Son Heungmin's shooting sense is back! Showing sharpness in the last training session

May 21, 2025

[Estadio San Mames (Bilbao, Spain) = Egan Sports Chosun.com reporter] Son Heung-min (Tottenham) shot was sharp. He finished official training showing off his best condition.

Tottenham will play Manchester United in the Europa League (UEL) final in the 2024-2025 season at Estadio San Mames in Bilbao, Spain, on the afternoon of the 21st (local time). On the 20th, a day before the match, Tottenham held an official press conference and training.

Son appeared at the press conference as the player's representative. He said "Thank you to the Korean fans for supporting us until late at night and early in the morning" and "I want to give them laughter and trophies as gifts."

Tottenham then held an official training session. Son Heung-min took the left wing in tactical training. He showed various aspects, such as a movement from the side to the center and a cross while spreading wide to the side. In particular, the shooting became sharp. Son Heung-min also scored a goal by hitting a shot that came into the center and wound up. In shooting training, he also adjusted the zero with sharp shots.

For Son Heung-min, this is the most important game in his soccer life. He is the 'Lord of the Royal Family'. Never won a single championship in his club career. Since debuting in Hamburg in 2010, Leverkusen and Tottenham. He never won a championship. At least, he has won the national team stage. He once led his juniors to a gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, Jakarta.

On the club stage, he was frustrated on the threshold of winning three times. In the 2016-2017 season, Tottenham ranked second in the English Premier League (EPL). He advanced to the final of the European Champions League (UCL) in the 2018-2019 season. However, they lost the final against Liverpool 0–2 in Madrid, Spain. In the 2020-2021 Carabao Cup (League Cup) final, he failed to overcome Manchester City and finished second.

If Tottenham beats Manchester United, Son Heung-min will become the fourth Korean player to win after Cha Bum-keun, the former national team coach who led Frankfurt (Germany) to the UEFA Cup (the predecessor of the Europa League) in 1980 and 1988, and Kim Dong-jin and Lee Ho, who won the title for Zenit St. Petersburg in 2008.

The Europa League final between Tottenham and Manchester United will be held at 9 p.m. local time on the 21st and 4 a.m. Korean time on the 22nd. It is available live on the SPOTV Prime channel and the sports OTT service SPOTV NOW.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.