| Son Heung-min (left) and Ronaldo (right) © AFP=News1 |
Heung-Min Son of Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League (EPL) faces Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd). The team situation is not good to show the excitement of meeting the ‘idol’.
Tottenham Hotspur will play against Manchester United in the 10th round of the 2021-22 EPL at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in England on the 31st at 1:30 am (Korean time).
Tottenham, 6th with 5 wins and 4 losses (15 points), and Manchester United, 7th with 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses (14 points), both are so-called ‘guillotine matches’ that cannot be missed.
Tottenham have been criticized for their helpless performances, including a 1-0 loss to West Ham United in the last 9 rounds and a 1-0 victory over Burnley in the EFL Cup round of 16 match.
Manchester United are even worse, with 1 draw and 3 losses in their last 4 matches. In particular, in the previous round, they lost 0-5 to their ‘rival’ Liverpool, and the public opinion of the fans is boiling.
Local media are also cautiously predicting that the manager who loses in this match will be sacked.
The solution Tottenham can trust and rely on is Son Heung-min, the team’s top scorer (4 goals).
Heung-Min Son has been consistently playing his part by achieving offensive points in 3 of the last 4 matches in the EPL. In the EFL Cup round of 16 match against Burnley on the 28th, he played 24 minutes as a substitute and supplemented his stamina for Manchester United. As fatigue has accumulated throughout the team and his mobility has decreased, it is time for his personal tactics that utilize his speed to shine even more.
For Heung-Min Son, it is a game that is very motivating in that it is a match against Ronaldo, who is an ‘idol’ and a world-famous star.
Son Heung-min has publicly expressed his respect for Ronaldo. At the 2019 International Champions Cup, where Ronaldo played for Juventus, Son Heung-min met Ronaldo and exchanged uniforms and smiled broadly, becoming a big topic. I like Ronaldo that much, so the style is similar.
In addition to the mission to save the team in crisis, Son Heung-min runs with the desire to leave a strong impression in front of the idol.
Of course, Ronaldo is not in a situation where he has enough room to watch Son Heung-min’s performance happily.
Ronaldo returned to the Premier League after scoring a multi-goal against Newcastle United in the fourth round, and added one goal in the fifth round against West Ham United, but the score has not decreased since then.
In the meantime, the team has fallen to 7th place, and has lost a lot of face as a star. Tottenham Hotspur is also important for Ronaldo. Scores in this match should rekindle the mood of the individual and the team as a whole. To do that, it has to shine brighter than the ‘hand blade’.
The fate of both teams depends on which of the two solvers, ‘Naldo Son’ and his idol Ronaldo, does more of their part.
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| Ronaldo of Manchester United © AFP=News1 |
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