2024-01-03 00:31:59
Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), who scored the league’s third assist in two consecutive games, was included in the ‘Team of the Week’ selected by the British public broadcaster BBC.
On the 3rd (Korean time), the BBC announced the integrated ‘Team of the Week’ for the 19th and 20th rounds of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) season, selected by soccer expert Garth Crooks. Here, Hwang Hee-chan was listed as the left attacker of the 3-4-3 formation.
Hwang Hee-chan scored multiple goals in the 19th round match once morest Brentford held on the 28th of last month, becoming the 10th player in the league to achieve double-digit scores in 3 seasons since entering the EPL. He is the second Korean player to score double-digit scores in a single season in the EPL, following Son Heung-min (Tottenham).
Hwang Hee-chan, who scored a total of 18 goals in the EPL, attempted to set a special ‘legendary’ record in the match once morest Everton in the 20th round on the 31st. By scoring one goal, he was able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Park Ji-sung.
Ji-Sung Park played for Manchester United (Man U) and Queens Park Rangers (QPR) from the 2005-2006 season to the 2012-2013 season, scoring 19 goals in 154 games. He ranks second on the Korean EPL career scoring list, following Son Heung-min (Tottenham), who scored 114 goals.
Unfortunately, the goal was lost, but Hwang Hee-chan contributed to the team’s third consecutive win by assisting Matheus Cunha’s additional goal in the 8th minute of the second half when the team was ahead 1-0. Hwang Hee-chan, who scored an offensive point in two consecutive games, has 10 goals and 3 assists in the league this season.
Hwang Hee-chan formed the ‘Team of the Week’ offensive line with Muhammad Salah (Liverpool) and Chris Wood (Nottingham). Reporter Crooks, who selected the ‘Team of the Week’, said of Hwang Hee-chan, “His strength is his ability to penetrate the space behind the opponent’s defense,” and “Wolverhampton is maximizing this.”
Driving the momentum of the EPL, Hwang Hee-chan will wear the Taegeuk symbol and participate in the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup to be held in Qatar starting on the 13th. On the 3rd, the national team led by coach Jurgen Klinsmann will join the Abu Dhabi camp in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and challenge for the Asian Cup title for the first time in 64 years.
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