Korean media commented on Sun Xingzhen as the captain of Tottenham Hotspur: fate with Zhuge Liang
Live Bar, August 13 -after Sun Xingzhen was appointed as the new captain of Tottenham Hotspur, South Korean media Oh My News published a comment on the significance of this appointment to Sun Xingzhen and even South Korean football.
It is a great honor for Asian players to be appointed as captain by top clubs like Tottenham Hotspur in the world’s top Premier League. In the world of football, strength is the foundation. Only in this way can we overcome language and culture, exert our influence in the dressing room and gain the support of the whole team. The appointment as captain this time also proved that Sun Xingzhen got a lot of recognition and respect in the Spurs team.
At the same time, Sun Xingzhen is also the captain who has served the longest time in the history of the Korean national team. In the first game when Paul Bento took office in September 2018, Sun Xingzhen took over the captain position of Qicheng Yong, except for those games where no players from the European League were recruited, sun Xingzhen has been the captain of the national team for 5 consecutive years.
Before sun Xingying, Park Ji-sung was the first South Korean player to be the captain of the Premier League. However, Park Ji-sung’s captain career in Queen’s Park Rangers was not successful. In 2012, although he left Manchester United was appointed as the captain by Queens Park Rangers, he just joined the team but could not play an active leadership in the dressing room. To make matters worse, the team’s performance was not as good as expected. After the class of Mark Hughes, who introduced Park Ji-sung, the new old Redknapp deprived Park Ji-sung of his captain position in the middle of the season.
Fortunately, Sun Xingzhen’s situation is different from that of Park Zhixing. Sun Xingzhen has been playing for Tottenham Hotspur for 9 years and his position in the team is very stable. Tottenham Hotspur won the Champions League runner-up in the 2018/19 season, which left a deep impression. However, with the loss or aging of the main players, the number of team coach changes has become more frequent, now the Tottenham Hotspur has gradually gone downhill.
With the symbol of Tottenham Hotspur and Kane in the “Sun Kai duo” also went to the Bundesliga, now Sun Xingzhen must shoulder the heavy burden of the team alone, just like Liu Bei, Guan Yu, after Zhang Fei passed away, Zhuge Liang, who was the prime minister, had to shoulder the mission of supporting the Han Chamber alone in the same situation.
Sun Xingzhen has now become a real leading star of Tottenham Hotspur, but everything in the future is in uncertainty. He not only has to overcome the downturn of last season, but also restore his personal level, moreover, it is necessary to bring the Tottenham Hotspur, which is facing great changes, back to the upper reaches of the league, so this will be a new season with great responsibility for Sun Xingzhen.
Although Zhuge Liang failed to realize his dream of Northern Expedition and unification of the world, just like the saying in his life, “he died with all his efforts”, he tried his best to be loyal to Shu Han, today, thousands of years later, it is still respected by the world. Sun Xingzhen’s situation and his contribution to Tottenham Hotspur also have similarities. Sometimes these are more valuable than champions. Perhaps in Tottenham Hotspur, Sun Xingzhen could no longer win the championship trophy, but this did not prevent him from moving forward steadily on the road of becoming a “Tottenham legend.
(Derison)