He is approaching his dream of winning one by one.
Son Heung-min and his team, Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League, are cruising in a competition seeking to reach the top.
Although Son Heung-min was sidelined due to injury, Tottenham set up a lineup that is characterized as a "1.5-tier" team but managed to secure victory in the enemy territory, and continued to win for two consecutive games. It is expected that Son will be able to focus his heart and soul on the Premier League again with a light heart.
While "captain" Son Heung-min is committed to recovery from a hamstring injury, Tottenham, where he plays, has been on a winning streak in the UEFA Europa League (UEL).
Tottenham, led by Australian coach Anji Postecoglou, beat Hungary's prestigious Ferencvaros 2-1 in the second leg of the 2024-2025 Europa League "League Phase" at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary on the 4th (Korea time).
Tottenham, which had a 3-0 complete victory over Garabakh FK (Azerbaijan) at home on the 27th of last month, laughed in all two consecutive games against Eastern European clubs until the match against Ferencvaros.
Like other club competitions in UEFA such as the Champions League and the Conference League, the Europa League will eliminate the group stage of the finals from this year and replace it with the league phase.
Tottenham will play a league phase with eight randomly selected teams out of a total of 36 participating teams, and if it ranks first to eighth, it will go straight to the round of 16, and if it ranks ninth to 24th, it will have a playoff to compete for the round of 16. From then on, the winner of the trophy will be decided through a tournament.
Tottenham, which played in the Champions League in the 2022-2023 season, ranked eighth in the Premier League, failed to make it to the European competition last season. It is different this season. As it ranked fifth in the Premier League last season, it joined the Europa League, which returned after four seasons after the 2020-2021 season.
In particular, it is true that from this season, teams that have fallen from the higher league, the Champions League, will come down to the Europa League and compete for the championship with teams that have advanced to the Europa League from the beginning without playing the tournament.
Tottenham is ranked first in the Europa League win probability expected by leading betting companies, beating Manchester United (England), AS Roma (Italy), Real Sociedad (Spain), and FC Porto (Portugal).
Tottenham is achieving what they expected early on. With two consecutive wins, Tottenham is tying with Lazio (Italy) and Lyon (France), both of whom are ranked first, with six points, but is ranking third in terms of goal difference. If this ranking is maintained, it will be able to advance to the round of 16 without having to play in the playoffs.
Tottenham, which left Son Heung-min, who is rehabilitating after injuring his hamstring in the match against Garabach, in London, has also made moves to expand the range of player operations in the future by forming a lineup centered on young players.
On the day, the home team Ferencvaros came out with a 4-2-3-1 model.
Christian Ramirez, Raul Gustavo, Ibrahim Cisse and Stefan Gartenman defended the goal while Denes Divush defended the goal. Khabib Maiga and Mohamev Abu Fani supported the waist, while Eldar Sibic, Matheus Saldanya and Adama Traore supported Bernabash Berger on the front line at the second line.
Tottenham faced off in a 4-3-3 format. Guglielmo Vicario wore goalie gloves, while Ben Davies, Archie Gray, Christian Romero and Pedro Porro built a defensive line. Lucas Beribal, Yves Bissouma and Pape Sarr were in charge of the midfield. Timo Werner, Will Rankshire and Mikey Moore started the offense without Son Heung-min.
As many as four teenage players, including Gray, Rankshire, Moore and Beribal, were in the lineup. You might say you look down on Ferencvaros, but it also means that the performance of the "Young Guns" that Tottenham has ambitiously recruited since last season has risen that much. Son Heung-min, as well as other key players, including Mickey van der Pen, James Maddison and Dominique Solanke, were all excluded from the starting lineup.
The team that took the lead in the early stages was Ferencvaros, who welcomed Tottenham at home.
Ferencvarosi hit Berger's header goal following Traore's cross in the 16th minute of the first half, but he hit the ground when he was declared offside. Berger's header shot also threatened Tottenham's goal in the 18th minute, but this time, Vicario's good defense overcame the crisis.
Tottenham launched a counterattack in the middle of the first half, but immediately countered when the first goal was scored in the 23rd minute of the first half, and took the lead in the 23rd minute of the first half. Ferencvaros' defenders failed to clear the ball sent by striker Mikey Moore to the penalty area properly, and Sarr, who caught it, finished calmly.
Tottenham, which was not pushed back afterwards and blocked the home team's willingness to fight back, was hit by goal chances several times in the second half, but was ineffective.
In particular, Werner failed to make a clear decision when scoring a goal after receiving Moore's superb pass during a counterattack in the 19th minute of the second half. After Werner's shot, the side net fluctuated. Werner, who failed to take advantage of two critical opportunities in the previous match against Manchester United, has not been able to secure his status as a backup member due to lack of goal-scoring ability in this match as well. He missed two chances that he caught due to Son Heung-min's injury in a row.
However, Tottenham secured the victory by scoring an additional goal at the end of the second half. In the 41st minute of the second half, Johnson scored a left-footed shot from the penalty area in front of the net, and Tottenham took another step away.
Johnson was criticized for a series of poor performances at the beginning of the season and eventually took measures to close SNS.
Since then, his senses have revived, and he has scored consecutive goals in a total of five games, including two Premier League games, two Europa League games and one League Cup game.
Tottenham allowed Ferencvaros' Berger to score a comeback goal just before the end of the match, but they blocked further runs and finished the game with a victory.
While Tottenham won the game, rival clubs are not taking easy steps. Manchester United drew 3-3 away to FC Porto, recording two consecutive draws, ranking 21st out of 36 teams. 토토사이트
Porto and Real Sociedad recorded one draw and one loss side by side, making it difficult to win a playoff ticket that is given up to 24th place.
Turkiye clubs with good financial power and several good mercenaries are also struggling. Galatasaray, the most prestigious team in Turkiye, is ranked eighth with one win and one draw, and Fenerbahce, led by Jose Mourinho, is also ranked 13th with one win and one draw. Besiktashi ranks 36th with two consecutive losses.
Tottenham will play an away Premier League match against Brighton at 0:30 p.m. on the 7th, and will also play West Ham at home in the Premier League after the A-match break.
The Europa League phase's follow-up games include home to Alkmaar (the Netherlands) on 25 October, away to Galatasarayia on 8 November, and home to AF Roma on 29 November.