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“Crazy!”
It was like a well balanced sword. The ball that Son Heung-min (28, Tottenham) had rolled onto the ball of his foot broke Arsenal’s shield as he drew a smooth line. And the moment Son Heung-min drew art with his toes, director José Mourinho turned to the audience and spread his arms. Only director Mourinho’s back was visible on the transmission screen, but the joy he felt was transmitted. Coach Mourinho’s declarations of “Crazy, crazy” were a perfect compliment to this exciting goal that gave him victory.
Son Heung-min started at Arsenal in the eleventh round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2020-21 season held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Day 7 (Korean time) and scored the winning goal on 13 minutes in the first half. It led to a 2-0 victory. The 10th goal in the regular league this season. Son Heung-min, who sank his rival, Arsenal, was selected by the EPL Secretariat through online fan voting with an overwhelming 66.0% of the vote.
It was a goal that could be admired enough for coach Mourinho to shout “Loco.” Son Heung-min, attacking to the left after receiving a penetrating pass from ‘best friend’ Harry Kane, bravely kicked the ball with his right foot from the left side of the penalty area towards the opposing goal. Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno flew away, but the quick and sharp ball doubled over and was sucked into the corner of the goal. Among the Arsenal defenders desperately looking at the goal, Son Heung-min laughed widely as he showed a camera ceremony.
This season, Son Heung-min was in line with Harry Kane, who has established himself as a definite “helper”, scoring goals breaking lines mainly with quick feet. However, Son Heung-min’s right foot kick, which defeated his North London rival that day, was his exclusive patent from the days when he played for the German Bundesliga. His shot, which sees the opposing goal from the left and right of the penalty area, is called the ‘Zone’, it is evaluated as difficult to block even if he knows it. Even passing to the PLA, the power did not diminish at all. In particular, the goal against Arsenal on this day was praised by Clinton Morrison, radio commentator for the British public broadcaster, “This is a world-class goal, a great goal.” Because it is a beautiful goal, it was praised by local soccer fans for being inferior to ‘Goal of the Month’ in December.
What should be noted is the scoring productivity and remarkable efficiency of Son. Son Heung-min is currently Tottenham’s most productive scoring player. Son Heung-min scored almost half of Tottenham’s 23 goals in 11 regular league games (3 assists). 0.91 goals per game. Considering that Son Heung-min’s teammate Kane is in charge of 8 goals (10 assists), it is not an exaggeration to say that the combination of ‘Son Kane’ is fueling Tottenham. Even Son Heung-min has good efficiency. It follows from the fact that Son Heung-min’s only valid shot in the game against Arsenal that day became the first winning goal. Even if you look at the whole season, Son Heung-min made a total of 13 effective shots until the eleventh round and made 10 of them on goal.
Son Heung-min’s ‘final’ efficiency also affected Arsenal. On this day, Tottenham recorded 30.3% of the market share, completely behind Arsenal (69.7%) and only 6 shots (3 effective shots). However, thanks to Son Heung-min’s ‘one-shot-one-kill’ opening goal, he was able to bring in the atmosphere, maintaining a solid defense, drawing in Arsenal and continuing the attacking work in back space. As a result, Kane’s extra goal in overtime in the first half of the game spurred victory. It was an extremely efficient game in which 2 out of 3 effective shots were connected by goals.
Son Heung-min’s perfect goal, which aroused the admiration of all, impressed Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta from the enemy camp. Director Arteta acknowledged Son Heung-min’s goal, who brought them to his knees and said: “I applaud (Tottenham’s) first goal. It was world class.” After the match, the Tottenham club posted a scene from Son Heung-min’s goal on social media, leaving the saying: “This goal will never be forgotten.”
Reporter Kim Hee-sun [email protected]
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