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Recently, in the UK, special articles about Son Heung-min continue.
The influential media Independent with a tradition analyzed that Son Heung-min's goal-determination power exceeded Messi and Ronaldo, the best in Europe in the past five years.
This is reporter Kim Hyung-yeol.
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Son Heung-min scored 12 goals with 28 shots in the league this season.
When analyzing the shooting distance, angle, and defensive position with big data, the expected score was only 5.39 goals, but it exceeded twice the expected goal by making many high-difficulty shots with a low success rate.
The Independent analyzed statistics from the last five years in an article highlighting Son Heung-min's goal-making power.
Son Heung-min scored a whopping 19 goals more than the expected 42.4 goals with 61 goals since August 2016.
With 44.41% higher scoring power than expected, it overtook 21.31% of Messi's'football god'.
Ronaldo scored only 0.67% more actual goals than expected.
[Greg Brady/football commentator: Son Heung-min seems to score a goal whenever he catches the ball.
If the trend is right now, the scorer is enough.] The
Independent cannot conclude that he is the best striker simply by comparing the expected score, but Son Heung-min said that Son Heung-min has overpowered Messi and Ronaldo for a long time in terms of finishing ability, and there is no sign of being pursued. Fantastic goal determination is expected to continue for some time.
(Video editing: Kim Byung-jik)