The answer to the Tottenham free-kick debate was Son Heung-min. Fans insisted that Son Heung-min kick a free-kick.
Spurs Web, which delivers the news of Tottenham, said on the 3rd that “Son Heung-min was caught asking Postecoglou for advice.”
Alessdair Gold, a reporter for England’s Football London, also revealed, “Tottenham had a strange moment in the second half of the game against Newcastle,” adding, “At the beginning of the second half, we couldn’t decide who would kick the free kick between Pedro Porro or James Madison, and Son Heung-min asked coach Enze Postecoglou himself.”
Tottenham lost 1-2 to Newcastle in the third round of the “2024-2025 English Premier League” on the 1st. Tottenham, which recorded its first loss of the season, ranked 10th in the league with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss (four points).
The whole story of “strange situation” was like this. Son Heung-min earned a free kick near the arc circle in the 13th minute of the second half. When a free kick opportunity arose in a good position, the prisoner offered to kick Son by making a gesture of gathering hands. However, controversy began as Bissouma did not hold the ball and did not give it to him. Madison also claimed that he should kick the ball.
Then, Son Heung-min started to clean up the traffic. He demanded that Bissouma, who was excited, talk about something and be careful. Finally, he shouted to the bench and asked for help.
Spurs Web said, “When Madison and Porro failed to reach an agreement, Son Heung-min turned to the bench and asked for help on who should kick. Radu Dragusin then delivered a message to the coaches,” adding, “Coach Postecoglou pointed two fingers in one hand and three fingers in the other, and ordered Porro No. 23 to kick.”
However, a shot that was shot by a prisoner did not lead to a goal. Spurs Webb criticized Tottenham for failing to score a single goal due to a free kick last season.
Spurs Webb said the disagreement was caused by the lack of clear standards on who should kick the free kick. “Both POW and Maddison have not shown good performances in free kicks since last season. Tottenham need to improve on this.”
Is Son Heung-min the answer to improvement? Fans have suggested that Tottenham’s free kick should be handled by Son. On Tottenham’s official SNS, there were comments such as “Son Heung-min should be in charge of Tottenham’s free kick,” “Son Heung-min’s free kick is sharp and powerful,” “Son Heung-min scored many goals in charge of free kick for the Korean national team,” and “Son Heung-min should have kicked a free kick instead of appeasing his teammates including Bissouma.”
In fact, Son has scored the most goals (six) in the history of free kicks for the Korean national team. The most recent goal was a dramatic finishing goal that he scored in the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup against Australia last February. In June 2022, he scored free kicks in two consecutive matches against Chile and Paraguay. His free kick score in two straight A matches was a record for the first time in Korean soccer. 안전놀이터
