‘Hong Myeong Protection’ Ulsan, The First K-League 1 Team to Lose 2 Times in a Row… 4th ‘Winning Star’ in Total
Ulsan wins 2-0 over Daegu in round 35, ‘early victory’ confirmed ‘success of mercenary skills’…
Substitutes ‘Kim Min-hyuk and Jang Si-young’ both score ‘relegation crisis’ Suwon leads 2-0 against Daejeon, worst draw
Ulsan Hyundai, a professional soccer team, was crowned K-League 1 champion for two consecutive years for the first time since its founding and received the ‘winning star’ for the fourth time in total. 카지노사이트
Ulsan won 2-0 in the home game between Daegu FC and Hana One Q K League 1 2023 Final A Round 35 held at Ulsan Munsu Stadium on the 29th with Kim Min-hyuk’s header winning goal in the 23rd minute of the second half and Jang Si-young’s key goal in the 44th minute of the second half.
As a result, Ulsan, who accumulated 70 points with 21 wins, 7 draws, and 7 losses, widened the point gap with second-place Pohang Steelers (60 points) to 10, confirming their victory in the 2023 K League 1 season regardless of the results of the remaining three games.
Pohang, who drew 1-1 in the previous day’s match against fourth-place Jeonbuk Hyundai (53 points) and whose pursuit of the lead was put on hold, cannot catch up to Ulsan even if they win all three remaining games.
Ulsan, which reached the top of the K-League in 1996 and 2005, succeeded in returning to the championship after 17 years last year, and secured first place again this year, winning its fourth championship (1996, 2005, 2022, 2023).
In particular, coach Hong Myung-bo led Ulsan to become champions for two consecutive years and became the sixth coach in history to lead the team to two consecutive wins in the K-League.
In the 40-year history of professional soccer, the coaches who have won more than two consecutive K-League titles are coach Kim Ho (1998, 1999, Suwon Samsung at the time), the late coach Park Jong-hwan (1993, 1994, 1995), and the late coach Cha Gyeong-bok (2001, 2001).
Following Seongnam Ilhwa (2002, 2003, and above), coach Choi Kang-hee (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018), coach Jose Morais (2019, 2020, and Jeonbuk Hyundai at the time), coach Hong Myung-bo (2022, 2023, Ulsan), there are only 6 people.
In addition, Ulsan achieved a single-season home attendance of 300,000 with 18,933 spectators visiting the stadium on this day.
Ulsan tried hard to break through Daegu’s thick defensive wall from the beginning of the first half, but was unable to find a way to attack, unable to create shooting opportunities.
Rather, in the 8th minute of the first half, Daegu’s Ko Jae-hyun, who was on a counterattack, allowed a fatal breakthrough and a right-footed shot, but thanks to a super save from ‘Spider Hand’ Cho Hyun-woo, the team barely escaped the risk of conceding a goal and ended the first half without scoring.
In the second half, Ulsan’s one-sided offensive and Daegu’s ‘counterattack after a player’s defense’ continued.
In the 19th minute of the second half, Ulsan lost a golden opportunity to score after Eom Won-sang cut into the right corner of the penalty area.
Ataru changed direction with his right foot from the right side of the goal area, but missed the left goal post slightly.
Coach Hong Myung-bo replaced Kim Seong-jun and replaced him with Kim Min-hyuk in the 19th minute of the second half, and this substitution became a ‘act of God.’
In the 23rd minute of the second half, Kim Min-hyuk rose up from the right side of the goal area on Ataru’s cross from the left side and hit Daegu’s net with a header.
It was Kim Min-hyuk’s ‘winning goal’ scored 4 minutes after taking the field.
Substitutes were also responsible for Ulsan’s additional goal.
Ulsan substituted Joo Min-gyu and Jang Si-young in the 39th minute of the second half, and in the 44th minute of the second half, Joo Min-gyu threw a long ball into the space behind the defense near the center line, and Jang Si-young rushed to the right of the goal area and scored a key goal, sealing the victory.
Suwon Samsung, an old club in danger of relegation, was ahead 2-0 over Daejeon Hana Citizen at its home Suwon World Cup Stadium, but ended up scoring two goals with 10 minutes left in the game, resulting in a shocking draw.
Suwon took the lead with goals from Kim Joo-chan in the 20th minute and Acosti in the 29th minute and seemed to have succeeded in getting out of last place, but was defeated by the combination play of Daejeon Massa and Thiago at the end of the game, disappointing the 10,000 fans who visited the stadium.
In the 35th minute of the second half, Thiago finished Kang Yun-seong’s cutback with a right-footed non-stop shot, giving Daejeon the first goal.
Thiago, who scored his 16th goal of the season, surpassed Ju Min-gyu (15 goals, Ulsan) and rose to the sole lead in the scoring rankings.
Then, in the 49th minute of the second half, Massa connected with a Thiago header pass in front of the goal to make it 2-2.
Suwon, who only earned 1 point, remained in last place (26 points).
The gap with Gangwon FC (27 points), which drew 1-1 with Jeju United the previous day, remained at 1 point.
At the Seoul World Cup Stadium, the home team FC Seoul won a 4-3 comeback victory over Suwon FC after a fierce battle.
Suwon FC took the lead with Lopez’s first goal in the 29th minute of the first half, but Seoul came back 3-2 in the second half thanks to the performances of Ki Sung-Yong (11 minutes), Willian (14 minutes), and Bjorn Johnson (28 goals).
In addition, Lopez’s penalty kick goal was scored in the 46th minute of the second half, and the game seemed to end in a draw.
However, just one minute later, Kim Kyung-min of Seoul scored the winning goal to heat up Sangambeol.