Tottenham Son Heung-min. Photo = Reuters Yonhap News
While Son Heung-min (Tottenham) was quiet, his ‘immediate junior’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) achieved a great achievement first. He had the honor of becoming the second player to join the 10-goal, 10-assist club this season.
Wirz scored a hat trick in the 29th home game of the 2023-24 German Bundesliga round against Werder Bremen on the 15th, leading the team to a 5-0 victory.
It was the best win of the season. Leverkusen defeated Bremen on this day to win the Bundesliga for the first time in the club’s 120-year history. It was also significant that they beat Bayern Munich, who had won 11 league titles in a row until last season.
Birz, who scored three goals in the game that confirmed the championship, also set a brilliant personal record. He is the first Bundesliga player to join the 10-10 club this season. Wirz, who had scored 8 goals and 10 assists in 28 league games before the Bremen match, was only two goals away from reaching 10-10, but he bombed the Bremen goal and made his mark straight away on the 10-10 club.
Florian Wirtz. Photo = EPA Yonhap News
10-10 is a tough record. Now that the European leagues have reached the end of the season, the only player to achieve 10-10 in the five major leagues (England’s Premier League, Spain’s Primera Liga, Italy’s Serie A, Bundesliga, France’s Ligue 1) is Olly Watkins (Aston Villa, 19 age).
Originally, Son Heung-min, who scored 15 goals and 9 assists in the league, was seen as the leading candidate to join the 10-10 club after Watkins. However, he was quiet in the game against Newcastle United on the 13th, delaying the achievement of his big goal for a while. Meanwhile, Leverkusen’s junior Brtz reached the 10-10 mark first.
Chelsea Palmer became the club’s first player to reach 20 official goals in one season since Hazard in the 2017-18 season. Photo = Squawka
In the EPL, Cole Palmer (Chelsea), who scored 20 goals and 9 assists, and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), who scored 15 goals and 9 assists, are set to join the 10-10 club.
Palmer, whose skills have improved recently, has a fierce sense of humour, as he helped Sheffield United on the 8th. It seems like it’s only a matter of time before additional support is added. On the other hand, Salah has not provided an assist in the league for two months since he assisted Brentford last February.
Reporter Kim Hee-woong sergio@edaily.co.kr
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