Son Heung-min explodes in goal 18… Achieve the most individual attack points in a season

-The first leg of the round of 32 between Tottenham and Wolfsberger (Austria) of the 2020-2021 European Football Federation (UEFA) Europa League held at the Pushkasi Arena in Budapest, Hungary on the 19th. Gareth Bale (32), who rushed to the right of the opponent’s penalty area in the 13th minute of the first half, made a strong cross between defenders toward’Supersony’ Son Heung-min (29). Son Heung-min, who was preoccupying the position in front of the goal, made a goal by changing the direction of the ball with a reflex heading. The team’s first goal and his 18th goal this season. It was a goal highly praised by British broadcaster’Sky Sports’ as “a wonderful technical goal.”

Son Heung-min (29), who received the’Pushka Award’ for the first time in Korea last year, set another milestone in the stadium named after the Hungarian football legend Ferenc Pushkasi. The Pushka Award is given to the best goal in a soccer game during the year, and Son Heung-min received this award for the ’73m run Wonder Goal’ scored in the Burnley match in December 2019.

Son Heung-min recorded 31 attack points including 13 assists this season, breaking his most attack points in one season. In the new year, it is the fourth valuable record following Tottenham’s 100th goal in total, 150th in Europe, and the first Asian player to achieve 100th in England Premier League (EPL) attack points. Previously, Son Heung-min’s most attack points in a season were 30 (18 goals and 12 assists) achieved last season.

Initially, the match was scheduled to be held at Wolfsberger’s home stadium. However, in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the place was changed to this neutral area. Even when his best friend Harry Kane (28, UK) was absent from the break, Son Heung-min scored the opening goal from the front line, leading the team’s 4-1 win. Son Heung-min recorded the most shots in Tottenham after playing only 45 minutes in the first half. The British public broadcaster BBC gave Son Heung-min the second highest rating (7.53) in the team. The BBC emphasized Son Heung-min’s presence by evaluating, “The second half of the match with Carlos Vinicius (26, Brazil) instead of Son Heung-min was not very impressive compared to the excellent first half.” Son Heung-min also became the fourth player to score more than 20 goals in the UEFA Europa League in Tottenham’s career. Son Heung-min is scoring 20 goals, including 14 in the Champions League and 6 goals in the Europa League. Among Tottenham players, only three players scored more than 20 goals in UEFA competitions: Kane (29 goals), Martin Chivers (22 goals), and Jermaine Depot (20 goals). Son Heung-min said, “I thought it was important to show an overwhelming figure rather than simply winning, but all the players showed good appearance.” said.

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