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Napoli, who are expected to win the league as time goes by, showed a complete 4-0 victory for Sasuolo.

Their performance was so surprising that they could not hide their surprise, and especially the overlapping of Min-Jae Kim’s fast speed and participating in the attack was very impressive.

It was an interesting game for their performance, and the contents of the game were as follows.

Napoli’s starting lineup and formation were 4-3-3- with an optimal squad.

• GK – Alex Meret
• DF – Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Juan Jesus, Min-Jae Kim, Mario Rui
• MF – Andre Zambo Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, Piotr Zielinski
• FW – Hirving Lozano, Victor Osimhen, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Sasuolo’s starting lineup and formation were 4-3-3, and the squad was as follows.

• GK – Andrea Consigli
• DF – Jeremy Toljan, Martin Erlic, Gian Marco Ferrari, Rogerio
• MF – David Davide Frattesi, Maxime Lopez, Kristian Thorstvedt
• FW – Emil Konradsen Ceide, Andrea Pinamonti, Armand Lauriente

It was Napoli, who scored the first goal in a short period of time, with Giovanni Di Lorenzo’s cross from the right side and Kvaratshelia’s header pass from the side in the fourth minute of the match.

Mario Rui tries to shoot from the left side in the 7th minute, but Min-Jae Kim’s cross and Andre Zambo Anguissa try to head over the net in the 12th minute, but Armand Lauriente tries to penetrate the net in the 16th minute, and Andrea Pinamonti continues to shoot but leaves the net.

In the 19th minute, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s central pass and Victor Osimhen scored a goal right from the right, and Victor Osimhen scored a multi-goal, and Trostbet attempted to shoot after dribbling in the 21st minute, but Alex Meret caught the ball.

Kbaratsu Helia tries to penetrate in the 26th minute, but is blocked by defenders and Armand Lauriente tries to shoot from the left in the 28th minute, but Alex Meret interferes.

Napoli’s corner kick cross in the 31st minute, followed by Victor Osimhen, who tries to head, but leaves the net and Andrea Pinamonti attempts a mid-range shot in the 34th minute, but Alex Meret catches the ball.

In the 36th minute, Mario Rui’s front cross, Kbaratsu Helia, received the ball and scored lightly, and it was Kbaratsu Helia, who scored one goal and two assists.

Kvaratsu Helia tries to score a volley shot from Mario Rui in the 39th minute, but Kvaratsu Helia tries to shoot a mid-range shot in the 42nd minute after crossing the net, but it is off the net.

At the end of the first half, Oh Si-men took the shooting timing from the right in the 46th minute, but was blocked by Gian Marco Ferrari, and Oh Si-men’s central pass from the right in the 51st minute, Kbaratsu Helia missed the ball, Min-Jae Kim’s overlapping in the 52nd minute, and Kbaratsu Helia tried to shoot, but was blocked by the defender.

In the 59th minute, Ndombele’s forward pass, Victor Osimhen, tries to pass, but is blocked by the defender and Ndombele tries to shoot in the 60th minute, but it is off the net.

Kbaratsu Helia’s pass in the 60th minute, Giovanni Di Lorenzo tried to penetrate but failed to shoot, and Raspadori tried to shoot with Napoli’s free-kick kicker in the 76th minute, but missed the opponent’s pass in the 77th minute, followed by Victor Osimhen scoring a hat trick with a chip shot.

In the 84th minute, Davide Frattesi clashed with Dembe, and the referee declared a red card to Davide Frattesi and Janoli attempted to shoot from the right in the 88th minute, but it went off the net.

In the 92nd minute, Hirving Lozano attempts a mid-range shot, but the 12th round ends with a score of 4-0.

No one can stop Napoli

Napoli’s winning booster engine seemed unstoppable. The victory marked Napoli’s 13th straight win, and they easily caught Sasuolo with perfect offense and defense.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen were in the attack, and Min-Jae Kim and veteran full-backs Mario Rui and Giovanni Di Lorenzo were in defense, which seemed to replace Sasuolo’s attack well.

In particular, the pass after center back Min-Jae Kim’s overlapping was quite threatening, and it meant that Napoli did not have a lot of offensive routes and defensive burdens against their opponents in terms of being able to show this play.

It was Napoli, who dominated the game, and Napoli was about to play in the sixth group match of the Champions League against Liverpool in the next game, and they are currently ranked first in the league and even mentioned winning the league without defeat.

Records

In the match, Napoli had six effective shots out of 18 and Sasuolo had six effective shots out of 10.

The possession and pass were dominated by Napoli, and Sasuolo was given a yellow card and a red card in the match.

The highest score in the match was 9.6 points for Victor Osimhen, who scored a hat-trick, and Kvaratsu Helia received a 9.1 rating.

Min-Jae Kim scored 7.9 points and Mario Rui scored 8.5 points, and Sasuolo, who was completely defeated, had a poor rating.

Mallorca, who caught Valencia, will now play against Espanyol with only one winning streak left, and their winning streak will be out of the question with a 1-1 draw and Espanyol’s amazing score.

Mallorca had to look for victory in the next game, but it was Mallorca’s Espanyol match, where coach Javier Aguirre was sent off for a red card.

Mallorca’s starting lineup and formation was Mallorca, who came out with the best squad at 5-3-2.

• GK – Predrag Rajkovic
• DF – Pablo Maffeo, Martin Valjent, Antonio Raillo, Jose Copete, Jaume Costa
• MF – Daniel Rodriguez, Iddrisu Baba Mohammed, Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta
• FW – Vedat Muriqi, Kang-In Lee

Espanyol’s starting lineup and formation were 4-4-2 to see Martin Braithwaite.

• GK – Benjamin Lecomte
• DF – Oscar Gil, Sergi Gomez, Leandro Cabrera, Brian Olivan
• MF – Martin Braithwaite, Vinicius Souza, Sergi Darder, Exposito
• FW – Javi Puado, Joselu

In the third minute of the game, Kang-In Lee collides with his opponent and complains of pain, but the game will be suspended for a while. In the 5th minute, Vedat Muriqi attempted a mid-range shot, but his power was weak.

Daniel Rodriguez, who received Kang-In Lee’s back pass in the 20th minute, tries to shoot, but crosses the net and in the 21st minute, Pablo Maffeo collides heavily with his opponent, but the referee did not whistle and showed that he was a generous referee in a physical fight.

In the 26th minute, Pablo Maffeo complained of pain in the process of receiving the ball and was eventually replaced by Giovanni Gonzalez, and Jaume Costa’s cross and Gonzalez attempted a volley shot from the left in the 30th minute, but were blocked by the defender.

In the 38th minute, Kang-In Lee’s cross and Vedat Muriqi tried to head from the left side, but they did not head toward the goalpost, and the first half ends like this.

In the 47th minute, Kang-In Lee’s forward pass from the left, Jaume Costa, attempted to shoot, but the goalkeeper interrupted and Vedat Muriqi pushed Giovanni Consalas’ cross into the net in the 48th minute, scoring the first goal.

In the 53rd minute, Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta’s cross, Jaume Costa, attempted a header, but in the 54th minute, the ball headed to Brian Olivan’s face and complained of pain while Antonio Raillo was clearing the ball.

In the 60th minute, Iddrisu Baba Mohammed drops the ball from Kang-In Lee’s pass from the left and Jaume Costa tries to shoot but crosses the net. Vedat Muriqi tries to break through from the left in the 63rd minute, but is blocked by defenders and Antonio Raillo tries to shoot from the middle distance in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper catches the ball.

In the 65th minute, Kang-In Lee loaded a mid-range shot, but the goalkeeper catches the ball and Mallorca replaces Daniel Rodriguez and Amas Ndiaye in the 66th minute.

Giovanni Gonzalez, who received Kang-In Lee’s forward pass in the 66th minute, will try to shoot, but he is blocked by a defender and Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta’s cross-ear Vedat Muriqi tries to head in the 69th minute but leaves the net.

In the 70th minute, Jose Carlos Raso’s cross from the left side headed for the goal, and Laikovic scored an equalizer without even using his hands.

In the 79th minute, Brian Olivan tries to pass from the left, but no one receives it and Laikovic catches the ball from Sergi Darder’s cross in the 80th minute.

Kang-In Lee tries to dribble in the 84th minute, but is blocked by the opponent and Kang-In Lee collides with the opponent in the 86th minute and complains of pain.

In the 86th minute, Mallorca hurriedly replaced Kang-In Lee and Antonio Sanchez, followed by Vedat Muriqi’s forward pass in the 87th minute, and Daniel Rodriguez received the ball to take the shooting timing, but was blocked by the opponent.

In the 89th minute, talk of a penalty kick was coming and going over the foul, and in response to Pablo Maffeo’s strong protest, the referee pulls out a red card to Pablo Maffeo on the bench.

In the 91st minute, the referee brought in a red card due to Aguirre’s protest over the VAR decision, and the game ended 1-1 and each team will share one point.

Mallorca didn’t seem like a weak team

At first, Mallorca’s image was quite a weak team, and they had previously shown enough records to cross the second division. At the time, Kang-In Lee’s transfer to Mallorca seemed to have taken a step back, but Mallorca this season seemed to have a quite different atmosphere under Aguirre’s system.

The players’ activities, their balance, and Kang-In Lee’s skills gradually improved, and in particular, Kang-In Lee showed such good performance that he succeeded in one shot and two passes with a 91% key passes.

He was seen as the center of the linked play and his occasional passes were cheered. Mallorca were well deserved to win, but they were drawn by Raso’s stunning goals and shared one point each, leaving Mallorca 12th in the league.

Mallorca was trying to win consecutive games by catching Valencia, but their consecutive wins were not seen, and their performance was drawing attention against Villarreal, their next opponent.

Above all, I couldn’t help but talk about Mallorca’s defense. After a 4-1 defeat to Real Madrid last month, Mallorca conceded just one goal each to either lose or draw and seemed to show their losing percentage was getting lower.

Mallorca had to look forward to what would happen as they thought they could enter the top 10 if they showed better performance.

The game records

In the match, Mallorca recorded five valid shots out of 12 and Espanyol recorded only two valid shots out of seven.

Mallorca had a narrow advantage in possession and pass, and 24 fouls were declared in the match, which resulted in Mallorca taking four yellow cards.

Above all, Espanyol’s Brian Olivan scored 7.8 points and Kang-In Lee scored 6.2 points, with Pablo Maffeo and Aguirre on the bench expected to have a big impact on the next game.

Ahead of the World Cup, each country had a lot of worries about its players. In the case of a soccer powerhouse, this concern would not exist much, but for a weak country, advancing to the World Cup was very special, showing a lot of preparation.

Here, several countries were showing that they were currently pursuing naturalization projects ahead of the World Cup. First of all, Ghana, which was included in Group H with South Korea at the Qatar World Cup, was pushing for an aggressive naturalization project, making Korean soccer fans nervous.

Ghana was pushing for naturalization of many players, including Callum Hudson-Odoi and Eddie Nketia, and questions begin to arise about the naturalization project of Korean football.

How many points can you give to Korean soccer participating in the World Cup in terms in the World Cup? South Korea set an amazing record of advancing to the semifinals at the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, but Korean soccer could never be said to be strong in the reality that it aims to advance to the round of 16.

It had to produce reasonable results as it invested more money than any other sport, but it was always eliminated in the group stage, and other countries replaced this shortage with naturalization projects, but Korean soccer did not.

The beginning of a naturalization project

It was not too long ago that a naturalized player began to play in the World Cup. In the 1990s, France failed to advance to the round of 16 in two World Cups, and in 1998, the naturalization project was launched.

Initially, many countries had negative tendencies due to people who value pure blood, but France accepted David Trezeguet, Marcel de Sai, and Zinedine Zidane in 1998 to achieve good results in the World Cup, and they succeeded in winning the World Cup.

For this reason, neighboring countries began to open their minds little by little to naturalize players, and today came when players with multiple nationalities could choose the national team.

Multiple nationalities

There were quite a few players from Europe, many of whom had more than two nationalities, and this was an example of the nationality caused by past colonial rule.

Dual citizenship begins to be considered in the European Football Association in that it is not difficult to meet people of various nationalities because of the dual nationality created by colonial rule in the past and European countries.

But Asia was different. There was no colonial culture of different races like Europe in the past, and Korea was ruled by Japan in the past, but it could be seen that there was a big difference compared to Europe and the background.

Naturalization Project in China and Japan

In Asia, Japan pushed for this in a positive way to naturalize players, and they even dressed foreigners in national team uniforms.

Japan qualified him to be included in the Japanese national team in terms of his proficiency in Japanese language, long-lived, and understood culture, and Japan still showed an open mind to naturalization of players, allowing him to see players in hepatoretic Japanese national team uniforms.

In the case of China, it was the most aggressive naturalization project in Asia. China was a weak country in soccer as it was hard to see in the World Cup.

The number of people was large and they always had enough talent to aim for a gold medal in Olympic events, but the story was different for soccer.

Thus, they seduced foreign players playing in the Chinese Super League with the Chinese national team, and Chinese Super League players, who had difficulty thinking about their country’s national team, showed acceptance.

However, as Chinese football was a weak team that did not show much difference from the previous one, there were players who eventually gave up their Chinese nationality and headed to their homeland, and above all, commercially created clubs participating in the Chinese Super League were disappearing in history due to financial difficulties.

Naturalization of Korean Soccer Players

Korean soccer, which had fewer multiple nationalities than Europe, always showed limitations in soccer. Soccer’s perception of the country played a growing role, with many differences from Korean soccer in that other countries had different approaches to soccer, and K-League clubs also expected a lot of players from Brazil or soccer powerhouses.

Ahead of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, the Korea Football Association pushed for naturalization as a player, and in 2002, Hiddink saw the player himself and judged that he was not suitable as a national player, and in 2006, Choi Kang-hee strongly wanted to naturalize as Eninho, but he could not give him Korean citizenship.

In the past, there were foreigners who played in the K-League with Korean nationality, but so far, there has been no record of such players wearing Korean national team uniforms.

Then, why is there no naturalized national soccer player in Korean soccer? The language and culture of Hangul, and it was difficult to access unless you were a foreigner who grew up in Korea from an early age and acquired nationality.

Most of all, he had to face military service even if he was naturalized, and it was thought that these conditions might make him not pay much attention to Korean nationality compared to his own country.

At this point, Cesinha

Daegu FC captain and ace Cesinha, who is from Brazil, has long wanted to wear the Korean national team uniform. He mentioned that he would live in Korea in the future and was planning a coaching and leadership career at Daegu FC even after retirement.

Amid rumors of naturalization due to his good performance, he said that he also wanted to play in a national uniform with Son Heung-min.

Cesinha was quite active in acquiring Korean nationality, but he said he was satisfied with Korean life and wanted nationality because he liked Korea, not just for the national team.

He did not want Korean nationality for financial reasons and in terms of difficulties in competing for the national flag in Brazil, and he said he did not want special naturalization and thought it would be an honor to include the national flag after acquiring it.

Cesinha said he was ready for the national team at any time, and many Korean soccer fans also wanted to be included in the national team due to Cesinha’s naturalization, indicating that many people were listening to him at the recent K-League Awards.

Former interim manager of Manchester United and current head coach of the Austrian national team Ralph Langnick, who showed a new philosophy in football, was respected by German masters Thomas Tuchel, Jurgen Klopp and Julian Nagelsmann.

Having discovered many players as a team leader besides the manager, Manchester United will ask these figures to serve as temporary coaches, while he has been cited as a great figure in the soccer world.

In the end, Ralph Langnick’s Manchester United, which started ambitiously while responding to Manchester United’s call and making EPL big clubs nervous, did not bring much change than expected.

Due to the unchanged results from Solskjaer’s regime, Ralph Langnick was scheduled to serve as Manchester United’s head (consultant) after serving as a temporary coach, but he will leave Manchester United completely after Ten Hagh is appointed.

He showed a negative side to Manchester United’s life, saying that he had only bad memories of Manchester United while he eventually gave up Manchester United and chose to become the coach of the Austrian national team.

Among them, he mentioned a time when he was disappointed about recruiting players. In an interview with the German media, Lanick said he had requested the recruitment of Elling Holland, Christopher Nkunku, Luis Diaz and Doosan Blahovitch, and Manchester United rejected all of them.

In addition, he asked for various players, including Alvaro Morata and Joschko Gvardiol, but Manchester United did not intend to spend a large amount of money under the temporary manager system and emphasized that all the players he wanted were growing into the club’s ace.

Coach Ralph Langnik said he knew he couldn’t recruit all the players he wanted, but if he had only recruited a few of them, he could have done better.

The players coach Ralph Langnick wanted may think it was quite unfortunate news for Manchester United fans, but Manchester United leaders had no choice but to think that rejection was the right decision.

In terms of serving as a consultant after a temporary manager for one season, he will set the picture he wanted and pass on his method to his successor.

And Manchester United had used a lot of money by recruiting Rafael Varane, Jayden Sancho, and Cristiano Ronaldo, and above all, they had no plans to expand their authority over the transfer market to the coach in the first season.

In the end, Manchester United recruited a player under Eric Ten Hach’s system, but I could fully agree that Manchester United’s performance would have been a little better if he had recruited only one player he wanted.

Real Madrid, which was likely to win all of the Champions group matches, had confirmed its advance to the round of 16, but it would lose 3-2 in the fifth Group F match against Leipzig.

Real Madrid suffered their first loss of the season, losing the match, and Leipzig, on the contrary, had a sweet victory over last season’s champions, the defending champions.

Many fans were shocked by the defeat of Real Madrid, which had a good atmosphere, and the contents of the game were as follows.

Forsberg tries to shoot from the left side in the first minute, but Courtois blocks it and Asensio’s cross and Chuameni try to head from the right side in the fifth minute, but it is off the net.

In the 13th minute, Leipzig’s corner kick cross and Andre Silva’s header were blocked by Courtois, but Gvardiol scored the first goal.

In the 16th minute, Shlager’s long front cross, Leipzig’s perfect counterattack, Nkunku tries to shoot at the empty goal but hits the side net.

In the 18th minute, Idara tried to wind it up, but Courtois blocked it and Nkunku scored with the ball that flowed out in the 18th minute, making the score 2-0.

Rodrigo’s penetration pass in the 25th minute, followed by Vinicius’ attempt to shoot, but Shimakan tries to cross from the right side in the 26th minute, but Vazquez heads the ball away.

Vinicius’ forward pass in the 35th minute, followed by Rodrigo’s attempt to shoot, but Blasvich blocked it, Real Madrid’s corner kick cross in the 37th minute, followed by Vinicius’ attempt to shoot, but Blasvich blocked it.

Soboslai, who received a pass from Nkunku in the 41st minute, attempted to shoot, but Courtois caught the ball and Vinicius attempted to shoot in the 43rd minute, but the power was weak.

In the 44th minute, Asensio’s cross from the right, followed by Vinicius, who scored with a header, was Real Madrid chasing one goal.

In the 51st minute, after the first half, he tries to shoot, beating Rüdiger, Nkunku’s solo chance, but Rüdiger eventually blocks the ball.

In the 53rd minute, Chuameni and Vinicius try a 2-1 pass, but they are blocked by Leipzig’s defense and Vazquez’s central pass from the right in the 57th minute, but they head to the opponent.

Timo Werner was preparing for the 64th minute, and Leipzig replaced Andre Silva and Timo Werner in the 68th minute.

Werner, who received Nkunku’s pass in the 71st minute, tries to shoot but leaves the net and Nkunku tries to shoot from the left in the 74th minute but leaves the net.

Vinicius, who received Asensio’s pass from the left in the 79th minute, tries to shoot, but Werner lightly pushed the central pass that Shimakan attempted after running off the post in the 81st minute and the score became 3-1.

In the 92nd minute, Rodrigo tries to shoot, but Blaswig interrupts and in the 92nd minute, Rodrigo tries to penetrate from the right, he tripped over Nkunku’s leg and the referee declares a penalty.

In the 94th minute, Rodrigo scored lightly with Real Madrid’s penalty kick kicker, making the score 3-2 and Leipzig, who caught the defending champion after the game ended.

Real Madrid recorded their first loss.

The 22-23 season for Real Madrid, the championship team of the 21-22 season, was very special. So far, there has been no loss in the game, and Karim Benzema’s Ballon d’Or and the rarely-abated rise seemed to prove Real Madrid’s class once again.

Real Madrid, which was currently ranked first in Group F without knowing defeat in the Champions League group stage, will be defeated by Leipzig in Game 5.

Real Madrid won 2-0 against Leipzig in the second leg, but Real Madrid showed a shocking performance in the match at Leipzig’s home.

Leipzig was aiming for a counterattack play led by Nkunku, and Leipzig was also dominating the set-piece situation.

Continued counterattacks made it difficult for Real Madrid to lift the line and with that play, Leipzig scored two goals in the first half.

Nkunku, who was located in the center of the second line, ran left and right to confuse Real Madrid’s defense, and Leipzig, who raised the line, attacked Real Madrid more strongly.

Even Timo Werner succeeded in scoring with coach Marco Rosé’s mercenary skills, and Real Madrid seemed somewhat shocked by experiencing such a game after a long time.

In the end, Leipzig was able to advance to the round of 16 with more potential as the second place in the group. Real Madrid had a one-point difference from No. 1 Real Madrid and had to be very nervous about their first loss.

Son Heung-min, who was an EPL scorer in the 21-22 season, and Tottenham was criticized for their sluggish performance in the 22-23 season.

“Real Madrid is paying close attention to Son Heung-min’s transfer, saying that Son Heung-min is considering a transfer,” the German media said, adding many criticisms about Antonio Conte’s tactics and rumors of Kane’s transfer.

First of all, the reason why Son Heung-min wanted to transfer from the German media was the league championship. Son was said to have begun to question whether he would lift the trophy at Tottenham and insisted he would think carefully about his future.

This was the same reason Harry Kane left the team for the previous championship. Currently, rumors of Harry Kane’s transfer to Bayern Munich have also been continuously mentioned, and Son Heung-min was said to be likely to choose to transfer if Kane leaves.

Amid the news that Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to recruit him, Son Heung-min’s transfer to Real Madrid is on the rise, and German media were looking at Son Heung-min’s advance to La Liga with a positive view.

Here, the British media did not say that Son Heung-min’s transfer possibility was 0%. First of all, there were rumors that Son Heung-min could also choose to transfer depending on Conte and Kane’s future.

The ideal story was that if Conte renewed his contract, Kane was likely to remain in Conte’s system, followed by Son Heung-min.

On the contrary, however, if Conte does not renew his contract, Kane is likely to choose a transfer because he does not see a high possibility of winning at Tottenham, and naturally, Son Heung-min chose to transfer after setting a low possibility of winning.

Then, will Son Heung-min’s chances of transferring to Real Madrid be set at a high probability? At this point, the answer could be “no.”

Currently, Real Madrid is deploying Vinicius Junior as the left wing, and furthermore, there was a very low probability that Real Madrid would recruit Son Heung-min in terms of the presence of Rodrigo.

Above all, the news that Real Madrid wanted to recruit Son Heung-min with Eden Hazard was unlikely, and above all, it was questionable whether Son Heung-min, who is in his 30s, would win the main competition with young Vinicius.

Considering Chairman Daniel Levy’s negotiating ability, Son Heung-min’s transfer fee was likely to never be cheap, and many media outlets thought that Real Madrid was not suitable for using a lot of transfer fees for him in his 30s.

The content that told the transfer rumor seemed to indicate the possibility of Son Heung-min leaving Tottenham, not the possibility of moving to Real Madrid.

Players playing in the KBO will dream of playing in MLB.

This is because it is a difficult place to challenge. Even if they advance, they cannot play as MLB right away. Kim Ha-sung, who advanced last year, received a lot of criticism for his poor performance and had a difficult year, but this year appeared like a miracle.

There was that much hard work. SD wants to advance to the World Series and win, and Kim Ha-sung wants to receive a gold glove in the shortstop category.

Kim Ha-sung (27, San Diego Padres) was selected as the final candidate for the Gold Glove shortstop category in the Major League Baseball (MLB). Rawlings, a baseball equipment company that sponsors the Gold Glove Awards, announced the final candidates for Gold Glove by position on the 21st (Korea Standard Time), and Kim Ha-sung was proudly listed as the final three in the National League shortstop category. Kim Ha-sung competes with Miguel Rojas of the Miami Marlins and Danceby Swanson of the Atlanta Braves.

Kim Ha-sung received a steady chance to play as Fernando Tatis Jr., who played as a shortstop for San Diego until last year, failed to play this year due to injuries and detection of banned drugs.

Kim Ha-sung showed his true worth and expanded his presence in his second season in the Major League.

The trust of coaching staff and fellow players for Kim Ha-sung has also increased. The defense is basic, and he has established himself as a top shortstop in the Major League by showing impressive scenes several times in batting and base running.

Kim Ha-sung played 131 games in the regular season this year and made only nine errors while playing 1,092 innings. The ERA reaches 0.980. Kim Ha-sung’s multi-position ability to cover both shortstop, second baseman, and third baseman is also a big advantage.

Kim Ha-sung’s value is also shining in the ongoing postseason. He scored as many as eight points while on base 11 times in nine games until Game 2 of the Championship Series.

San Diego legend Tony Gwynn became the hero of the new history by breaking the record of seven runs in 10 games in the postseason in 1984 in nine games. The “on-base = score” formula made by Kim Ha-sung has become a new weapon for San Diego. He is also shrewd in defense of his greatest strength.

It remains to be seen whether Kim Ha-sung, who is considered the best shortstop in the Major League, will hold the Gold Glove in his second year in the big league. If the award is confirmed, he will be the first Korean player.

Leeds United vs Fulham

There are two Premier League teams who like to attack. In fact, two seasons ago, I dealt with the best and worst games of each team. It was a huge game with seven goals and the home team won.

Fulham have since been relegated and promoted immediately. Leeds, on the other hand, had a good first-division season for the first time in 16 years and managed to survive.So how should we judge them now?

So far this season, both teams have made strides that can lead to the belief that they can remain in the Premier League with some composure. But consistency is important in this game.

Issues

One reason for the optimism among Leeds and Fulham fans was when they faced a strong team. For example, Fulham, newly promoted in the season opener, faced runner-up Liverpool last season and drew 2-2.

And last weekend Leeds looked the same against league leader Arsenal, losing by only one point but it wasn’t a matter of adaptation or talent. Rather, he couldn’t take the opportunity, especially the penalty kick.

As both teams play this game in this way, it is expected that this weekend’s game will be scored. The two teams experienced conflicting results Thursday night.

Fulham were excellent at home to Aston Villa, with Harrison Reed, Aleksandar Mitrovic and an own-goal 3-0 win, and Chelsea midfielders Willian and Andreas Pereira were particularly impressive.

It was an evening when Premier League highlights erupted as players around the Thames recorded their biggest victory in nine years.

Marco Silva’s team is heavily dependent on the striker, who has scored eight goals in his first 10 games this season, and one of the most interesting parts of the game is how Mitrovic will cope with the wild atmosphere of the Elland Road.

They will put pressure on Kenny Tete, who has been sidelined with a hamstring injury, and Nathaniel Chalova could play after the suspension. Daniel James, who signed on loan, is out of action against Mogudan.

While Fulham beat Villa, Leeds lost to Leicester, a far cry from Arsenal four days ago. American coach Jesse March was even criticized by his team’s fans.

The pressure adds to Sunday’s game, with the only possible change being to get Pascal Straig back on the pitch. Leo Hilde will not be available until next week after his appendix is removed.

Leeds have won three league games in a row and have not won seven games. They lost five of them, so they have to win points. It remains to be seen what “looks” Leeds will look like after two conflicting performances this week.

Record

According to the record, the two teams were always neck and neck. Leeds have a total of 26 wins, Fulham have 19 wins and 15 other matches have been drawn. In the 2019/20 season, the two teams were promoted to the first division and the home team won each match. Fulham won 2–1 at home and Leeds won the next game.

Leeds have since won all three matches, one of which was mentioned earlier. At that time, Elder Costa scored two goals, Mateus Clich (penalty kick) was also on the scoring list, and Patrick Bamford was the same.

Fulham scored by Mitrovic (two goals) and Bobby Decordova Reid. Bamford also scored in the next game, a 2–1 win for Hafigna. Joachim Andersen scored Fulham’s goal.

They also faced off in the third round of the League Cup last season, with Leeds winning on penalties after a scoreless draw. Prior to that, the first division match between the two teams should go back 20 years.

Leeds won 3–2 at Elland Road in late 2003, when Fulham’s Luis Saha (who moved to Manchester United a month later) scored twice, then Mikhail Dewberry and Mark Viduka tied and Dominic Matteo scored the second-half winner.

Fulham won their next match at Kraven Cottage in March 2004, 2–0, scored by Sean Davis and Luis Boa Morte.

After Italy’s national team, Leonardo Bonucci, who was once in charge of Juventus’ defense along with Kiellini, and Kiellini’s retirement from the national team and leaving Juventus, Bonucci was in charge of the veteran’s position, and he was currently serving as the club’s captain.

In the past, he moved to AC Milan because he did not like the terms of his contract renewal, but he returned to Juventus and was Bonucci, who will pledge allegiance to Juventus in the future, but rumors of a disagreement with coach Allegri were being raised at a time when he is currently suffering from a slump.

While there is a possibility of Bonucci’s transfer, Italian media reported that Antonio Conte wanted to recruit Bonucci, and rumors of Bonucci’s transfer to Tottenham began to accelerate.

Bonucci and Conte have been friends with each other since Juventus, and Conte was hoping to reunite with Bonucci.

The reason why Conte wanted him was Tottenham, which strengthened its defense and recruited many players, but there was still no player to be a pillar, and above all, its defense was shaking due to Eric Dyer’s mistake.

Currently, Tottenham’s defensive player was Christian Romero, and Conte was hoping to join Bonucci, an experienced and still world class.

Initially, Conte wanted three defenders, Bastoni, Shukliniar, and The Bray, who had been with Inter Milan before, but eventually failed to recruit them.

He was also considering recruiting Fau Torres, but eventually, he had to be satisfied with strengthening the central defender with Clemang Langley’s loan recruitment, and Conte was still gesturing to his student with his unresolved defense.

But the problem was Chairman Daniel Levy. The chances of allowing the 35-year-old defender were very low, and Conte’s renewal came before anything else.

Tottenham prepared for the transfer fee to recruit Bonucci, and if Conte renews his contract, there was a possibility that he would offer the same conditions as Bonucci for recruiting defenders he wanted.

Bonucci had a wealth of experience, but he continued his career only with the Serie club, and it was questionable whether the club would choose a new stage called EPL in his later years and recruit him.

Bonucci had already regretted leaving Juventus and vowed loyalty at Juventus after his return, so at least his chances of transfer were not considered high.

However, former Juventus leader Fabio Paratic and former Juventus coach Antonio Conte were able to try to persuade Bonucci, and Bonucci’s transfer to Tottenham had to be noted.

Considering the strongest defensive team in European football, Serie A has historically belonged to such teams. Premier League strong teams Manchester City and Liverpool have also had the best defense in recent years, and Bayern Munich’s dominance in the Bundesliga increases their value.

However, La Liga has emerged as the strongest defense in Europe so far in the 2022-23 season. Of course, there was one game less than other leagues, but the defense record of the top teams is noteworthy.

Paris Saint-Germain, France’s eternal powerhouse, on the other hand, is enjoying the heyday of true defense under new coach Christophe Galtier, which once again dominates Ligue 1.

Let’s read SBOTOP’s look at Europe’s top three defense teams this 2022-23 season and find out what was behind their success.

Barcelona

Barcelona have poured in huge sums this summer, and of course a lot of attention has been focused on reinforcing their strikers. Scoring machine Robert Lewandowski certainly made headlines, and Hafinha was recruited for a top transfer fee of 58 million euros.

However, it should not be overlooked that Barcelona moved to rebuild the defense. They were willing to pay 50 million euros to sign Seville centre-back Jules Cunde, while Andrea Christensen, Marcos Alonso and Hector Beyerin all joined the Premier League on free transfers.

Xavi also made a bold decision to remove team legends Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba from the starting lineup. On the other hand, he placed Kunde on the right and the Ronald Arau in the center​

In terms of domestic league, Barcelona has the best defensive record in Europe, so this transfer seems to have been quite effective. Barca allowed only one goal in their first eight La Liga matches and did not lose a point in six consecutive games.

Barca, of course, may be a bit lucky at the moment. They are above the expected score of 6.0, the second record after Real Madrid, which is quite good and somewhat covers how good their defense is.

It is also noteworthy that their tremendous defensive solidity has not yet led to the Champions League, with Barca losing to strong rivals Bayern Munich and Inter Milan​

However, their overwhelming defensive skills in the league are still a big improvement for manager Xavi, who once again appear to be the real candidates to continue the La Liga championship race.

Villarreal

Villarreal, who are not far behind Warsaw, have allowed just three goals in eight matches so far. Unai Emery has built up meditation as the best defensive coach in the game and he is once again making a remarkable achievement in Villarreal, which is not much different from last year.

Faustores is currently one of Europe’s most promising centre-backs, but 37-year-old Raul Albiol, Kiko Femenia and Alfonso Pedraza, other defenders available to Emery, are unlikely to form more than half of a strong defense.

Central midfielders Etienne Capoue, Dani Parejo and Francis Coquelin are all over 30 years old and wonder how they managed to lose so little.

However, Villarreal, like Barca, is showing a little bit of skill beyond the 7.1 xGA. But we still can’t ignore Emery’s magic of freely using players to build above-average defense​

The 2022 soccer dividend is expected to fall one day with Villarreal slowing down, but Emery’s players will still be a difficult team to break throughout.

Paris Saint-Germain

Paris Saint-Germain has recovered its best ability to dominate Ligue 1. It is not surprising that PSG have already scored 28 goals with ease, with the huge trio of Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Lionel Messi leading the attack.

What’s more impressive, however, is that the new coach Christophe Galtier combined his tremendous offensive talent with well-organized defense to prevent his opponent from making too many football highlights in 2022. Saint-Germain allowed just five goals in their first 10 games, a huge record.

Galtier actually used three-back tactics throughout the season, employing captain Marquignos, veteran Sergio Ramos and Presnel Kimpembe or Danilo Pereira, which helped consolidate the defense. He also used Gigi Donnarumma as the undisputed first-choice goalkeeper over Keylor Navas, which gave the position more stability.

On the other hand, the recruitment of defensive midfielder Viti의a added solidity to last season’s lack of midfield.

It’s hard to think that PSG’s good defensive skills will soon deteriorate, as they are displaying pure talent under a much more consistent system.