Son Heung-min's 12th help of the season...Tottenham advances to Europa League quarter-finals with come-from-behind win
Son Heung-min's 12th help of the season...Tottenham advances to Europa League quarter-finals with come-from-behind win
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Son Heung-min, the "captain" of Tottenham in English professional football, helped his team advance to the quarterfinals by writing help in the round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League.
Son Heung-min assisted James Maddison's goal in the third minute of the second half in the second round of the 2024-2025 Europa League round of 16 against AZ Alkmaar (the Netherlands) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 14th (Korea time).
This is Son's 12th official match this season.
Son Heung-min has made nine assists in the English Premier League (EPL), two in the Europa League and one in the FA Cup.
Son Heung-min, who scored 11 goals (7 EPL goals, 3 Europa League goals, 1 League Cup goal) this season, has 23 offensive points (11 goals and 12 assists) overall this season.
Tottenham, which lost 0-1 due to Lucas Beribal's own goal in the first game away to Alkmaar on the 7th, won 3-1 at home and succeeded in advancing to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 aggregate score in the first and second games.
It is the first time in six years that Tottenham has advanced to the quarterfinals or higher in the UEFA club competition since finishing second in the Champions League in the 2018-2019 season.
Based on the Europa League, it reached the quarterfinals for the first time in 12 years since the 2012-2013 season. At that time, Tottenham lost to Basel (Switzerland) in the quarterfinals and failed to advance to the semifinals.
Tottenham, which has not won a trophy since winning the 2008 League Cup, continued its opportunity to relieve the resentment of "no 冠" for 17 years.
Tottenham is only 13th in the EPL, making it virtually impossible to win, and the League Cup (Carabao Cup) has already been eliminated in the semifinals and the FA Cup in the round of 32, so the Europa League is the only competition to try to win this season.
Tottenham will face Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) in the quarterfinals at home and away on the 11th and 18th of next month.
Tottenham balanced the combined score 1-1 in the 26th minute of the first half thanks to Son Heung-min's goal that served as the starting point due to active pressure.
Alkmaar defender Bauter Huss's attempt to pass to his teammate was caught on Son Heung-min's foot, which was pressing close, and Tottenham faced a golden opportunity as it flowed toward the penalty area.
Dominic Solanke laid it low and connected it, and Wilson O'Dober rushed to the center of the penalty area and finished with his left foot to shake the net.
After the dribble breakthrough in the 34th minute of the first half, Son Heung-min also aimed directly at the goal with his right foot from behind the penalty arc, but headed in front of the goalkeeper.
Tottenham turned the tables on the aggregate score with Son Heung-min and Madison's joint goal just three minutes into the second half.
Son Heung-min returned the ball from Madison on the left side of the penalty area, and Madison opened the goal with his right foot in the center of the penalty area to make the score of the second game 2-0 and the combined score 2-1.
Tottenham's joy did not last long.
In the 18th minute of the second half, Beribal's pass to his teammate was cut off by Peir Kopmeiner, who went into the penalty area and scored a right-footed shot to balance the score to 2-2.
Tottenham, which changed defender Mickey Panderpen to Archie Gray in the 16th minute of the second half, lost a point immediately after that, and the defense was shaken and unstable.
However, in the 29th minute of the second half, Odobert's scoring shot involving Son Heung-min was able to lead again.
Jed Spence led the ball pushed by Son Heung-min from the left side to a cross, and Odobert's right-footed finish following Solanke's exquisite backheel connection became the goal that determined the quarterfinals. 온라인카지노
O'Dober, who had not played many games due to injury since joining Tottenham in August this year, became the main player of the victory by scoring his debut goal and his second goal at the same time.
In the 35th minute of the second half, Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario fired a strong right-footed shot by Troy Parrott from the right side of the penalty area and Mace Dervitt's subsequent shot was cleared by Yves Bissouma.
Even after that, Tottenham blocked Alkmaar's offensive well to complete the reverse.