Kim Ki-dong wins the match against Daegu. Brighten up the outlook for this season
Mar 29, 2025
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Seoul beat Daegu FC 3-2 in the sixth round of the K League 1 at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the afternoon of the 29th.
Coach Kim Ki-dong, who held a press conference after the game, gave great meaning to the victory of the game. He said "If it were last year, it would have collapsed like this. But the players didn't give up and got through it. I think it's a game that brightens the outlook for this season."
◇ Q&A with Director Kim Ki-dong
-How do you feel about winning
▶Despite the sudden coldness, I would like to thank the fans for coming and supporting me. While preparing for the game, I prepared with some expectation that I would be able to do well this time. Still, we took a good flow in the first half and scored the first goal first. Despite the fact that we could easily win, we handed over the flow to Daegu and went to a really difficult moment. If it was last year, I could have played a game that collapsed like this and ended just like this. However, I think the part that the players did not give up and overcame it is the kind of game that brightens the outlook a little bit this season. It seems to have been an important point. At a crossroads like whether we can continue to go to the top or if we fall back to the bottom again, I think today's victory is a really precious victory this season.
-There was a chaotic situation at the end.
▶ (Jung) Seung-won was booed a lot by Daegu fans when he caught a lot of balls there in the first half. I think I did it emotionally as I was booed every time I caught the fire. I think I wanted to show a better performance and score a goal today. Those appearances seem to have attracted concentration until the end. Anyway, I have to go and talk to the team members now, but I think it was an emotion that could come out enough.
-There was no victory against Daegu last year, but this year he won his first match.
It feels pretty good to win ▶. Not only Daegu, but when we looked back last year, we wondered if it was this bad. If our performance had deteriorated considerably, we would have thought that we were really inferior to Daegu. But his performance has always been good. Our goalkeeper's mistake or we scored a goal, but it was canceled. In the final game, Cesinha scored in the 97th minute. The content of the game was quite a match we could win, but there was a part where we couldn't score on the chance, so we didn't pay much attention to that.I definitely thought I would be able to play well today. We prepared for the game with the idea that if we score a goal when we had a chance, we could win unconditionally.
-Jung Seung-won and Moon Sun-min, who were recruited with expectations in the transfer market, scored goals.
▶In fact, it seemed that Sun-min (Moon) was a little bit mentally driven rather than Seung-won (Jung). Because I had a big desire to score a goal quickly. So while preparing today, I told Sun-min "I think you'll score a goal today and win at the end. I think it's a good idea. In fact, his performance was not very good in the second half as he entered the replacement. Looking at the flow of the game, I thought I could create a much more chance if I came inside and did it than Jesse Lingard. Those things worked.
Seung-won is doing well enough in his roles by watching the third line and the wing forward. Sun-min is also playing a role in changing the flow of the game as he entered as a starter only at first and then continued as a replacement. Nevertheless, there was a bit of a disappointment because there was no goal when there was a chance, but I think it was an opportunity to score a goal today and put down that weight.
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-Will Jung Seung-won continue to go to multi-position?
▶I think we should go parallel. I actually wanted to play in the third term. Only the Anyang match, I thought a little bit and persuaded him as a wing forward. In the next game, he came back to the third line. After that, I waited for Seung-won to come. In the end, Seung-won came. "I think it's right for the team to do well and the team to play good roles, not just for my greed." I'll do my best to help the team" he said. I said thank you. As the game progresses, I don't know what form the season will take, but I'll think about the position issue again when Seung-won does it and any problems arise.
-I've talked to Jesse Lingard since he was replaced
▶They asked me about my replacement. The manager has the right to decide on a replacement. If Jesse had done it, we could have achieved the same result again or we could have ended up losing as it was. I think the coach is the one who makes the choice and accepts the result. So looking at the flow of the game, I thought Jesse's role was over, and I thought the team would get more energy when another player went in and played those roles. That's how I got to replace it.
-How did you see the ground situation while watching the game?
▶I was satisfied.The viewers must have felt that a lot, but the speed of the ball has increased considerably, and I think I've improved considerably in terms of control and things like that. I think each other had better quality performances than the last game. I think we should make every effort to do it on such a good lawn in the future.
-A goal was scored at the end of the second half. It was a bit disappointing in the first half
▶ It is not easy to make a decision in the beginning. In the first half, the cohesion is strong, so you have to drill in that area. There is a little weak part, but in the first half, if we scored more goals in that set piece, it would have been easier to solve.They made it difficult for each other to have a power match. There was no easy space. As one side had already scored or started to come out since then, there was space now. I think it's this type of game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
