South Korean Son Heung-Min, Tottenham forward, has been awarded the Puskas award for the best goal of the year, as announced at the The Best of FIFA.
On December 7, 2019, the Asian winger took the ball near his area and undertook a tremendous ride, got rid of almost half the rival team, the Burnley, to finish scoring with a low shot to which the goalkeeper could not respond.
Son Heung-min takes over from the winners Romanian Daniel Zsori, awarded last year for his goal with Debreceni against Ferencvaros in the Turkish league.
The Asian goal was preferred over the other two finalists, the ones that the Uruguayans got Giorgian de Arrascaeta with Flamengo against Ceará and Luis Suarez with Barcelona against Mallorca.
“As soon as I received the ball I tried to pass it to a teammate, but since I didn't find any of them unmarked I started dribbling and ended up in front of the goalkeeper after a great run and I shot, “said the South Korean, who jokingly blamed the action on his teammates for not giving him any pass option