Kane’s shot processed Minu’s pass non-stop.
“Crazy…!”
Pickford grit his teeth.
Before today’s match.
Ancelotti and the Everton coaching staff had asserted that Kane and Son Hyung-jin were the only two players to watch out for at Tottenham.
In fact, the players had thought so too.
‘Just needed to block the ball flow so that a joint goal between the two wouldn’t connect…!’
If they had maintained the momentum of the first half, where they won the midfield battle, a crisis like this might not have come.
If it weren’t for just one person.
‘What is that kid doing…?’
If it weren’t for the existence of Minu, who completely changed the atmosphere of the match.
[Kane! As Kane goes in, he strikes it non-stop—!]
Pickford urgently threw his body toward the fast-paced shot, but.
Swish—!
Wowww—!
Without being able to stop the concession, he could only watch the net shake.
[78th minute of the match! With Kane’s opening goal, Tottenham makes the score 1-0!]
[Goooal! It’s a goal! Harry Kane! Reporting his first goal right from the league opening match!]
[It was a calm and sharp finish! Lee’s pass, which caught Everton off guard, was also incredible!]
[It’s a performance to the extent that it’s hard to believe it’s his debut! Chance creation is chance creation, dribbling breakthroughs and passes, and now he even records an attacking point!]
Kane, who succeeded in scoring, rushed to Minu first and hugged him.
“Minu! I was right, wasn’t I?”
“Haha… It’s a wonderful goal, Kane.”
“It was a truly fantastic pass. Keep feeding me passes like this in the future too!”
Even after assisting Kane’s goal.
Minu’s stellar performance continued endlessly.
[Ah! Lee! Escaping pressure once again! He skillfully breaks away from the opponent’s pressing!]
“Guh…!”
Receiving the ball from the back and advancing, peeling off the opponent’s pressure.
After drawing the opponent in.
Tuk—.
Without forcing it, he hands the ball over to Alli, who is next to him.
[Lee doesn’t force it. To Alli!]
[His judgment in each situation is so good, you see? He correctly identifies whether it’s time for him to drag the ball in further or to utilize his colleague!]
Like this.
Minu took charge of a large axis in Tottenham’s build-up process, making it essential to pass through the right side, but Everton found it hard to disrupt that build-up easily.
Even if they recklessly descended upon him in unison to snatch Minu’s ball.
[Gomes and Richarlison press Lee at the same time!]
“?!”
“…Ugh…!”
[Ah! Lee! Once again, La Croqueta! Lee, who escapes the pressure of the two players with instantaneous high speed!]
[It’s a very relaxed ability to escape pressure! It’s a beautiful movement!]
It was a regular occurrence for him to slip away by moving his body and legs in an instant.
And since they tried to cut off Tottenham’s rear ball line so that the ball wouldn’t go to Minu.
“Toby!”
Didn’t Minu, who came down below the third line, receive Alderweireld’s ball?
[In a situation where there is nowhere to pass, Lee appears!]
[Lee, who receives Alderweireld’s ball!]
[In today’s match, Lee is not left out of Tottenham’s build-up!]
“Damn it! Stop Lee!”
“Don’t let him come up! Right away!”
At that sight, the Everton squad began to move, foaming at the mouth. Since it was Tottenham’s danger zone anyway, it would be a good opportunity to stop Minu’s activity and create a chance.
But
‘Roughly, this attack will be the last chance.’
Minu had already checked the remaining time and the situation upfront in advance for the next step, even before the opponent rushed in.
After tricking the opponent with a motion that looked like he would attempt a dribble breakthrough, Minu swung his left foot wide without any lingering attachment.
Tooooong—!
[Lee! He attempts a surprise long pass from the back!]
Tadatadat—!
Matching Minu’s surprise long pass developed from below the half-line, there was one player sprinting at a fast speed.
That player was none other than.
Ohhhh!
Another person responsible for Tottenham’s attack.
It was Son Hyung-jin.
[Sonny! Sonny is sprinting!]
[The Everton defenders have lost Sonny, haven’t they? Sonny! He catches the ball and runs!]
‘Although I felt it during training too…’
The trajectory, quality, and timing of the pass were so good.
Son Hyung-jin ran with a satisfied smile at the pass sent by his country’s junior, who was much younger than him.
Reaching near the penalty box in an instant, Son Hyung-jin did not hesitate and struck a curling shot from his trademark spot.
Bung—!
[Sonny! He shoots—!]
“FUCK!”
Pickford swore and threw his body at Son Hyung-jin’s curling shot, which mostly leads to a goal once it’s caught, but.
Swish—!
It was insufficient to stop the concession.
[Goooal! It’s a goal! In a situation ahead of the match’s conclusion, Sonny succeeds in scoring the team’s second goal!]
[Score 2-0! Tottenham drives a wedge into the match!]
Peep! Peep! Peep—!
Wowww!
[Score 2-0! Tottenham takes the opening match victory against Everton!]
[Tottenham, who takes the victory by turning the performance that was pushed back consistently in the first half into a massive turnaround in the second half!]
“We won.”
Before his regression, it was a match where Everton took a 1-0 victory with Calvert-Lewin’s goal, but this time it was different.
In a match where I originally wouldn’t have appeared, I came on as a substitute, recorded 2 assists, and the match ended in victory.
It could be called a good start in many ways.
“Lee.”
André Gomes, who collided with me several times in today’s match, came to find me.
“Ah, Gomes.”
“You played well today. It was impressive.”
“Thanks, you too.”
In fact, since Gomes is a technical player whose advantage is his forward-driving nature, he didn’t show very good efficiency in the movements attached to block me.
Anyway,
Being a player with a strength in technique, as if he was rather more impressed by my play, he took off his jersey and handed it over.
“Can we swap jerseys?”
“Of course.”
After swapping jerseys with Gomes like that, the Everton players approached one by one and greeted me.
“Lee, you really played well today.”
“Seriously, the next time we meet, we won’t get caught like this.”
“Haha… You guys worked hard too.”
What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.
Within the match time, they fight like fire, but once the match is over, everyone greets each other like this and settles their emotions on the pitch.
Afterward.
Originally, he should have headed to the locker room with the players, but having been selected as today’s match MOM, he had to stand in the mixed zone instead of the locker room.
“Congratulations on your debut today, Lee. You recorded two attacking points from your debut match, was it a satisfying debut match?”
“Of course. To be able to step onto the pitch from the Premier League opening match is a great piece of luck. I’m so glad that I could luckily record attacking points because the harmony with my colleagues was good.”
Although I used sentences mixed with a certain degree of modesty, my words were close to the truth.
In this period before the regression, I spent my time in vain without properly knowing the preciousness of a match, but now it’s different.
No matter what match it is, I plan to pour my everything into the match I appear in.
After harvesting the sweet fruit of victory in the opening match against Everton.
[Tottenham Hotspur takes the opening match with a victory.]
[Lee Min-woo, who was involved in all goals, was selected as MOM.]
[The express prospect who demolished Everton, is a trusted Real-product?]
[From chance creation, passes, to attacking point production. A prospect who breathes new vitality into Tottenham?]
[A super rookie who appeared at Tottenham?]
[Jose Mourinho, ‘Minu is a talented player.’]
The media and experts focused on Minu’s performance.
Not to mention media articles, it was even dealt with in-depth on Match of the Day (MOTD), a Premier League review show.
“I already got goosebumps from this scene. This scene where he receives the ball from Højbjerg and straight away turns forward.”
“Ah, he certainly looks relaxed.”
“Being able to turn his body straight to the front upon receiving the ball means quite a lot. I’ll mention Lee’s other advantages later, but first, I definitely want to praise this point.”
As Ian Wright praised while shaking his head, Alan Shearer, who was sitting next to him, also nodded his head.
“His ability to protect the ball is also outstanding. What about his ability to escape pressure? The unique scent of Spanish football can be felt.”
As the panelists continued their praise until their mouths were dry, Gary Lineker smiled and played the next scene.
“Now, everyone must have screamed at this scene. It’s the scene that helped Kane’s goal.”
The scene where Minu, who escaped the pressure of Gomes and Doucouré utilizing personal skills, even avoided Lucas Digne’s pressure and delivered a cross.
Ian Wright clapped his hands and said.
“It’s very excellent. To be honest, showing this kind of seasoned play at that age itself is unbelievable.”
“Haha, they say Asians look less old compared to their age. If you look into it, Lee’s age might be older.”
At the appearance of Wright and Shearer exchanging jokes, Lineker asked with a mischievous expression.
“Oh, Ian. It’s a favorable response toward Tottenham players, which is unlike you?”
When pointing out the fact that he was from Arsenal, Wright chuckled.
“Lee belongs to Real Madrid. He’s just a loanee.”
“Haha! That’s a valid point.”
“That’s that. I don’t hate all Tottenham players. You can’t help but like players with class. For instance, like Kane or Sonny.”
Shearer, who was next to him, nodded his head and added words.
“From a striker’s perspective, if you see Lee’s cross scene, your mouth won’t close from joy. Look, Kane is also running in while smiling, right?”
“Oh, I see.”
“This is a level where it’s spoon-fed to score a goal. What striker would dislike a colleague who provides such a high-quality assist? Isn’t it the same for Lineker?”
“Haha, I admit it. I have no choice but to admit it. And, this scene will be like that too.”
Along with Lineker’s words, the next scene was played on the screen.
It was the scene of Son Hyung-jin’s wedge goal that exploded at the end of the match against Everton; on the screen, the appearance of Minu receiving the ball from a low area below the half-line and developing a long pass was seen.
“Oh, a kicking power and vision that can even command that kind of long pass. Real Madrid was truly nurturing a monster, wasn’t it?”
“It was a long pass that could utilize Sonny’s advantages one hundred percent. With that single pass from Lee, Sonny tore up the space behind and succeeded in scoring.”
“Since Eriksen’s transfer, the two players, Sonny and Kane, were in a situation where they had no choice but to rely on each other… If Lee increases the team’s chance creation like this in the future too, the story might become different.”
At Wright’s words, the other two people nodded their heads.
Most of a prospect’s performance was inconsistent, but if he only maintains the performance Minu showed in the 1st round.
If so, ascending to the throne as a new playmaker at Tottenham would not be an absurd thing.
“That aside, do you think Lee will appear as a winger next time too? I think it wouldn’t be bad for him to play in the center.”
“I sympathize. Actually, a Mezzala or central second-line doesn’t look bad either.”
“Since they say he played in the central second-line during actual practice matches, isn’t it a matter of watching and seeing?”
Meanwhile,
A star who, as a former Tottenham player, completed preparations to step onto the English stage after a long time.
Gareth Bale was also watching this video after getting off the plane.
“Lee… Minu? Hmm. Hmm… Ah! It’s that kid.”
Since he belonged to Team B through a double-promotion at the youth stage, he had seen him passing by.
Because he had also been called up to the first team occasionally to train together.
“Did his ability develop in just a few days? Back then, it wasn’t this kind of seasoned play…?”
Minu in Bale’s memory was a young talent who possessed outstanding foot skills, kicking power, and a mischievous personality. This means it wasn’t to the extent of making judgments that only a veteran of a hundred battles would show, like on the screen.
“This is why football is fun.”
The timing when a talented player pops the potential of that talent varies.
It could be today, or it could be tomorrow.
And there are frequent cases where talent fully blossoms after more than five years.
Even if Minu’s talent suddenly blossomed and he gained eyes to read the match, it wasn’t that strange of a thing.
He wondered if it would become a boring loan life in the twilight of his Madrid life, but.
“Minu, I should go see this cute fellow quickly.”
For some reason, Bale wore a deep smile at the thought that this Tottenham loan life was going to be extremely fun.
