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| Son Heung-min of Tottenham. © AFP=News1 |
Son Heung-min, who missed the 100th goal after joining Tottenham Hotspur due to a mistake, sets out to re-challenge against Wolverhampton.
Tottenham will play the 15th round of the 2020-21 English Premier League (EPL) with Wolverhampton at the Molynew Stadium in Wolverhampton, England at 4:15 a.m. on the 28th.
Tottenham won the England Carabao Cup (League Cup) quarterfinal match against Stoke City on the 24th, but before that time, they were only one draw and two losses in the EPL. After repeated sluggishness, Tottenham, who was once No. 1 in the EPL, suddenly dropped to sixth in the league (25 points, 7 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses).
To rise to the top again and compete for the championship, you can unconditionally collect 3 points in the match against Wolverhampton and pursue Liverpool (31 points, 9 wins, 4 draws, 1 loss), which has been up to 6 points.
As Tottenham’s point of view is desperate for victory, Son Heung-min also desperately needs to score.
Son Heung-min reported the 99th goal in Tottenham’s career, scoring in the match against Liverpool on the 17th. Since then, Son Heung-min played in both Leicester and Stoke, but did not add goals. He has played 251 games in Tottenham’s career and is scoring 99 goals.
In particular, the game against Stoke left a lot of regret for Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min, who was substituted at the beginning of the second half, scored calmly with a roving shot at a one-on-one opportunity with the goalkeeper who received a penetration pass from Harry Kane in the second half, which was 2-1 ahead of the second half.
However, the referee canceled Sohn Heung-min’s goal. It was judged that it was an offside position ahead of the opponent’s defense when Kane passed earlier.
On the broadcast screen, Son Heung-min appeared to be located behind the opponent’s defense. However, on this day, video reading (VAR) was not applied, so the centrifugal offside was maintained. The English Premier League (EPL) is introducing VAR this season, but in the League Cup, VAR runs from the semi-finals. As a result, the court was impossible, so Son Heung-min’s offside was not overturned.
After the game, Tottenham coach Jose Mourinho and other local media claimed that “If the VAR had been activated, Son Heung-min’s goal would have been recognized”, but there was no way back. For Son Heung-min, it was a regrettable result.
Son Heung-min now aims for the 100th goal from the 3rd chance. In addition, he had a chance to overcome his regrets that he had not scored against Wolverhampton during the last two seasons.
Son Heung-min, who played only 45 minutes against Stoke last year, is likely to start and score goals against Wolverhampton.