Incheon wins away to Jeju with Lee Kang-hyun’s winning goal… 3rd place Pohang sub-chin chase
Professional soccer K League 1 Suwon FC defeated the Pohang Steelers and regained the 6th place position in the final A.
Suwon FC defeated Pohang 1-0 at the Hanawon Q K League 1 2022 Round 30 home match held at Suwon Sports Complex on the 6th thanks to Lars’ winning goal in the 16th minute of the second half.
Suwon FC, who came out of a draw (1 draw and 1 loss) in the last two games, broke through 40 points with 11 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses in the season, and on that day, defeated Gangwon FC (39 wins, 11 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses), and moved to 6th place. climbed up
On the other hand, Pohang, whose undefeated streak had recently stopped in 3 matches (1 win, 2 draws), maintained 3rd place with 13 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, and 48 points, but 4th place Incheon United (47 points, 47 points) 12 wins, 11 draws and 7 losses) and were chased by one point difference.
The gap with second-place Jeonbuk (51 points), which played one game less, might not be closed.
Pohang led the flow in the first half even while key midfielder Shin Jin-ho and veteran multi-resource Shin Kwang-hoon were absent due to cumulative warnings, but Suwon FC, the league’s top scorer this season (47 goals), scored points with a one-shot collaboration by a foreign duo in the 16th minute of the second half. took 3
Ras on the right flank handed the ball to Murillo near the penalty arc. Murillo saw Lars entering the center of the penalty area and sent a penetration pass, and Lars opened the goal with a left foot finish.
It was Lars’ sixth league goal this season.
Pohang threw 13 more shots, including 10 on effective shots like Suwon FC (12 shots, 10 effective shots), but in the 40th minute of the second half, Kim Seung-dae’s left right footed kick from the penalty area was blocked by the opposing goalkeeper Park Bae-jong’s save. One bit wasn’t enough.
Gangwon lost 7th place to Gimcheon 0-1 due to an own goal in the home room.
On the other hand, Kimcheon, who won the first time in five matches, kept 10th place with 31 points (7 wins, 10 draws and 13 losses), starting an escape from the relegation zone.
Gangwon produced several threatening scenes through counterattacks with Kim Dae-won and Yang Hyeon-jun leading the way.
In the 21st minute of the first half, Kim Dae-won turned around from the penalty arc and showed a sharp left-footed shot, but it went sideways.
Gangwon’s stormy atmosphere subsided with an unexpected own goal in the 42nd minute of the first half.
A pass from Kim Cheon’s Kim Jun-beom to Lee Ji-hoon from the penalty box hit the foot of Gangwon Seo Min-woo, who was running for defense, and was sucked into the goal.
As Kim Cheon, who scored a goal on his back, lowered the line in the second half and thickened the defense, Gangwon struggled differently from the first half, as the sharpness of the counterattack was dulled.
He was pushed back in the activity level and had to reflect on defeat without being able to make even a single effective shot in the second half.
At the Songam Sports Town in Chuncheon, where the match was held, the national team coach Paulo Bento, who was preparing for the September A match (a match between national teams), visited and watched the players of both teams.
At the Jeju World Cup Stadium, 4th-placed Incheon defeated Jeju 1-0, overcoming the pursuit of 5th-placed Jeju and chasing 3rd-placed Pohang.
In the 7th minute of the second half, Incheon MF Lee Kang-hyun became the main character of the winning goal.
A pass sent by Bo-seop Kim from the left flank to the penalty arc and Kang-hyun Lee connected with a sharp right-footed shot to shake the net became the scorer that decided the match.
It was also the first goal of Lee Kang-hyun’s career in the K-League, who made his professional debut in Incheon last year following attending Honam University and passing the K3 League Busan Transportation Corporation.
Jeju, which has lost their last 4 matches (2 draws and 2 losses) due to this defeat, maintained 5th place (42/11 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses), but the gap with 4th-placed Incheon widened, and 6th-placed Suwon FC and 7th-placed Gangwon The gap between the two has narrowed.
/yunhap news
