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The celebration to announce the new year broke out at the feet of Son Heung-min (Tottenham).
Tottenham won 3-0 in a match against Leeds United in the 17th round of the 2020-21 English Premier League (EPL) on the 2nd. Son Heung-min scored the goal in the 43rd minute before 1-0. Son Heung-min flooded the gate and finished Harry Kane’s direct pass with a nonstop shot with his right foot.
Son Heung-min reported his 100th goal in Tottenham’s career. Heung-min Son, who moved to Tottenham in August 2015, played a total of 253 games, playing EPL (65 goals), FA Cup (12 goals), European Football Federation Champions League (UCL, 14 goals). (UEFA) and UEFA Europa League (UEL). 6 goals), and the League Cup (3 goals) completed 100 goals. Tottenham joined the ‘100 Goals Club’ for the 18th time. After the match, he rejoiced: “It is a tremendous job to score 100 goals in a team. I am very proud. Thank you to my colleagues. It is not something I can do alone. I needed everyone’s help.”
Son Heung-min is a world-class player recognized by all. Tottenham 100 goals proved it once again.
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What was the driving force behind him to achieve 100 goal glory for Tottenham, a representative powerhouse in the world’s top EPL and EPL leagues? As Son Heung-min said, it was not something that could be done alone. Although I received a lot of help from my surroundings, I could not miss two of them, who had an absolute influence on Son Heung-min’s football life. They are Woong-jung and Mauricio Pochettino are the only ones who deserve the present glory together.
Son Woong-jung is Son Heung-min’s father. He is also Son Heung-min’s first soccer teacher. It is a very well known story.
When Heung-min Son was young, he received personal training from his father. Son Woong-jeong, who retired at 28 without playing a major role as a player, studied youth soccer in advanced countries like Germany and Spain, and became a professional youth leader. He did not send his son to the school football department with a uniform system, but he learned by himself every day. It was ‘open education’.
The key is the basics. They focused on basic skills more than actual games and encouraged players to enjoy soccer instead of achievements. It also included the seriousness of never going to the next stage if he didn’t get to the stage he wanted. In addition to the training, there were also English, reading and character classes. It was the root of the birth of a ‘special player’ named Son Heung-min in Korea.
Based on the basic skills he learned from his father, Son Heung-min joined the German Bundesliga youth team in Hamburg in 2008 when he was in high school. After that, Son Heung-min, who knew about systematic and advanced European football, grew explosively. When director Son Woong-jung’s anecdote became famous, a Tottenham fan appealed: “Tottenham should recruit Son Heung-min’s father!”
Son Heung-min always respected and loved his father. He said: “My father is my best father, my friend and my best father in soccer. I can’t help but obey my father’s opinion.” Even when I grew up, it remained the same even after I grew up in the world class.
German footballers like Hamburg and Leverkusen began to ‘assemble’ Son Heung-min, which was ‘designed’ by coach Son Woong-jung. It can be said that Pochettino is the one who completed the ‘World Class’ Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min was transferred to Tottenham in 2015. Manager Pochettino actively promoted the hiring of Son Heung-min. It is known that he wanted to recruit Son Heung-min from his command of Southampton until 2014.
Son Heung-min has become a world-class player under Pochettino’s leadership. Director Pochettino is the director who makes the best use of Son Heung-min’s abilities. He is also the leader who gave Son Heung-min a chance to spread his wings.
Coach Pochettino turned Tottenham, which was in a downtrend, into a strong player representing the EPL. The team was reorganized with the so-called ‘DESK line (Dele Ali, Christian Ericsen, Son Heung-min, Harry Kane)’. He made Tottenham the youngest and most dynamic team in the EPL.
Son Heung-min was in the center. Coach Pochettino preferred a winger who was fast and scored well. Son Heung-min was perfect. To perform a long running tactic, physical strength must be supported, but Son Heung-min lacked nothing. The movement of not catching the ball and the moment of penetration are also the appearance of Pochettino’s favorite Son Heung-min.
Director Pochettino provided a large space on the left where Son Heung-min is often found to properly utilize Son Heung-min. Players were grouped to the right, creating more opportunities to the left. It was a strategy that could reveal Son Heung-min’s true worth. When front-row forward Kane fell for reasons such as injury, he put Son Heung-min on the front line and enjoyed a new talent. It cannot be denied that Son Heung-min was the deciding power of the runner-up achievement in the 2018-19 season, Tottenham’s highest UCL record.
Head coach José Mourinho, who now has Tottenham’s witness, said: “Son Heung-min’s skills were created when he was at Pochettino. I want to share it with Pochettino, not just.” This is also the reason why British media such as ‘Athletic’ chose Tottenham’s best legacy left by manager Pochettino as ‘Recruiting Son Heung-min’.
Humanly, director Pochettino is special to Son Heung-min. In the 2015-16 season, the first year of the EPL’s debut, Son Heung-min considered returning to the German Bundesliga, lamenting the unsatisfactory results. At this time, it is a famous anecdote that director Pochettino showed absolute confidence in Son Heung-min. The following season, Son Heung-min scored a total of 21 goals, including 14 in the league, and set a personal record. It was the result of Pochettino’s confidence and drive. Since then, he has successfully scored double digits for 5 consecutive seasons until this season. He reigns as a top-notch winger of the PLA.
When Pochettino left Tottenham in 2019, Son Heung-min said:
“I not only learned soccer, but a large part of my life. I don’t have to say how grateful I am and I can’t put it all in words.”
On the day Son Heung-min scored Tottenham’s 100th goal, coach Pochettino announced the news of the appointment of French League 1 coach Saint-Germain in Paris.
Reporter Choi Yong-jae [email protected]
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