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Tottenham Hotspur 'Captain' Son Heung-min (33) will take the lead in breaking through the first gateway to winning the Europa League.
Tottenham unveiled the starting list ahead of the first leg of the 2024-2025 UEFA Europa League (UEL) round of 16 match against AZ Alkmaar at 2:45 a.m. on the 7th (Korea time). Son Heung-min will start as a member of the three-top.
Coach Enze Postecoglou formed the players based on a 4-3-3 formation against Alkmaar. Brennan Johnson, Matisse Tell and Son Heung-min were deployed as three-top players. With Tel at the center, Johnson and Son Heung-min are expected to release their attacks in the form of left and right wingers.
Lucas Beribal, Rodrigo Bentancur and James Maddison will appear in the second round. Beribal and Bentancourt could come down to the third term and Madison could be in charge of coordinating the offense at the second. Four Bags are made up of Jed Spence, Archie Gray, Kevin Danso and Destiny Udogi. The starting goalkeeper is Guglielmo Vicario.
The Europa League is a stage where Tottenham can try to win the title for the last time this season. It has already fallen to 13th place in the league, making it unlikely to leap to the top. In the Carabao Cup, Liverpool were beaten in the semi-finals. He also failed in the FA Cup. The only chance to lift the trophy, which has not been lifted since 2008, is the Europa League.
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Tottenham played through the league phase 8, recording five wins, two draws, and one loss to win the round of 16 straight in fourth place. Manchester United also advanced to the round of 16 as third place (5 wins and 3 draws).
However, Tottenham is considered to be more likely to win. European soccer statistics media Opta's supercomputer ranked Tottenham second among 16 teams. The Sun, a British media outlet, revealed the probability of Opta Supercomputer winning the Europa League on the 6th.
Here, Italy's Serie A Lazio secured the highest probability of winning with 19.1%. After that is Tottenham. Tottenham has a 14.5% chance of winning the championship. On the other hand, Manchester United ranked fifth overall with only 7.4%.
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Son Heung-min's performance is absolutely required to make the 14.5% chance of winning the championship 100%. Son Heung-min has not won a championship in 10 years of his Tottenham career. The contract expires in June next year, so maybe this Europa League is the last chance to win. I'm more desperate than anyone else. He is also active in the Europa League with three goals and one assist. Attention is focusing on whether Son Heung-min will be able to defeat Alkmaar and lead the team to the championship.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
