Tottenham won 3-0 and advanced to the round of 16 in the Europa League, Son Heung-min played in the first half, the highest rating for the team without a goal
Tottenham won 3-0 and advanced to the round of 16 in the Europa League, Son Heung-min played in the first half, the highest rating for the team without a goal
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Tottenham (England) has advanced to the round of 16 strongest teams of the UEFA Europa League. "Captain" Son Heung-min played for 45 minutes in the first half, contributing to his team's victory.
Tottenham defeated IF Elpsborg Sweden 3-0 in the eighth round of the 2024-2025 UEFA Europa League phase at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday. Tottenham, which recorded five wins, two draws and one loss (17 points) in the league phase, confirmed its advance to the round of 16 teams by ranking fourth.
Depending on the changed tournament method this season, the Europa League will be held in such a way that 36 teams compete in the league phase, 1st to 8th place will go straight to the round of 16, and 9th to 24th place will go through the playoffs (PO) to win tickets to the round of 16.
Son Heung-min, who scored multiple goals against Hoffenheim (Germany) in Game 7 of the league phase, played as a left-wing striker again on the day and dominated the left side throughout the first half, creating several threatening attack opportunities.
In the eighth minute of the first half, Son tried to break through by swinging his defense to both sides near the left penalty line, but tripped over his opponent's feet and won a free kick. Son, who was a kicker, hit the goal low, but was blocked by the defense wall and failed to open the goal.
He dribbled through three defenders from the left side in the 23rd minute of the first half to score a cutback. Pedro Porro's header was blocked by the goalkeeper.
Ten minutes later, Son once again tore down the left side and scored a menacing cutback at the goal line. The goalkeeper managed to block Papa Sarr's left footed shot that was in the gate.
Archie Gray also connected the cutback, which was stabbed from a similar position in the 39th minute of the first half, with a shot, but the goalkeeper also hit it, which failed to score.
Tottenham had a 72 percent ball possession and failed to score even 11 shots in the first half, but Son Heung-min was highly praised. Son Heung-min was replaced after playing in the first half, while "Huscoordcom," which specializes in soccer statistics, gave him the highest rating of 8.3 and "Foot Mob" 8.5 in the team.
Tottenham excluded Son Heung-min, Mickey Panderpen and Rodrigo Bentancourt, who returned from a hamstring injury in the second half, and added Kulusevski, Radu Drugusin and Yves Bissouma. When Drugusin left in the 21st minute of the second half due to a knee injury, Dane Skalit, who played as a substitute, scored the first goal four minutes after taking the ground. 메이저놀이터
When Kulusevski crossed with his left foot on the right side, Scalit shook the net with an accurate header at the gate. In the 40th minute of the second half, Damola Ajayi, who was put in place of Hisharlisson, took over the ball slightly given by Scalit and stabbed it into the corner of the net with a low left-footed shot from the front of the net to make it 2-0. In the extra time of the second half, Mikey Moore sealed the victory with a right-footed shot near the penalty line in front of the net.