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The best Joker in Europe was Oh Hyun-kyu (24, Genk).
'Special Joker' Oh Hyun-kyu scored a multi-goal in the first round of the Belgian Main Pillar League Champions Playoff (PO) home game against Hent at Sejeka 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 earned in the regular league, will qualify for the European Champions League (UCL) league phase next season. Genk, who finished the regular league with 68 points, scored 37 points with a victory in the first round of the Champions PO, widening the gap with Club Brugge (33 points) to four points to take the lead.
Genk received two penalties in the 15th and 23rd minutes of the first half of the day, but all of them missed and failed to hit. Fortunately, Genk took the lead in the 38th minute with a first goal from Constantinos Carrezzas, followed by an additional goal from Tolu Arokodare in the 5th minute of the second half. Torsten Fink, the head coach, played a game-changer. It was Oh Hyun-kyu. He stepped on the ground in the 25th minute of the second half instead of Aroco Dare. Oh Hyun-kyu went to the national team for the 7th and 8th Asian qualifying games 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.
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As if to relieve his resentment, Oh led his team to victory with his amazing finishing touch. He made two goals with two shots. 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 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. 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.
It's even greater when it comes to the league. According to Sporza, Oh scored one goal every 48 minutes in the league, including the Champions PO this season. He is the top player in Europe's top five leagues who played for at least 30 minutes. He is overwhelmingly ahead of Usman Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain), who has one goal every 72 minutes. Harry Kane, who scored one goal every 88 minutes, Roberto Lewandowski, who scored one goal every 89 minutes, and Mohamed Salah, who scored one goal every 95 minutes, are no match. Oh scored eight goals in 25 replacements in the league, behind Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sørlot, who scored eight in 16 replacements.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
