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Son Heung-min is about to face Thomas Muller. Müller emphasized that he always won the match against Son Heung-min in the past.
TalkSport UK said on the 19th (Korea time) "Son Heung-min has maintained good performance since moving to MLS, but now he is facing a situation where he will face Thomas Muller and recall his past trauma."," he reported.
Son Heung-min, who moved to LAFC, scored 10 goals and two assists in 12 games to lead his team to the Eastern Conference playoff semifinals. The team Son Heung-min will face there is Müller's Vancouver Whitecaps. This match is already drawing attention as a showdown between two players representing Germany and South Korea. Müller is ahead of Son in his opponent's match.
According to the media, Müller and Son Heung-min faced off a total of nine times, including the club and the national team. Seven of them were when Son Heung-min was in the German Bundesliga.
Asked about the past face-off, Müller said "When we went away to Hamburg at the time, we always won big. It was like an 8-2 or 9-1 match, he said. "But it's not appropriate to go back to the past and compare Son Heung-min because he was a really talented young player at the time."
Son Heung-min's victory over Mueller is in the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. At that time, South Korea beat Germany 2-0 to produce an unusual event that eliminated them from the preliminary round.
Son Heung-min and Mueller will face off on the 23rd. Mueller predicted that this game would be a close game, but pointed out LAFC's distinct weaknesses.
Müller added: `In recent weeks LAFC is too dependent on Dennis Buanga and Son Heung-min"If the two of you don't score, the team can't score. It's really hard to stop these two, but if we succeed, we have a chance of winning.' Then "It's my first conference semifinal. We're going to win, and we're thinking that," he added.
Müller has 9 goals and 3 assists in 10 games, adapting quickly in MLS. A former Bayern Munich legend, he will try to win the MLS Cup this time.
Müller was able to adapt "really easily (to MLS). The team put me in a good position, and they made me a penalty in every game"I'm not here to play, I'm here to play soccer seriously. The goal was to play here as well."
"I don't know how long it will take for a new country, a new league, a new team to completely melt into the team," he said. "I've always been able to adapt quickly to things, and I've often fine-tuned my style of play. It's nothing special."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
