"He's great not only as a soccer player but also as a human being."
It has been less than two months since he stepped on the Major League Soccer (MLS) stage, but the U.S. media has been fascinated by Son Heung-min (LAFC). Every day, Son Heung-min is pouring out his unique strengths and greatness. LA's leading media praised Son Heung-min for upgrading the team itself to a completely different personality from other superstars who came to LA in the past.
The LA Times, a leading newspaper in the LA region, said on the 23rd (Korean time) 'Son Heung-min is not only playing well at LA FC but also showing great performance as a human being. His friendly personality and friendly attitude changed the team's culture itself. LA FC's team atmosphere has become very bright, ' Before Son Heung-min joined, LA FC won only four games in 12 games. It was a very depressing situation, with both the FIFA Club World Cup and the League Cup eliminated, but everything has changed since Son Heung-min came.
In fact, Son Heung-min is leading the team's portrait with an incredible performance just seven weeks after joining LA FC. Son Heung-min has played in seven games (6 starts) so far with LA FC, scoring six goals and three assists, literally "chewing" the league. In particular, he formed a horror 'Heungbu Duo' in perfect harmony with Dennis Buanga. For the first time in LAFC history, they have collaborated on hat tricks for three consecutive games. Son Heung-min scored No. 1 and Buanga No. 2 hat tricks. It was also selected as the 35th round 'Team of the Week'.
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Regarding their combination, global sports media ESPN reported, `Son Heung-min and Buanga continue to bully the opposing defense. Both players scored all four of their team's goals in a 4-1 victory over Salt Lake"In a broader sense, Son Heung-min and Buanga have all 12 goals that LA FC has scored in the last three games." There is fear in the front line."
Buanga, who was just a good striker before joining Son Heung-min, grew into a top class in the league after meeting Son Heung-min. Currently, the Korean team is competing with Lionel Messi of the Miami Marlins for the Golden Boot. Buanga had 13 goals in 21 games before joining Son Heung-min, and he has scored nine goals in seven games as he has been directly affected by synergy since joining Son Heung-min.
Both this evolution of the wealthy and LA FC's rise come from Son Heung-min.
In particular, the LA Times compared Son Heung-min to Carlos Bellar, a former striker on the Mexican national team who entered the MLS Hall of Fame as a legend of LA FC, or Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a former Swedish national team player who played in 2018 and 2019 with the LA Galaxy. This is to emphasize that Son Heung-min is much better compared to the two legends.
The LA Times reported that although Bella had played for LA FC for seven years, she was sometimes fickle and feisty. Zlatan was also ranked at the top of the scoring list in MLS for two seasons, but he frequently criticized his teammates. This could be why the LA Galaxy stayed in the bottom half while Zlatan was there,' it said.
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On the other hand, Son Heung-min continued to claim that he is delivering different synergies to the team with his unique bright energy and good personality. The media reported that unlike Bellar or Zlatan, Son is attracting all his colleagues around him. Kindness and humanity spread throughout the team. As a result, Buanga appeared selfless as he passed to Son Heung-min instead of shooting at an empty post. As a result, Son Heung-min and Buanga combined for 12 goals in the last three games, and for the first time in the team's history, they combined for hat tricks in three consecutive games. LA FC praised him, saying, 'He is now the favorite to win the MLS Cup.'"
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
