Radu Dragusin (22) sent infinite trust toward ‘captain’ Son Heung-min (32, Tottenham Hotspur).
Tottenham lost 1-2 to Bayern Munich in two 2024 Coupang Play Series games at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 3rd.
Tottenham couldn’t avoid defeat in front of Korean fans, which they met again in two years. Tottenham also visited Korea with Son Heung-min in 2022 and hosted friendly matches with Team K League (6-3 win) and Sevilla (1-1 draw). They won 4-3 against Team K League again this time, but knelt down 1-2 against Munich.
Munich won the first match in the club’s history in Korea. Munich stepped on the Korean soil for the first time in its 124-year history since its foundation in 1900, and smiled as it caught Tottenham in front of Korean fans.
Tottenham produced a 4-2-3-1 formation. Dejan Kulusevski, Son Heung-min, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Archie Gray-Pape Sarr, Jed Spence-Ben Davies-Radou Dragucin-Pedro, and Guglielmo Vicario (GK) started the game.
Munich also played a 4-2-3-1 formation. Gabriel Vidovic, Matisse Tel-Thomas Müller-Serge Gnabry, Aleksandar Pavlovic-Jozua Kimmich, Rafael Geheiro, Kim Min-jae, Josip Stanisic and Shasha Boy, and Manuel Neuer (GK) were the first to join the team.
He is Dragushin who received the first chance to play in the pre-season. He missed the Japanese tour last month when he played in the UEFA Europa League for the Romanian national team, and immediately flew to Korea to join his Tottenham teammates.
Dragusin, who started training late, was substituted in the 27th minute of the second half in the match against the K-League last year. Perhaps due to his condition, he was the latest Tottenham player to step on the pitch. Manager Engie Postecoglou replaced him with fullback Davis and Emerson Royal to form the central defense.
Dragusin played against Munich after preheating. However, his performance did not meet expectations. The defense team was not in sync overall, and Tottenham faced numerous crises throughout the first half, struggling to cope with Munich’s forward pressure. Eventually, Dragusin was replaced by Emerson at the beginning of the second half.
Nevertheless, Dragusin said in a mixed zone interview after the game, “It’s great to play with my teammates again. I’m glad to be back. I have to prepare 100 percent for next season. I feel great because I think I started off with a good game.”
What kind of player is the “captain” Son Heung-min has experienced for half a year? “I always believe in Son’s leadership as our captain and I believe in his experiences. He is always a good captain,” he said with force.
Finally, Dragic said, “As a soccer player, my goal is to become a better player every season. It’s always the same,” vowing to improve my performance in the next season. He joined Tottenham Hotspur through the winter transfer window last season, but was mainly benched by Mickey van der Ben-Christian Romero, who returned after injury. Dragic has to compete fiercely to become a starting member. 스포츠토토
Dragushin also received attention from Yang Min-hyuk (Kangwon FC), who will soon become a Tottenham teammate. Yang didn’t seem to know Dragushin at all. After being replaced in the second half of the match against Tottenham, he asked Cho Hyun-woo, “Are you famous (Tottenham) six times?” Then Lee Myung-jae replied, “Dragushin,” and Yang Min-hyuk asked again, “Are you famous?”