So let's talk about Sun Xingyi again, what he has achieved and what height he has reached.
Front row of the world, digital witness
About this golden boot, there are four words that everyone probably blurted out: the light of Asia! Yes, as a player from the Far East, Sun Xingyi can be said to have broken the "old order" and won glory for the whole continent. Who says there are many geniuses in Europe and America? African football has unlimited potential? Asians can also stand at the top of the top leagues now. In addition, it must be mentioned that our shooter Wang has raised the "upper limit" of Asia a lot. After all, in the past, it was unthinkable for a single Asian player to compete for the Golden Boot, not to mention dominating the top scorer list of the five major European leagues.
In fact, according to "Korea Herald", Sun Xingyu was already the player who scored the most goals in a single season among Korean players in Europe as early as the 20 17 season. In the 20 16- 17 season, he scored 2 1 times for Tottenham in various competitions, surpassing Cha Fankun in the 1985-88 season. The latter scored 19 goals for Leverkusen, including 2 goals in the domestic cup, 17 goals in the league and 17 goals, which are also the most goals scored by Asian players in the Bundesliga in a single season. As for the "Best in Asia" in La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1, the single figures seem even less worth mentioning, namely 8, 10 and 12.
The gap is so great that people feel that the word "Light of Asia" is far from enough to describe Sun Xingyi, who is 29 years old today. The South Korean striker has obviously succeeded in "leaving Asia and entering Europe". It is no exaggeration to say that he has even stood at the highest level in world football. What Mbappé, Benzema, Harland, Levan, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kane are "the best shooters of our time"? A recent BBC feature article listed six names, and Sun Xingyi was not among them, probably because he was regarded as a winger like Salah, Mane and Messi.
Of course, to some extent, Sun Xingyi is still underestimated. At the end of April, the British Journalists Association (FWA) selected the best player of the year, and Koreans only got two votes. Sun Xingyu didn't appear in the final six-person list of "Fans' Favorite Player of the Year" published by the British Players' Union last week. However, this situation is not unprecedented in the Premier League. At least in the 20 16 season, aguero, which Shearer called "the only world-class Premier League", had the experience of not being selected as the best in the league and not being selected as a candidate list.
Now, Shearer's evaluation of Sun Xingyi is "amazing". This is a big adjective, but it is not easy to define it accurately. In this regard, we might as well use numbers to quantify, not the target data, but the ability value in the game. In FIFA22 released in September last year, the overall evaluation of Tottenham No.7' s ability has reached 89. If you play the "season" mode of fine-tuning the data according to the actual game state at any time, you can meet Sun Xingyi with a temporary score of 9 1 many times.
What is this concept? You know, all the active stars with 90+ abilities in the game add up to only 1 1. If you only count strikers, 89 can be ranked first 10. If we only look at the left winger, only Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo, who are part-time left wingers, and Neymar, who has been very unstable in recent years (all three are 9 1), are higher than Koreans. It is true that the value of the game can never be equal to the real level of the player, but it is actually a comprehensive evaluation that combines ability, performance and personal popularity. If the player is a big shot, then the speed at which he reduces the value of the game is likely to be slower than the actual speed. If he is an "unknown newcomer", the situation is just the opposite. In this way, Sun Xingyi's actual level may be higher than his position in the competition, what's more, the data of FIFA22 is mainly based on the performance of 2020-2 1 season, not counting this year's Golden Boot.
"Not the protagonist" won the protagonist.
With the title of Premier League striker Wang, is it possible for Koreans to become the strongest left winger in the future FIFA23 competition (excluding Mbappé, who is too famous to actually play as a center)? This is an interesting question. To be sure, Sun Xingyi's popularity is soaring, and his strength is bound to be praised by more people, just as some fans joked: "Losing Mbappé Real Madrid is over? Buy Sun Xingyu+Kane to relieve hatred. "
Speaking of "Sun Xingyu+Kane", the duo with the most assists in the history of the Premier League naturally complement each other, but what I want to say here is that Koreans have stepped out of the aperture of the English center in their dependence on their partners. At first, Sun Xingyu was just Kane's wingman, and it was natural for him to pass the ball for the center as a winger. Then Kane developed the stunt of taking the ball back and passing it long. Sun Xingyi, who is extremely fast and has a keen sense of smell, immediately benefited a lot, and was assisted by the former for 9 times in 2020-2 1 season. Then there are five times in the past season, which can also be ranked at the forefront of the Premier League's "directional delivery" list, second only to Barnes' six assists to Valdi.