[Report File] Son Heung-min, Premier League's best decision... European statistics company "That's why world class"

"There is nothing more to do to get Son Heung-min into the ranks of'World Class'."

(Director Jose Mourinho)

The person who is most uncomfortable with this evaluation may be Son Heung-min, himself.

Even after scoring four goals in one game, he was a humble player who answered, "Thanks to Harry Kane for assisting," and "It's important that the team wins. All players are the main characters" in the evaluation of the lead of victory.

Even on days when special records are set, they often say,'The record doesn't matter' and'We deserve to win'.

Earlier, his father, Son Woong-jeong, said, "Heung-min is never a world class."

"What I have now is a miracle opportunity that Heaven gave me a while when I was young," he stressed to his son, "You must be humble until the day you retire."

This humility in the body must have helped Son Heung-min grow.

It is the result of repeated efforts that are seldom satisfied with themselves.

On the one hand, I wonder if it would have received a higher evaluation if I had not lowered myself like this.

Like Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), who often deifies himself, saying "I can't help but laugh when I think about how perfect I am," "I'm a wine-like player that gets better with time."

good thing about

Heung-min is that Son Heung-min doesn't have to spook like Zlatan.

The indicators that Son Heung-min is'world class' are being revealed one after another.

Above all, the power of determination is the best in Europe.

European statistics companies have been studying indicators that objectify the'determinism' of soccer players.

A representative example is the'Determinism Index' developed by British statistics company OPTA.

A comparison of how many goals a particular player scored than the average player.

As big data analysis becomes possible, sophistication is added.

Opta took a look at over 300,000 shots with artificial intelligence.

Through this, the probability of scoring is calculated using variables such as the moment the shot is taken ▶ the goal and the distance ▶ the angle ▶ the defensive position.

calculated and added value of this probability for all shooting scenes is the expected goal xG.

The high expected score means that we have a lot of opportunities to score.

He is a player who can smell the so-called'goal'.

Depending on the expected goals scored, you can estimate how decisive chances were missed and, conversely, how difficult goals were scored.

Opta measures the Determinism Index by calculating the difference between actual and expected goals.

Let's analyze it as a concrete case of being

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Opta revealed that Son Heung-min's deterministic index is number one in the Premier League this season.

In the case of Son Heung-min, who took the lead in scoring with eight goals this season, the expected goal in seven games was only 2.72 goals.

It is an analysis that it would have been difficult for the average player to score 3 goals in the same environment as Son Heung-min.

Likewise, Calbert-Lewin's expected goal of scoring eight goals is over five.

The decisive opportunity means that he has more than Son Heung-min.

Even if he scored the same 8 goals, it is evidence that Son Heung-min was more determined.

Even if the period is expanded after the 2018~2019 season, Son Heung-min is still the best in the league.

The determinism index was higher than that of Sadio Manet and Harry Kane.

Lionel Messi (15.18) representing La Liga, Lewandowski (-2.05), the strongest Bundesliga, and Ronaldo (1.53) of Serie A are all under Son Heung-min.

Son Heung-min stands out in the deterministic index developed by Grace Note, a subsidiary of Nielsen, an American data specialist, familiar as a viewer rating research institution.

Over the past five years, Son Heung-min has scored 61 goals in the league, far exceeding expectations (44.09 goals).

Grace Note's Director Seung-Woo Lee said, "They showed 38% better decision-making power than the average player. In the same period, the only player who showed better decision-making power than Son Heung-min in the five European leagues during the same period was Edang Hazard."

. Based on these statistics, Grace Note released the Global Player Index (GPI) with Hypercube of the Netherlands.

This is a number that objectively evaluates the players' abilities across positions, and is disclosed only to customer clubs around the world.

The purchased teams use it as a data to objectively evaluate player value.

It is updated every Tuesday, and according to the latest data obtained by SBS, Son Heung-min is currently ranked 21st in the world.

On the 22nd, Son Heung-min, who was ranked 25th after Cristiano Ronaldo, climbed four places to the highest ranking ever.

It is similar to Man City's Jejus and Marez.

First place is Lewandowski and second place is Lionel Messi.

Son Heung-min, who was ranked 137 at the time of joining Tottenham, continued to develop after being ranked in the first 100 in April 2017.

In the contribution to victory announced by British investment firm Carteret, Son Heung-min is steadily rising.

It is a figure that calculates the degree of involvement in the game, how he played the decisive role that changed the game in offense and defense.

Son Heung-min, who was 7th in the team with 243.1 in the 2017-2018 season, climbed to 307.2 (2nd place) in the 2019-2020 season, and this season reached a whopping 526.7.

It's early in the season, but surpasses Lionel Messi's 418.2 in Barcelona last season.

Based on this, Carteret estimated the value of Son Heung-min at 11 billion (75.1 million pounds).

There may still be doubts.

'There are ups and downs in my performance' or when I comprehensively judge Tottenham's current performance, it's still not enough.

However, statistical analysts contend that no player has continuously improved like Son Heung-min.

Opta's manager Ryan Bahia said, "Shon Heung-min, who wears both feet well, has steadily increased since his debut. His market value has never fallen."

The explosive speed, Son Heung-min's talent, has never been downhill.

Son Heung-min has sprinted a total of 139 times in 7 games this season.

It runs every four minutes.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of sprints per 90 minutes increased by 77% from 13 to 23.

The top speed has already exceeded the 34.17km/h record in the 6th round Leicester City game last year, compared to the Southampton game (34.96km/h).

In a report released last month by Carteret, Son Heung-min's market value nearly doubled in just three years.

While negotiations for renewal with Tottenham are in full swing, Son Heung-min, one of the most underrated players, is being reevaluated.

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