[엑스포츠뉴스 김정현 인턴기자] Son Heung-min is expected to fill the front line of Tottenham without Harry Kane.
Tottenham Hotspur prepares for an away match against Brighton & Hove Albion in the 21st round of the 2020/21 season, which will be held on February 1st (Korea time).
Tottenham have to prepare for their first league match without the front-line striker Harry Kane, who is at the heart of the current team. Kane suffered an ankle injury on both sides of his home game against Liverpool in the 20th round and is expected to fall for weeks.
Kane’s ankle injury began in the 2016/17 season. The ankle injuries in the September 2016 game against Sunderland continued, causing trouble in recent years.
Tottenham always needed Kane’s backup because of Kane’s instability. Tottenham, who took advantage of Fernando Lorente, who once rebelled against target man, and raised Son Heung-min to the forefront, maintained a high rank without Kane at this time and achieved a feat of advancing to the UEFA Champions League final in the 2018/19 season. did.
After manager Jose Mourinho took over, Benfica has signed front-line striker Carlos Vinicius on loan this season. However, Vinicius played mainly in the Cup and UEFA Europa League.
With Kane showing off his best performance with Son Heung-min without injury, there was no time for Vinicius to appear as a starter in the league.
However, Kane was injured, and Vinicius had the opportunity to start in the league. However, there is no weight in Vinicius’ possibility of starting a start.
Head coach Mourinho placed Son Heung-min as the front-line striker after Kane was replaced at halftime due to an injury before Liverpool. Vinicius was on the replacement list, but couldn’t play.
The British Evening Standard also picked Son Heung-min instead of Vinisius as the player to replace Kane. In addition to goalkeeper Hugo Joris goalkeeper, Matt Doherty-Jo Rodon-Eric Dire-Ben Davis, Pierre Emile Hoivier-Harry Winks, Gareth Bale-Tangwi Ndombele-Steven in the expected starting lineup of 4-2-3-1 He chose Son Heung-min, a Berchbain.
While Vinicius expects to wait on the bench, Tottenham will face the league game with the task of making a score without Kane before Brighton.
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