"Score that I desperately needed" Son Heung-min scored a fantastic corner-kick final goal despite mixed local evaluations

"Score that I desperately needed" Son Heung-min scored a fantastic corner-kick final goal despite mixed local evaluations

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Son Heung-min was credited with saving the team despite mixed evaluations.
Tottenham defeated Manchester United 4-3 in the quarterfinals of the 2024-2025 English Carabao Cup (League Cup) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 20th (Korea time). Tottenham advanced to the semifinals of the League Cup along with Arsenal, Newcastle United and Liverpool.
On this day, Son Heung-min was paired with Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski to lead Tottenham's attack. In the second minute of the first half, he tried to create a scoring opportunity through a 2-1 pass with Kulusevski, but basically focused on playing in conjunction with his teammates. It was a form of providing opportunities to teammates who used the space created while he focused his opponent's defense attention.
Tottenham's second goal is a good example. Son Heung-min fixed Manchester United's defense by controlling the tempo from outside the left penalty box, and passed the pass immediately when James Maddison turned behind him. Madison's low cross was blocked by Lisandro Martinez, but he couldn't clear it properly, and Kulusevski, who was next to him, calmly pushed the ball into the goal.
Son Heung-min emerged as a savior in a difficult situation as Tottenham caught up from 3-0 to 3-2. In the 43rd minute of the second half, he used a corner kick that deflected from the left towards the goal, and it was sucked into the goal. Altai Weindr reached out despite Lucas Veribal's interference, but it was a fantastic trajectory that he could not stop. The expected score was very low, ranging from 0.00 to 0.01. In other words, Son Heung-min created a miracle.

Despite leading Tottenham to victory, the team received mixed reviews. The results were generally favorable, but there were also some disappointing reviews. The London-based magazine Football London gave Son a rating of 7, saying, "He kept trying to break through and scored a second goal through collaboration with Madison. He scored a strange goal when a corner kick curled into the net, scoring Tottenham's fourth goal."
On the other hand, the "Evening Standard" gave Son Heung-min seven points and said, "He scored directly as a kicker in a corner kick situation, giving Tottenham a much-needed score," but regretted, "Although he was involved in the first score, he basically did not perform well in the final third." 스포츠토토
Although the tone varies depending on the media, paradoxically, it can be seen that Son Heung-min is directly or indirectly related to three of Tottenham's four goals. In the first scoring scene, Son Heung-min's conversion attempt resulted in Pedro Porro's mid-range shot and Solanke's second ball chance, and Son Heung-min's presence shone as mentioned above. And he even scored a corner kick himself, making a decisive contribution to Tottenham's progress to the League Cup semifinals.