Minjae Kim of Napoli prepares for the return against Ajax
Heung-Min Son (30) of Tottenham Hotspur, an English professional footballer, calls home Frankfurt (Germany) this time and aims to score goals and escape the UEFA Champions League (UCL) squad draw.
Tottenham will play their 2022-2023 UCL Group D home match against Frankfurt at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England from 4:00 am (Korean time) on the 13th.
Tottenham Hotspur are in second place in Group D after Sporting (6 points) accumulating 4 points with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 3 games of the group.
Tottenham beat Marseille (France) 2-0 in the first leg, but later lost to Sporting 0-2 and drew 0-0 in the first leg at Frankfurt in 5th.
Frankfurt, who will meet again after 8 days, have a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat like Tottenham, and this match between the two teams is worthy of being considered a watershed for access to the round of 16 .
If Frankfurt are tied on the same points, the UCL draw will be extended to three games for Tottenham and the remaining two games to advance to the round of 16 will not be able to avoid the bumpy road.
Heung-Min Son, who has scored three goals this season in the English Premier League (EPL) but has yet to score a goal in UCL, is once again aiming for Frankfurt’s goal.
In an interview published in local media such as Football London, Son Heung-min said: “To be honest, we weren’t happy with the results of the last away match.
It’s always hard to earn points at UCL away, so it’s nice to have points, but everyone was upset because there was a chance to win, “Everyone knows how important this game is,” he promised to win.
Tottenham Hotspur played a league match against Arsenal on 1st, starting with a league match against Arsenal on 1st, after a match break in September, on 5th in Frankfurt, on 9th away league match against Brighton, and this match against Frankfurt.
The league home match against Everton will take place on the 16th, followed by an away match against Manchester United on the 20th.
Son Heung-min, who continues his march after visiting Korea during Game A, said: “If you think about what your childhood dream was, everyone will say you want to play in the EPL.
We are living a dream come true and these moments will never be forgotten, “he said.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Piero Ventrone, who was Antonio Conte’s assistant, passed away recently and John Duncan, the team’s striker from the 1970s, also passed away on the 8th.
On the 10th the team members also planted an Italian evergreen oak near the first team’s field of the training camp to pay tribute to the coach Ventrone again.
Son Heung-min said: “It was very difficult for me to prepare for Brighton because coach Ventrone was a special person not only for me but for everyone on the team, but we did it for him.
He will be proud to watch us. “
Napoli (Italy), national team defender Kim Min-jae (26) belonging to Group A, prepares for the home match against Ajax (Netherlands) at 1:45 am Korean time on 13.
Napoli, who lead (23 points) in their first 9 unbeaten games (7 wins, 2 draws) in Italian Serie A, beat Ajax 6-1 in the 3rd game of 5 thanks to Kim’s full-time performance Min-jae, leading Group A with 3 consecutive UCL wins (9 points).
If Napoli win this match, they will increase the gap with the current 3rd place Ajax (3 points) and 4th place Rangers (Scotland, 0 points) by more than 9 points, so that they can progress to the round of 16 independently. from the remaining group stage results. .
/ yunhap news
