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“Son Heung-min is an absolute player”

British media 'The Sun' reported on the 24th (Korean time), 'Tottenham fans were in awe of him after scoring another great goal.' Tottenham defeated Fulham 2-0 in the 9th round of the EPL held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the 24th (Korean time) due to Son Heung-min's 1 goal and 1 assist. Ahead of the game, Tottenham revealed their starting lineup. Tottenham came out in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Son Heung-min appears as the frontline striker. Klusevski, Madison, and Richarlison play in the second line. Sar-Hojbjerg played as the third-line midfielder, while defense included Foro, Romero, van der Pen and Udogi, and goalkeeper Vicario. The most noteworthy point is that Hojbjerg returned to the starting lineup due to Bissouma's suspension. Son Heung-min was on fire from the 2nd minute of the game. Due to Tottenham's tremendous forearm pressure, Sarr won the ball and immediately passed it to Maddison. Maddison gave it to Son Heung-min, who was pe

SON, '110 PL goals' at the feet of Ronaldo, Drogba, and Giggs, in hot pursuit of Sterling, Gerrard, and Lukaku

  SON, '110 PL goals' at the feet of Ronaldo, Drogba, and Giggs, in hot pursuit of Sterling, Gerrard, and Lukaku Tottenham Hotspur's return to first place was led by 'Captain' Son Heung-min. Tottenham won 2-0 with Son Heung-min's 1 goal and 1 assist in the London derby against Fulham FC in the 9th round of the 2023-24 English Premier League (PL) held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England on the morning of the 24th (Korean time). Tottenham, who recorded three consecutive league wins, succeeded in reclaiming first place from Manchester City (21 points) with 23 points. Since the opening, the team is undefeated in 9 games (7 wins, 2 draws), so things are going well. What's interesting is that their Northern rival Arsenal (21 points) is also an undefeated team with 6 wins and 3 draws. The two teams met in the 6th round and drew 2-2. At that time, Tottenham went on an away trip to the Emirates Stadium, and Son Heung-min became a hero who saved the team f

Talk about the role of Real Madrid's 'promotional ambassador + agent'.

 Vinicius Junior consistently contacted Jude Bellingham to help him transfer to Real Madrid. Transfer market expert Fabricio Romano shared Vinicius' interview on his social media on the 14th (Korean time). He said, "I didn't know much about Bellingham, but I heard that other teams wanted him, so I texted him for months. I did the same thing I did with Eduardo Camavinga. I told him that Real were the best team in the world." Born in 2003, England-born Bellingham is considered to be the next best soccer player. He came from the Birmingham City youth academy in England and attracted attention by making his first-team debut at the young age of 16 years and 38 days. Even after he moved to Dortmund in the summer of 2020, he continued to perform well.  As a result, many teams showed interest in him. Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​and Manchester City were mentioned as candidates, but the final winner was Real. Real succeeded in securing Bellingham by paying 103 million euros (about

MLB Philadelphia beats Atlanta, a team with 104 wins, to advance to championship series

  In fall baseball, where important games are played repeatedly, a home run is necessary.  The Philadelphia Phillies of the American Major League Baseball (MLB) hit three home runs and advanced to the National League Championship Series (NLCS, 4 wins out of 7 games) for the second year in a row.   Philadelphia won 3-1, led by Nick Castellanos' two home runs, in Game 4 of the National League Division Series (NLDS, 3 wins out of 5) against the Atlanta Braves held at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on the 13th (Korean time). won with   Philadelphia, which won the National League last year, will advance to the NLCS for the second consecutive year and face the sensational team Arizona Diamondbacks for a spot in the World Series.  The first game of the NLCS between Philadelphia and Arizona begins on the 17th.   Atlanta, which had the most wins (104 wins) across the two major leagues in this year's regular season, bowed to Philadelphia with 1 win and 3 losses in

The national team duo returned with the AG gold medal and lead the future of Samsung

 Kim Ji-chan and Kim Seong-yoon won gold medals as members of the national baseball team at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. The two players, who returned to Korea via Incheon International Airport on the 8th, were registered with the first team and played as table setters in the '2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League' match against Kiwoom Heroes held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 10th. Kim Ji-chan had multiple hits and Kim Seong-yoon also had a hit, showing good batting skills. Samsung coach Park Jin-man said, “Since we were in Gwangju, I thought it would be tiring to go back and forth. So, I returned home, took a day off in Seoul, and joined the team today. Both players must have been in high spirits. “I hope the good energy will be of help to the team,” he said, looking forward to the performance of Kim Ji-chan and Kim Seong-yoon.  Ji-chan Kim said in an interview before the match that day, “There was a lot of talk about our strength being weak even before the start of the ma

Model student Otani blatantly broke the team’s internal rules…

 Japanese media outlet Sports Nippon (Sponichi) published a local interview with St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Las Nubba (26) on the 9th. Episodes related to the WBC were mentioned several times, and those about Otani in particular stand out. One of them is an incident that occurred early on in joining the team. It is an unwritten rule that most Japanese professional baseball teams wear formal attire when traveling as a group. This was also natural for Samurai Japan, the WBC national team (Korea's Lee Kang-cheol also wore a suit as part of the team uniform). They were provided with uniforms, including a blue and black two-tone singlet made by clothing company U, a white dress shirt, and a tie. However, it seems that Numba's suit, which joined from the United States, was delivered late. It didn't arrive until the first moving day. I had no choice but to go to the Shinkansen station in civilian clothes. Otani heard about this situation. Then, he said, “Then I won’t wear a su

Black is the trend for LCK Worlds uniforms.

 he uniforms of all four LCK teams participating in the LOL World Championship revealed, there is a commonality among the four uniforms, drawing attention. The key color is black. With T1 on the 6th, the uniforms of all four teams participating in the LCK were revealed. Most of the players were shown wearing their uniforms, and uniforms and jackets were also sold to fans. As proof of the high level of interest in the World Cup held in Korea, some of the uniforms were even in short supply. The first to release uniforms was Dplus Kia, which released images on September 18th. Dplus Kia collaborated with Adidas and released a photo wearing a black jacket with three stripes over the existing white uniform. Dplus Kia has mainly worn white uniforms during the season, but on the World Cup stage, they wore black jackets, creating a harmony of black and white. On the 27th, Gen.G and KT unveiled their uniforms. In the case of KT, a photo of them wearing a black jacket over a black uniform was rel

KIA coach Kim Jong-guk, who ‘saved the spark for the top 5

 n the home game against Samsung held at Gwangju-KIA Champions Field on the 8th, KIA created an opportunity with Socrates' walk and Lee Woo-sung's infield hit in the bottom of the fourth inning with one out and no runners on base. Lee Chang-jin struck out, but Han Jun-su's timely hit to right with 2 outs and 1st and 2nd bases resulted in the first run. KIA tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the 6th inning when starter Yoon Young-cheol delivered a timely hit to right field to Kang Min-ho with 2 outs and 2nd base on base, but with 1 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th, Kim Tae-gun added a run on a sacrifice fly to right field, extending the lead to 2-1. got it back In the top of the 9th inning, when Jeong Hae-young was in crisis with 2 outs and 1st and 3rd bases, KIA caught Kim Dong-yup with an infield foul fly and gradually maintained the lead until the end. In the KIA batting lineup that produced 8 hits on this day, Lee Woo-sung had 3 hits in 4 at-bats, Han J

BO announces MVP candidates for September...

  A total of 7 players were selected as monthly MVP candidates for the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League September.  Among the pitchers, Kim Jin-seong of the LG Twins, Eric Peddy of the NC Dinos, David Buchanan of the Samsung Lions, and Cheol-won Jeong of the Doosan Bears, and among the fielders, SSG Landers Han Yu-seom, LG Hong Chang-ki, and KIA Tigers Kim Sun-bin were selected as candidates and are aiming to win the MVP award in September. seong LG’s Kim Jin-seong protected the team’s back gate by taking on a difficult role between the middle relief pitch and the final pitch.  Kim Jin-seong appeared in 16 games, two-thirds of the 24 games LG played in September, ranking first in the total number of pitcher appearances.  Despite his frequent appearances, he stayed in shape, allowing only one earned run in 12 1/3 innings and posting a 0.73 earned run average.  He also tied for second place with 7 holds and made 3 saves, showing good performance by taking the mound whenever necessary.  K

Even the Chinese reporters fell in love and the continent is now 'suffering from Wang Shun'

 Wang Sun won the gold medal in the men's 200m individual medley final at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Swimming Pool in Zhejiang Province, China, on the 24th, breaking his Asian record with 1:54.62. Since then, Wang-soon's every move has drawn attention from around the world. He is 191 centimeters tall, handsome and muscular, and is receiving explosive responses from Chinese fans, and there are a lot of articles praising Wang-soon's appearance in Korea. He is already one of the best swimming stars in China. Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, where the competition is taking place, he was selected as a national team member in 2009 and began to show off his extraordinary talent by setting a new Asian record in the men's 400m individual medley at the 2011 Chinese Swimming Championships, and he also served as a torchbearer at the opening ceremony of the tournament. He has nearly 5 million followers on his personal social networking services