With Valencia and Bayern Munich home, its less clear if our kids will be with the first team but both would be Wednesday only via B/R Live app: Lee Kang In with Valencia at 1PM vs Young Boys, and Jeong Woo Yeong with Bayern at 3PM vs AEK Athens. I haven't followed closely to know the chances of playing and maybe we'll get more clarity tomorrow.
Tuesday
Son Heung Min -- Tottenham host PSV Eindhoven at 3PM on B/R Live. On the weekend, Son was called on to fill in for Dembele very early in the match and also had the misfortune of being the sub subbed off. Poch said it was for rest after going 90 midweek and certainly with CL coming up, we could see an argument for Son being rested with a 2-0 lead. But it seems weird for a player trying to build up confidence and Son's poor decision making certainly could also be an argument that Poch wanted to go with someone different. We'll see midweek... for now, I'm optimistic that he could start with Alli still not 100%. It wasn't all bad for Son, as his running provided a lot of energy on a day when Tottenham still were playing lumpy football and he did get the assist with a chipped through ball.
Recaps
Ji Dong Won -- Still injured. No idea when he might return.
Koo Ja Cheol -- He was very lucky to not hurt a player with a reckless tackle, and then lucky to not get sent off with another stupid tackle ten minutes later. He did have some good positive passes but he was a mess behind and it seemed a good day to take him off at HT when he was struggling for quality. Hopefully a full week of rest gets Koo back to his game because he's really a bit reckless and mistake filled right now.
Ki Sung Yueng -- Made the bench again, and when Shelvey went off, Ki took the opportunity and ran with it. Playing the more advanced of two CM roles, Ki really asserted himself and pushed the attack forward. Ki seemed to finally play with the motivation that has been lacking this season and his omission from KNT seems to be further proof that Ki is going to fight for a role on this team. It wasn't a perfect game from Ki, which says something about Newcastle's play that he was such a bright spot in relation, but it was good to see Ki hustle, take some chances with his passing and also control the match with his decision making. And Ki was quickly rewarded for aggressive play, earning a foul on the edge of the box on a give-n-go, and then an assist with a hard shot on the FK that was headed in. We'll see how serious Shelvey's injury was but it was good to see Ki finally show some of the quality that he's got wearing the black and white shirt.
Suk Hyun Jun -- Suk was an unused sub.
