Son Heung-min selected as ‘Best Eleven for the first half of the 2023-2024 EPL’
Currently tied for 3rd in league scoring, selected as left attacker
Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur of the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL) was named in the Best Eleven for the first half of the ‘2023-2024 EPL’.
The EPL Secretariat released the Best Eleven for the first half of the season selected by Alan Shearer on the official website on the 8th (local time).
Shearer, a former England national team member, is the person who selects the ‘Team of the Week’ every week, and the ‘First Half Season Team’ was selected based on his performance to date.
Shearer chose Aston Villa coach Unai Emery as the head coach based on the 4-2-4 formation. Villa, which is considered mid-tier, is currently in second place in the league under the guidance of coach Emery. 카지노사이트랭크
Son Heung-min was selected by Shearer as the left attacker of the second ‘4’.
Shearer said of Son Heung-min, “He has a special talent. “If he catches the ball in front of the goal, I have no doubt that he will score,” he said, praising his high goal-scoring ability.
Son Heung-min played in 20 league games this season, scoring 12 goals and 5 assists.
He is not only the team’s top scorer, but is also tied for third in league scoring along with Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth).
It appears that he was selected as one of the best elevens in the first half of the season in recognition of his outstanding scoring sense.
In fact, Son Heung-min is on the rise to the point where he was recently selected as one of the eight candidates for December Player of the Month selected by the EPL Secretariat.
In addition to Son Heung-min, Shearer selected Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), who is tied for the top scorer in the league with Erling Haaland (Manchester City) with 14 league goals, as the right attacker.
And Ollie Watkins (Villa) and Jarrod Bowen (West Ham) formed the front line attack.
Declan Rice (Arsenal) and Douglas Lewis (Villa) were selected for the waist area, and the back four line consisted of Destiny Udogi (Tottenham), William Saliba (Arsenal), Virgil van Dijk, and Trente Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool). It was composed.
The goalkeeper gloves belonged to Guglielmo Vicario (Tottenham).
Meanwhile, Son Heung-min will not be seen playing for Tottenham for some time.
Tottenham will resume its schedule with the 21st round league match against Manchester United on the 15th, but Son Heung-min has been selected to the Korean men’s national soccer team led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann and is scheduled to participate in the ‘2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup’.
The Klinsmann, currently undergoing final quenching in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), will move to Qatar, the site of the decisive battle, on the 10th.
Starting with the first group match against Bahrain on the 15th, they will then face Jordan on the 20th and Malaysia on the 25th.
Korea is considered a strong candidate to win this competition. If Korea makes it to the finals, Son Heung-min will be away from Tottenham for about a month. 섯다