Scored the 8th goal of the season with goals in the last 4 games in a row, re-selection of the national team and visibility to Europe
Possibility of participating in the East Asian Cup and Son Heung-min’s match once morest Tottenham in July
Pro soccer K League 1 Suwon FC striker Lee Seung-woo (24) started to inflate his dream of re-selection of the national team and re-entering the European league with a spectacular ‘scoring show’.
Lee Seung-woo, who joined Suwon FC ahead of the 2022 season and played an active role in the domestic league for the first time, appeared in 18 K League 1 matches and scored 8 goals and 2 assists, establishing himself as the core of Suwon FC’s attack.
In fact, there were some uneasy views regarding Lee Seung-woo, who chose to go to the K-League.
Born in the youth team of FC Barcelona, Spain, he played in European leagues such as Elas Verona (Italy), Sint-Trwiden (Belgium), and Portimonens (Portugal), but did not leave any remarkable results.
Aside from getting results, it was difficult to even get a chance to play, especially in Sint-Trwiden, where he worked just before joining Suwon FC.
He scored a goal at the end of the ’50m sprint’ once morest Argentina in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup group stage match in Korea, raising expectations for the future of Korean football.
That year, he was awarded the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Promising Player of the Year award, and Lee Seung-woo’s goal once morest Argentina was also selected in the Korea Football Association’s ‘Goal of the Year’.
After that, he played for the national team in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Asian Games in Jakarta, and the Asian Cup in 2019, but was not selected for the adult national team following the evaluation match once morest Iran in June 2019 as he did not get a chance to participate in his team.
He joined Suwon FC in such a downtrend, and there was a lot of concern both inside and outside the game due to his relatively short (173 cm) physique, a poor sense of combat, and a style full of personality from an early age.
However, Lee Seung-woo, who made his K-League debut once morest Daegu FC on March 20, regarding a month following the league started, recently scored four goals in a row and emerged as the K-League’s best hit this season.
His eight goals are not a single penalty kick, and he is operating a ‘glamorous scoring store’ to the extent that there are no plain goals either.
Among them, the highlight was a non-stop volley shot once morest Pohang on the 21st, and FIFA has mentioned this as a nominee for the Pushkash Award for Goal of the Year.
Also in the match once morest Suwon Samsung on the 25th, he cut the opponent’s goal with a chip shot following an exquisite space penetration.
He was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the Round (MVP) twice, and the May Performance Award was also won by Seungwoo Lee.
Lee Seung-woo, who is ranked 4th in scoring and 5th in attack points, is highly likely to be selected for the East Asian Cup national team to be held in Japan in July.
Since it is impossible to convene overseas players for this tournament, it is mainly composed of K-League players.
Lee Seung-woo is expected to play a key role in the K-League friendly match between Tottenham Hotspur and K-League All-Star Team K-League in England in July.
At present, it is difficult to guarantee that Qatar’s national team will qualify for the Qatar World Cup in November, but if he shows an impressive appearance in the East Asian Cup in July, the second consecutive World Cup appearance is not just a ‘story from a distant country’.
Suwon FC coach Kim Do-gyun, following the game once morest Suwon Samsung on the 25th, said, “If I get time to play in the national team, I am a player who will create something.”
This season, there are so many different ways to create goals in the K-League, and the level is high, so it’s perfect for taking on the role of a ‘joker’ in the World Cup.
Seungwoo Lee also expressed satisfaction with his recent performance, saying, “There were many things that happened to get to the K-League, and there were many stories, but I believed in myself.”
European media also reported that ‘European teams are interested in signing Lee Seung-woo’.
Lee Seung-woo signed a multi-year contract with Suwon FC ahead of this season, so his contract with Suwon FC remains until at least the 2023 season.
A Suwon FC official said, “We have not received any transfer-related offers yet,” but expected that “foreign teams who were interested in Lee Seung-woo will be looking at him.”
Lee Seung-woo, who has emerged as the hottest player in the K-League, is preparing for a hotter summer.
/yunhap news