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'Captain' Son Heung-min (Tottenham) will continue to start.
Tottenham Hotspur will play Nottingham Forest in the 18th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season at the City Ground in Nottingham, England, at 0 a.m. on the 27th (Korea time).
Tottenham desperately needs to win. Tottenham suffered a 3-6 defeat by Liverpool in the previous match. Tottenham, which has been sluggish with two draws and three losses in five games, seemed to change its mood with a 4-3 Carabao Cup victory against Manchester United following a 5-0 victory over Southampton, but the flow was cut again after suffering a crushing defeat at home. Tottenham, whose winning streak ended, fell to 11th place in the league with 23 points. Rumors have emerged that coach Enze Postecoglou will be replaced.
Nottingham, on the other hand, is the best flow. He is in fourth place with 31 points. Coach Nunu Santo, who led Tottenham in the past, shows his stable and practical soccer shining. Coach Nunu coached Son Heung-min while taking the helm of Tottenham in the 2021-2022 season, but was dismissed in four months. After that, he moved to Saudi Arabia to lead the RT Hard and returned to the EPL in December last year when he took the helm of Nottingham.
Son Heung-min will start again. Local media predicted that Son Heung-min would rest and Brennan Johnson would fill the spot. The reason was the poor performance against Liverpool and the arrangement of physical strength in preparation for the Boxing Day. Football London says 'Someone on the offensive has to get out for Johnson's legs who have rested. He said he could be an older Son Heung-min. Tottenham Hotspur News also reported, `Son Heung-min looked exhausted in the last game. Son Heung-min, 32, may want to take a break on Boxing Day. Especially when the game schedule is tight and heavy.
Postecoglou's choice was Son Heung-min. With Dominic Solanke at the center, Son Heung-min and Johnson cards were taken out on the left and right sides. Instead, there is a change. Instead of James Medicine, Dejan Kulusevski will be the shadow striker. The midfield has also changed. Rodrigo Bentancourt, who returned from a seven-game suspension for racist disciplinary action against Son Heung-min, will play as a double bolanch with Papesar. The Four Bag is made up of Destiny Udogi - Archie Gray - Radu Dragushin - Jed Spence. Frazier Foster wears goalkeeper gloves.
It is a game that needs a rebound from Son Heung-min's point of view. Son has five goals and six assists in the league this season. It's not a bad record numerically, but there are ups and downs every season. In particular, he failed to make a single effective shot in the last game and received the lowest evaluation among the strikers. As Tottenham's offense depends on whether Son Heung-min performs or not, Son Heung-min's play is also the subject of much attention in the region. It is necessary to prove its value once again, especially as issues related to recent renewal overlap, such as the aging curve being discussed.
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Nottingham will also face 4-2-3-1. Chris Wood will be on the front line, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White and Antony Elanga will be on the second line. Elliot Anderson and Ryan Yates defend the midfield. Nico Williams-Murillo-Nicola Milenkovic-Ola Aina makes a four-back, and Mats Selz protects the goal.
Tottenham met Nottingham twice last season and won all of them. In the 17th round away match held on December 15, Hishalisson and Kulusevski won 2-0 with consecutive goals, and in the home game on April 7 this year, they won 3-1 by combining the opponent's own goals, Mickey van der Penn and Pedro Porro.
Reporter Park Chan-joon vanbasten@sportschosun.com
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
