[서울신문] No. 150 Sony… Another history of Sony

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English professional football Tottenham Hotspur’s Son Heung-min (center) is breaking through Brentford’s defense in the Carabao Cup quarterfinals held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 6th (Korean time).
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‘Wonderful’ Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham Hotspur) set another milestone. He scored 150 goals in his career in 10 years after his European big league debut.

Son Heung-min played in the second half of the 2020-21 Carabao Cup (League Cup) Brentford 2nd division held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 6th (Korean time) in the second half of the 25-minute match when the team was uneasy 1-0. He broke the dominant wedge. This is two consecutive goals after scoring the 100th goal in Tottenham’s career in the Premier League (EPL) game against Leeds United on the 9th.

Son Heung-min, who entered Germany’s Bundesliga in 2010 and scored 20 goals (0.25 goals per game) in Hamburg and 29 goals (0.33 goals) in Leverkusen, played 419 games in Europe on this day to 101 goals (0.39 goals) in Tottenham, and built 150 goals. . This season, it is 16 goals and 8 assists (EPL 12 goals and 5 assists).

Son Heung-min fired two shots until the beginning of the second half, but one was blocked by the goalkeeper and the other slightly missed the goal. However, who boasted the ultimate goal determination (42.85%) of 12 goals with 28 shots at EPL this season, he did not miss his third chance. Digging into the space behind the opponent, he received a penetration pass from Tanggui Ndombele and inserted it into the top of the goal.

Son Heung-min, who was also diligent in defense, was replaced in the 43rd minute. Tottenham finished the match 2-0 and made it to the finals of the tournament six years after 2015, when they were pushed back to Chelsea for runner-up. At the time, Chelsea was directed by Jose Morinho. Tottenham seized a golden opportunity to unleash the ‘Anyone Han’ 13 years after winning the 2008 League Cup. The finals will be held in April.

The 50-goal cycle is getting shorter and there is already an extraordinary interest in how and when Son Heung-min will shoot 200 goals in which uniform. This is even more so because there are local reports that Real Madrid (Spain) is interested in Son Heung-min in an atmosphere where discussions on extending the contract with Tottenham are taking a breath.

Son Heung-min’s first European goal was against FC Cologne in his debut in the Bundesliga in October 2010. Goal 50 broke through with a multi-goal in the Europa League group stage game against Karabach (Azerbaijan) in September 2015, about 4 years and 11 months later. It was the celebration of Tottenham’s debut. Goal 100 was scored against Southampton in December 2018, about three years and two months later. It took two years and one month to reach goal 150.

Regarding Lee Jeok-seol, Son Heung-min said in a telephone interview with reporters, “I belong to Tottenham,” and “It’s important to just do my best in my position and I don’t have any other thoughts right now.”

Reporter Hong Ji-min [email protected]

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