Son Heungmin's 9th goal of the season! Tottenham end first half of 20 lead away from Hoffenheim!

Jan 24, 2025

[Free Zero Arena (Ginsheim, Germany) = Egan Sports Chosun Dotcom reporter] Son Heung-min (Tottenham) scored his ninth goal of the season. Tottenham finished the first half 2-0 away to Hoffenheim.

Son Heung-min scored in the 22nd minute of the first half when he was leading 1-0 in the seventh round of the Europa League between Tottenham and Hoffenheim at the Zinsheim Free Zero Arena in Germany on the afternoon of the 23rd (local time). It was Son's ninth goal of the season.

Son Heung-min stepped up to the left wing. Son Heung-min, Hishalisson and Klushevski formed a three-top. In the pre-match warm-up, Son Heung-min went to the left and Hishalisson came out as the front-line one-top. Klushevski competed on the right wing. Madison stepped up as a central attacking midfielder. Veribal and Bentancourt followed. With Davis and Draguchin building center backs, Porro and Gray stepped up as side fullbacks. Austin kept the goal.

In the third minute of the first half, Hishali Song came out to the side. He grabbed the ball and sprayed the pass to the center. Klushevsky stormed in. The goalkeeper caught it.

3 min Tottenham scored the first goal. The prisoner took it for me. Madison hit it in the second line. After catching the ball in the back space of the defense, he shot and shook the net as it was. In three minutes, Tottenham took the lead.

Hoffenheim also fought back. In the 7th minute of the first half, Hlozek hit a shot in front of the arc circle. Bentancourt saved it. 9 min Tottenham fought back. He shook the defense by exchanging passes in front of the Hoffenheim gate. However, he couldn't even connect to the shot.In the 12th minute, the pass went in from the second line and Hishalisson shot it. The goalkeeper hit it. 14 min Son Heung-min grabbed the ball from the left line and went in. I stabbed the pass to a prisoner who was running in from the other side. The prisoner shot as it was. He got out of the way of the goal.

In the 16th minute of the first half, Davis stabbed a sharp pass. Son Heung-min dug into the back space. After beating the defender, he hit the shot as it was. It went over the goal.

Son Heung-min scored an additional goal in the 22nd minute of the first half. Hoffenheim made a pass miss. Madison snatched the ball in. He passed to Son Heung-min, who was running next to him. It was deflected off the defender. Son Heung-min caught it well. Then, the shot was deflected off the defender and sucked into the goal. Tottenham took a 2-0 lead.

Tottenham kept pushing their opponents. Klushevski counterattacked in the 28th minute of the first half. He crossed. The defender cleared Madison before catching him.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Hoffenheim was shot by Bischoff inside the gate. The Austin goalkeeper hit it. In the 40th minute of the first half, Hoffenheim also created a good chance. A cross came up from the side. I connected it with a shot. The defender cleared it. Mörstedt shot again. He deflected off the defender and headed for Austin.

Tottenham increased their possession the rest of the time. Madison scored a free kick in the 44th minute of the first half. Veribal tried a header. The goalkeeper hit it. The first half ended with a 2-0 lead from away side Tottenham.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.