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Will Kim Ji-soo get a chance to play at the end of the season.
Brentford will play Newcastle United in the 30th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in 2024-2025 at 3:45 a.m. on the 3rd (Korea time) at St. James Park in Newcastle, England. Brandford can look to enter the top 10 if they win.
Brentford are in limbo as they enter the end of the season. If you want to secure a spot in the Europa Conference League, you have to enter the top seven. The gap with Brighton, currently seventh, is six points. Although it is not a figure that cannot be reversed, this gap has been maintained for a longer time than expected. Looking at the difficulty of the rest of the schedule, it seems difficult to reach the top seven because we have to meet Newcastle, Arsenal, Chelsea, Brighton, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.
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Still, Brentford does not have to worry about relegation at all, so it is expected that there will be more young players at the end of the season. If so, we can expect Korea's youngest Premier Leaguer Kim Ji-soo to participate little by little.
Kim Ji-soo, who is considered Korea's next-generation center back, made his EPL debut as a substitute against Brighton, the last league game in 2024. He became the 15th Korean in the history of playing in the EPL and the youngest Korean player to make a debut in the EPL history.
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Kim Ji-soo also played as a substitute in the second half of the match against Arsenal, the next game, and took the field for two consecutive games. Although he was a second-division club, he also started in the FA Cup match against Plymouth Argyle and played full-time. At this time, Kim Ji-soo was expected to continue to play in the future.
However, after the match against Argyll, Kim Ji-soo is only staying on the bench. From early to mid-February, he was not included in the list of games at all. Kim Ji-soo stepped back on the field last month against Aston Villa. However, Kim Ji-soo was put in the extra time of the second half and had to touch the ball just once before finishing the game.
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Based on the league, which is a measure of competition for the starting lineup, Kim Ji-soo played only one minute in three months. It is regrettable considering that EPL's ranking competition is so tight that it is difficult to easily give chances to prospects. This is because Kim Ji-soo, who was born in 2004, is now old enough to gain experience in the first team.
Reporter Kim Dae-sik rlaeotlr2024@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
