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▲ Source from the International Football Federation (FIFA) website
Son Heung-min’s (28, Tottenham) ’70m Marvelous Goal’ against Burnley last season was selected as the best goal in world football beyond the English Premier League (EPL).
Son Heung-min was selected as the winner of the Pushka Award at the ‘The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020’ award ceremony held online at the International Football Federation (FIFA) headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland in the morning on the 18th (Korean time). The Pushka Prize was established in 2009 after Hungarian soccer legend Ferenc Pushkasi (1927-2006), regardless of competition, gender or nationality. . Heung-min Son is the first Korean player to win the Pushka Awards, and the second in Asia after Mohammed Paiz Subri (Malaysia) in 2016.
In the EPL’s 2019-20 season game against Burnley in December last year, Son Heung-min caught the ball near his team’s area and ran for about 70 meters alone, swinging six opponents and shaking the net with a I shoot with the right foot. Son Heung-min’s phenomenal score swept the EPL ‘December Goal’, the BBC’s ‘Goal of the Year’, the ‘Goal of the Year’ for British sports media De Athletic and the ‘Goal of the Year’ for the 2019-2020 season of the EPL. .
FIFA announced 11 candidates last month, and on the 12th, Son Heung-min, Giorian de Arascaetta (Flamengo) and Luis Suárez (ex Barcelona) were compressed into three finalists. The final winner was voted on by the fans (50%) and the soccer expert panel (50%) combined. Son Heung-min scored a total of 24 points, including 11 fan votes and 13 expert votes. Alaskaetta has 22 points with 13 fans and 9 expert votes. Suarez scored 20 points with 9 points from fan votes and 11 points from expert votes.
FIFA announced the award to Son Heung-min and said: “It was an enchanting 12 seconds for Son Heung-min until he shook the net from the other side of his field.” I fell in love, ”he explained.
With a photo of Son Heung-min’s thumb on her Instagram, “It’s a very special night. Thank you for your vote and support. A memory that I will never forget, ”he said. The Tottenham Club published several congratulatory videos and images. Among them, a video of Son Heung-min laughing while making a video call with Jan Vertong-an stood out. Vertongen, who has now moved to Benfica, Portugal, defended the opposing forward from inside the box during Burnley’s match and kicked the ball lightly, and Son Heung-min caught the flowing ball and started running 70 meters. Tottenham released a joke, not a joke, saying it was “the pass that made Son Heung-min’s Wonder Goal possible.” At that time, Verton’s pass was officially recorded as a royal assist.
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) and Lucy Bronze (Manchester City) were selected as men and women of the year respectively at the “ The Best FIFA Football Awards ”, which rewards the best players and coaches during the year. Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool) won the Director of the Year Award for the second year in a row.
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