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Just 20 minutes was enough.
'Special Joker' Oh Hyun-kyu showed off his amazing determination once again. Oh Hyun-kyu scored a multi-goal in the first round home game of the Belgian Main Pillar League Champions Playoff (PO) in 2024-2025 season against Hent at Segeca Arena in Genk, Belgium on the 31st (Korea time). Genk came close to winning the championship with a 4-0 victory.
After playing 30 rounds of the regular league, the main pillar league is divided into three groups (1st to 6th Champions PO, 7th to 12th European PO, 13th to 16th relegation PO) depending on the ranking. The home-and-away PO will be played to determine the winning team and the relegation team.
The winner of the Champions PO, which starts with half of the points won in the regular league, will qualify for the European Champions League (UCL) league phase next season, the second-place team will qualify for the third round of the UCL, and the third-place team will qualify for the second round of the Europa League.
Genk, who finished the regular league with 68 points, scored 37 points with a victory in the first round of the Champions PO, and succeeded in widening the gap to four points with Club Brugge (33 points). He took the lead.
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Genk looked anxious that day. He received two penalties in the 15th and 23rd minutes of the first half, but all of them missed and failed to hit. Fortunately, Genk took the lead in the 38th minute of the first half with Konstantinos Carrejas' first goal. In the fifth minute of the second half, Tolu Arokodare scored an additional goal to win the game.
Torsten Fink, the head coach, played a game-changer. It was Oh Hyun-kyu. In the 25th minute of the second half, Pink took out Aroko Dare and added Oh Hyun-kyu. Oh Hyun-kyu went to the national team for the 7th and 8th Asian qualifiers for the 2026 North-China World Cup against Oman and Jordan. He played for only six minutes in two games. It wasn't enough time to show something.
Perhaps trying to appease the disappointment, Oh led his team to victory with his amazing finishing touch. In the 43rd minute of the second half, he shook Hent's net by connecting the ball handed over by Patrick Hrosovski with a right non-stop shot. Oh Hyun-kyu, who gained momentum, scored once again three minutes later. Oh Hyun-kyu, who took the lead in the counterattack in the 46th minute, calmly finished Khrosovski's ground ball cross and scored multiple goals.
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It was Oh's 11th and 12th goals of the season. Oh Hyun-kyu scored seven goals in the regular season, three in the Cup and two in the Champions PO this season. Oh Hyun-kyu, who left Celtic and wore a Genk uniform last summer, has established himself as a super Joker for Pink. Oh Hyun-kyu has played 33 games this season, with only 691 minutes to play. He also made only two starts. However, he scored a whopping 12 goals. In other words, he scored every 57.5 minutes. Oh is just two goals away from his career-high 14 goals for Suwon Samsung in 2022.
Oh Hyun-kyu, who made two goals with two shots, received the highest rating of 8.6 from both teams from Footmob and SofaScore after the game. It was all magic in 20 minutes.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
