Son Heungmin isn't here? Tottenham to escape without spectators, Europa's best 11 MVP is Romero

May 23, 2025

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Tottenham, who lifted the Europa League, has a slope.

On the 22nd (Korea time), UEFA revealed the best players in each Europa League part in the 2024-2025 season.

Tottenham won 1-0 in the Europa League (UEL) final (one-off match) of the 2024-2025 season against Manchester United at Estadio San Mames in Bilbao, Spain on the 22nd. Tottenham, which led with Brennan Johnson's winning goal in the 42nd minute of the first half, endured Manchester United's wave offensive well the rest of the time and won the title for the first time in 17 years since lifting the 2007-2008 League Cup. It was the first time in 41 years that the European club won the 1983-1984 UEFA Cup.

Son Heung-min also finally released his anger from the military. It was his first major victory since his professional debut in the 2010-2011 season. Son Heung-min has played on the world's best stages, including the German Bundesliga, the English Premier League (EPL), the European Champions League (UCL), and the FIFA World Cup, but has never been at the top. The gold medal at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games was the only winning record. The Asian Games are not organized by FIFA. He reached the UCL in the 2018-2019 season and the League Cup final in the 2020-2021 season, but all finished second. They lost 0-2 to Liverpool in the 2019 UCL final and 0-1 to Manchester City in the 2021 League Cup final.

Tottenham, who escaped from the military, produced as many as four players in the best 11. Striker Dominic Solanke, defender Pedro Porro, Christian Romero and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario were honored. Unfortunately, there was no name for Son Heung-min.

Solanke, Rayan Sherki (Lyon) and Niko Williams (Atlantic Clube) were on the offensive side of the Europa League's best 11, which was 4-3-3, and Bruno Fernandes-Casemiro (Manchester United) and Patrick Berg (Bodo/Glimt) were on the waistline. The defense consisted of Porro-Romero-Robin Koch (Frank Frankfurt)-Frederck Bierkan (Baud/Glint).

The MVP was up to Romero 'Vice captain'. UEFA chose Romero as the most valuable player in the Technical Observer Group. He explained that he led Tottenham to the championship for the first time in 17 years. Romero was named MOM for his best performance in the final and was also named MVP. Romero played all the Europa League quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals full time.