'Lingard's First Field Goal' Seoul, Daejeon Subdued... Ulsan Loses as Hong Myung-bo Leaves
Seoul wins 2-1 against Daejeon… Ulsan loses 0-1 to Lee Jung-hyo's
Gwangju Pohang beats Gangwon 2-0 to jump to the top… Jeonbuk with 'Kim Du-hyeon-ho' finally gets its first win.
FC Seoul of professional soccer K League 1 achieved a thrilling comeback victory over Daejeon Hana Citizen thanks to the first field goal of 'Captain' Jesse Lingard.
In the 22nd round home game of Hana Bank K League 1 2024 held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 10th, Seoul gave up a goal to Daejeon in the first half, but won 2-1 with consecutive goals by Cho Young-wook and Lingard in the second half. 사설 토토사이트
Seoul, whose three-game winning streak was interrupted by a loss to Jeju United in the previous round, has bounced back to finish 6th with 30 points.
Seoul finally enjoyed a win after going winless in five league matches against Daejeon since they were promoted to K League 1 last year, with two draws and three losses.
They had faced Daejeon in the 2nd division in 2020 in the Korea Cup Round of 16, but won in a penalty shootout, so the official record was a draw.
Including this, Seoul won for the first time after Daejeon was re-established as a corporate club and went winless in 6 official matches (3 draws, 3 losses).
Daejeon fell to last place, failing to add to its 19 points.
It was Daejeon that took the lead.
Just 6 minutes into the game, a counterattack started on the right side, and striker Mrafa headed in Choi Geon-ju's cross to score the first goal.
Seoul, led by Kang Sung-jin and Lingard, fired 11 shots in the first half alone, including 6 on target, but all were in vain.
Seoul succeeded in counterattacking in the 15th minute of the second half.
After Kwon Wan-kyu headed in Han Seung-gyu's corner kick, Cho Young-wook's header into the net was initially flagged as offside, but was confirmed as a goal after a video assistant referee (VAR).
Five minutes later, Lingard scored his first K-League field goal, exciting the 15,000-strong Seoul World Cup Stadium.
This was Lingard's second goal of the season, following a penalty kick goal in the 19th round against Gangwon FC on the 26th of last month.
Lingard, who finished Kang Sang-woo's cross from the left flank with an exquisite header in the center of the penalty area, showed off his signature 'piri celebration' in front of the fans that day, which he had saved for when he scored his K-League debut goal from a penalty kick.
As Seoul maintained this one-goal lead, Lingard became the hero of the winning goal.
Ulsan HD, whose departure from coach Hong Myung-bo has been confirmed, fell to third place after losing 0-1 to Gwangju FC at home.
Unable to break the winless streak for three games (1 draw, 2 losses), Ulsan fell one place to third place (39 points).
Gwangju, under coach Lee Jung-hyo, reaffirmed their 'natural enemy' relationship by winning four games in a row against Ulsan.
This was the first match played by Coach Hong, who won two regular league championships for Ulsan, after being appointed as the national team manager.
Coach Hong, whose departure from Ulsan has not yet been confirmed, is scheduled to lead Ulsan until the 23rd round home match against FC Seoul on the 13th.
The Ulsan supporters, the 'Cheoyong Warriors', who booed Coach Hong, who decided to leave the team in the middle of the season, and held up placards with words such as 'Liar Run Myung-bo', cheered the players on as usual when the match started.
However, the Ulsan players were not able to focus at the beginning of the match and made many passing errors.
Gwangju, which had been playing a dominant match, took the lead in the 21st minute of the second half with a goal by Lee Hee-gyun.
Lee Hee-gyun finished off a penetrating pass between the legs of Choi Kyung-rok's Ulsan defender with a nonstop right-footed shot from the right side of the goal area, shaking the net.
Lee Hee-gyun, who scored his fifth goal of the season, became the joint top scorer for the team with Gabriel.
Ulsan brought in national team midfielder Jung Woo-young, who was brought in from Al Khalid (Saudi Arabia), to replace Boyanic in the 25th minute of the second half and tightened the reins of pursuit, but failed to score an equalizer.
Pohang Steelers defeated Gangwon FC 2-0 at home and jumped to the top.
Pohang, which lost 1-3 to Gimcheon Sangmu on the 1st of last month, has not lost in the following 7 official matches (3 wins, 4 draws), including cup matches.
Pohang (11 wins, 8 draws, 3 losses, 41 points), which won today, continued its upward trend and surpassed 2nd place Gimcheon (40 points) and 3rd place Ulsan (39 points) to take 1st place.
On the other hand, 4th place Gangwon (11 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses, 37 points), which was aiming for a 3rd consecutive win, failed to get any points in this round.
The balance between the two teams, which finished the first half 0-0, tilted toward Pohang when Oberdan scored in the 5th minute of the second half.
Lee Ho-jae caught the opponent's pass mistake and made Oberdan score.
Pohang, with momentum, opened up Gangwon's goal guarded by goalkeeper Lee Kwang-yeon with a surprise right-footed shot from Yoon Min-ho's penalty box in the 31st minute of the second half.
Jeonbuk Hyundai, a 'fallen powerhouse', won 2-1 at home against Jeju and secured the first win under manager Kim Du-hyeon.
Jeonbuk , which had only 3 draws and 5 losses in the league and cup competitions since Kim Du-hyeon took office, finally won in its 9th game. Jeonbuk
(4 wins, 8 draws, 10 losses, 20 points) earned 3 precious points and rose to 11th place, successfully escaping last place.
On the other hand, Jeju (8 wins, 2 draws, 12 losses, 26 points), which is fighting for the middle ranks, failed to earn any points and fell to 8th place.
Jeju seemed to have taken the lead when Ahn Tae-hyun headed the ball 43 seconds after the kickoff whistle.
However, Jeonbuk quickly caught up.
In the 2nd minute of the first half, Jeon Byeong-gwan counterattacked and accurately hit the bottom corner of the near goal with a right-footed shot from the penalty box.
The player who led Jeonbuk's comeback was goal scorer Thiago.
In the 24th minute of the second half, he headed a cross from Kim Tae-hwan's right side to give Jeonbuk the lead.
With this goal, Thiago scored for the 4th consecutive game.