Former coach Cha Bum-keun celebrated junior Son Heung-min's victory in the UEFA Europa League through his soccer class Instagram on the 22nd.온라인카지노
"He lifted the UEFA Cup. On the morning of my birthday," Cha said. "The day I lifted the heavy cup was the 21st night and it was the 22nd in our time. We had a championship party and celebrated my birthday that night. What a coincidence."
"It's a gift that's hard to get in a lifetime. I feel calm knowing his hard work to celebrate without thinking about it," he said. "Heungmin, you did a great job. You're the best!" he encouraged his junior.
Son Heung-min played as a substitute in the 2024-2025 UEFA Europa League final between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at San Mames in Bilbao, Spain, early in the day and joined his team in a 1-0 victory.
Tottenham enjoyed the joy of winning the tournament for the first time in 41 years after winning the UEFA Cup in 1983-1984 by keeping Brennan Johnson's winning goal in the 42nd minute of the first half.
Son Heung-min also lifted his first trophy at the club 10 years after joining Tottenham in 2015. He also lifted his first trophy in his career, easing his lingering sense of indifference.
Son became the fifth Asian player to win the European Grand Prix. The first player to win the title was Cha Bum-keun, who congratulated Son.
Cha Bum-keun won his first UEFA Cup title in his second season after moving to Einracht Frankfurt (Germany) in the 1979-1980 season. In the final, he met Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany) and won the title in the first and second leg of the finals 3-3 on aggregate and away goals (2-0). Cha Bum-keun's mentioned victory on his birthday was then held at the Commerzbank Arena (then named) in Frankfurt's home stadium, on May 21.
As time passed, Cha moved to Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 1983. He then won the UEFA Cup again in the 1987-1988 season. Although he was just 35 years old, Cha scored an important equalizer in the second leg of the UEFA Cup Final against Spain, making it 3-3 overall in the first and second legs, leading the team to a shootout and winning with the help of his teammates.
Cha Bum-keun is also the only two-time European champion. Following this, Kim Dong-jin and Lee Ho (Jenit St. Petersburg) won the UEFA Cup in the 2007-2008 season. They were two players who entered Europe for a short time, but they played as a member of the prestigious Russian Zenit and made their name in European soccer history.
In the same season, Park Ji-sung (Manchester United) beat Chelsea in the Champions League final in Moscow, Russia, to lift the big year.
Unfortunately, however, Park did not play in the final against Chelsea. After suffering a knee injury in the first half of the year, Park was active in the second half and was a key player for Manchester United, but when he was not included in the final, Korean soccer fans were shocked at the time.
Since then, coach Alex Ferguson has also confessed that he regrets removing Park Ji-sung from the list, but he deserved the winning medal by playing full-time in the first and second quarterfinals against AS Roma (Italy) and in the first and second semifinals against Barcelona (Spain).
Son Heung-min, who won the European Championship trophy after his seniors, said in an interview with British broadcaster TNT Sports after the match, "I'm so proud to win the title as a Korean. I'm so grateful to my Korean fans. "It's 4 a.m. and they cheered me on like crazy. It's a victory for you guys."
Cha Bum-keun and Son Heung-min both started their overseas careers in Germany, and especially played for Bayer Leverkusen, the Bundesliga's winner last season. Adding to this is the commonality that they had experience of winning the Europa League.