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Thursday, December 17, 2020 18:52 | Tottenham Hotspur
The wonderful purpose of Heung-Min Son opposite Burnley won the FIFA Puskas Award for Best Goal at the 2020 Best FIFA Football Awards.
The South Korean star placed behind 3 of a list of 11, then defeated Luis Suárez, his purpose for Barcelona, now with Atlético de Madrid, and Giorgian de Arrascaeta for the Brazilian appearance Flamengo at the price, he announced from a distance of virtual FIFA. ceremony. tonight. This is the first time a Spurs player has won a FIFA award.
Sonny’s astonishing performance came in a 5-0 Premier League win over Clarets at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 7, 2019.
He returned the ball just outside our penalty domain with 30. 55 on the clock. His initial explosion took him away from Robbie Brady and James Tarkowski and a direct jink left Dwight McNeil in its wake. Now running at full speed, Sonny slipped past Erik Pieters and ran toward the box. Matthew Lowton couldn’t catch him, Ben Mee couldn’t take the canopy and when Nick Pope came out Sonny steadied himself and came in from the penalty spot, 31. 07 on the clock – 12 seconds magicArray from start to finish.
This is how Sonny described it at the time. “I saw Dele running down the left, and a lot of Burnley players,” he said. “I tried to transfer to Dele first, he was open but the right back was following him and it was to overtake him, so just an idea ‘Am I going to go?’ And I put my reinforcement on it.
“It was the right time to put the reinforcement! After two or 3 seconds I was in front of the purpose, surprised and especially when you write down this type of resolution at home it makes me very proud.
Speaking after winning the Puskas Award tonight, the sometimes modest Sonny said: “After scoring the goal, I had no idea it was such a goal. As soon as I knew after the game, when I saw him again, I thought “wow, that was something special. “
“During the game you are focused, after the game I was so surprised to be so far away, so many people around me… it was a feeling.