[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Last season’s’Puskas Award’ winner Son Heung-min scored a goal at’Puskas Arena’.
Son Heung-min (29) started off in the first leg of the 2020-2021 Europa League round of 32 with Wolfsberger (Austria) held at the Fuskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary on the 19th (Korean time) and played the first goal in the 13th minute. It led Tottenham’s 4v1 victory.
| Son Heung-min poses at the Fuskas Arena. [사진= 토트넘 SNS] |
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| [서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Assistant Gareth Bale and Son Heung-min posing. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌] 2021.02.19 [email protected] |
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| [서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Kim Yong-seok = Son Heung-min enjoys the joy by scoring the most goals in the season at the Puskas Arena. [사진= 로이터 뉴스핌] 2021.02.19 [email protected] |
Son Heung-min, who scored the 18th goal in the season, achieved the most attack points in a season with 31 attack points this season. In the 2016-2017 season of the Premier League debut, he scored 14 goals (6 assists), 12 goals (6 assists) in the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons, and 11 goals (10 assists) last season. In particular, he dribbled 70m and scored a storm and won the ‘2020 Puskas Award’.
On this day, Son Heung-min scored the 18th goal in the season with a rarely attempted header after receiving a cross from Gareth Bale in the 13th minute of the first half. Bale has scored one goal and one assist in one game since April 2013. Harry Kane returned to his injury and stayed in London because he wasn’t feeling well.
Tottenham showed overwhelming performance in the first half, but after Son Heung-min’s replacement in the second half, Tottenham added a goal at the last minute without much power. Wolfsberger is the 6th-placed team in the Austrian League and is the first to reach the final of 32.
The match was held in Budapest, Hungary, a neutral region due to the COVID-19 strain in both Austria and England. Son Heung-min, the first Korean player to receive the FIFA Puskas Award, scored a goal at the Puskas Arena. The stadium is named after the late Ferenc Fuskas, a Hungarian football legend.
In an interview with the local media after the game, Son Heung-min said, “I have a special feeling to come to a wonderful stadium. I am particularly happy to score goals here and win the team. I am also getting along well with Gareth Bale. Bale is happy to score goals.”
The economic ripple effect of Son Heung-min, estimated by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is a whopping 2 trillion won.
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