'Son Heung-min and UEL need to win!' Tottenham activates a saving management mode...dispel all doubts
'Son Heung-min and UEL need to win!' Tottenham activates a saving management mode...dispel all doubts
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Tottenham Hotspur began to carefully manage Son Heung-min. It focused on advancing to the UEFA Europa League (UEL) final.
British public broadcaster "BBC" said on the 19th (Korea time) that Tottenham manager Enze Postecoglou announced the possibility of captain Son Heung-min's absence against Nottingham Forest.
Son Heung-min missed the 32nd round of the 2024-25 English Premier League against Wolverhampton on the 13th. He reportedly did not join the away game due to pain in the foot. He was puzzled by the fact that he played as a starter in the first leg of the UEL quarterfinal against Einracht Frankfurt (Germany) on the 11th.
It turned out that he played despite the pain. "He had pain in his feet the last few weeks, but he endured and played," Postecoglou said. Apart from Son's greed to play, public criticism has formed again against Postecoglou, who let him play without proper management of his players.
Tottenham, which has been in the top 10 since its 4-1 victory over Ipswich in the 26th round, has been far from winning in six games (one draw and five losses). In the end, UEL was the one to lean on, and Dominic Solanke, who kicked a penalty kick from James Maddison in the second match against Frankfurt on the 18th, won 1-0 and advanced to the semifinals.
Beaud/Glimt (Norway), who has to compete in the final, is the opponent who beat Lazio (Italy), the favorite to win the title. Norway is also located in the northern part of the country and snow falls until early May. In the first round match of the quarterfinals, it snowed until the morning of the match, and they cleared the snow and beat Lazio 2-0 on the artificial turf.
After the match between Nottingham and Liverpool, Tottenham will have the first match at home on May 2 against Bodhi/Glimt. The second match is an away match on the 9th after the match against West Ham United on the 4th, so from a distance, Son Heung-min needs to be managed to advance to the finals.
However, suspicions and rumors did not stop. The Tottenham Hotspur News, which often delivers news from inside Tottenham and contains many fans' thoughts, said Son is expected to be absent for a while due to multiple foot injuries and will likely be the same against Nottingham.
As Son Heung-min was absent one after another and is expected to continue again, some media outlets including the media said, "It is strange to exclude him ahead of an important game. The injury was known for a few weeks, but there are doubts that he was absent from the second round. Is he preparing to run the team without Son Heung-min?"
No one knows for sure Son Heung-min's injury status, and recently Postecoglou has come to take a more conservative approach as he warned that he would seek out information leakers who are leaking players' injury-related medical records to the outside world.
The media reportedly predicted Son's condition through Rajpal Braar, a rehabilitation expert. "The foot is quite a complicated body part. It is trickier to play games where physical challenges continue like soccer," he said. "If Son fails to return to training, it would be most realistic for him to miss the match against Nottingham."
Postecoglou also said, "We discussed with (Son Heung-min) whether to accompany him in the second round and decided to stay in the U.K. I thought doing so would be the way to increase his chances of playing in the semifinal. I met Son in the hallway this morning. I was really happy," hinting that all recovery is focused on the semifinal.
Despite poor performance, Son has scored 11 goals and 12 assists in 43 official matches this season. As the league is ranking 15th, winning the UEL is the only way to recover his self-esteem and qualify for the UCL next season. Analysts say he can challenge as the opposing team is Manchester United (England) and Athletic Bilbao (Spain).
After the second leg, Son said on his SNS, "I'm really, really proud. Way to go! Let's keep going!" in celebration of his advance to the semifinals and thanked his teammates. 카지노
In fact, since the Premier League is more likely to remain than relegation, it is in the interest of Son Heung-min and Tottenham to return in time for the match against Glimt. However, there are still doubts. How quickly they recover to make them available is expected to put to rest unnecessary misunderstandings.