Jeonbuk Foye, who was calm even after his debut match came from behind to win
Feb 16, 2025
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Jeonbuk came from behind to win 2-1 in the first round of the 2025 K League 1 against Gimcheon Sangmu at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on the 16th. Kimcheon Yoo Kang-hyun scored the first goal in the 13th minute of the first half, but he balanced it with Park Jin-seop's equalizer in the 50th minute of the first half, and Jeon Jin-woo's header came from behind in the 35th minute of the second half. Jeonbuk, which barely managed to stay in the 10th place in the promotion playoff last year, switched to coach Gus Foye and defeated Port FC (Thailand) 4-0 in the Asian Champions League 2 (ACL2) and continued its good atmosphere by winning the home opener.
Coach Foyet said after the game, `As expected, it was a tough and fierce game. "I won, but I also learned a lesson about the future of the game." Then "I want to say congratulations to the players from the bottom of my heart. There was not enough time to recover after the away trip to Thailand during the week. We went out without much change, but our players did a great job and endured it well even though it must have been hard" he complimented.
On this day, coach Foyet emphasized 'Basic' Foyet said "Tactically, the players followed well and showed better mental performance"It was a topic of how many people should be changed today because they played a match during the week. As a result, only two people changed. It was never an easy decision. I made that choice because I showed good performance in terms of content results during the week. Despite this, I'm happy to get the result of victory."
Coach Foyet said, `I wanted to focus on helping the players play because there was little information about the opponent before the game.' `I expect such a fierce and difficult game to appear in the future. I think it's a league that's really fast to switch to both offense and defense. As we play in the future, I think we need to find a way for our opponents not to easily switch." He also added that `I expected the atmosphere to turn around a lot by using four players who did not play last year, but I think it is a good lesson to show positive results.' Regarding Compagno, who received intensive checks on the day, "Compagno will also have to learn a lot from today's game. Maybe the opponent watched the game during the week and checked it intensively. I'm not too worried because I'm a capable player. I think we will find a breakthrough."
Jeonbuk won with both Ulsan and FC Seoul, which were mentioned as candidates for this season's championship, losing. "I think it's a result of proving how difficult the K-League is," Foye said. "I couldn't adjust to the victory ceremony, but I want to apologize to the fans (laughs). There is a part where I feel cramped because I am not used to dancing, but this is also Jeonbuk's culture, so I will get to know and learn from it."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
