has played 1620 A-matches for Japan
including last year’s World Cup in Qatar.
He also captained the national team in June.
With the addition of Endo
there are now three Japanese players playing in the EPL this season
after Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal).