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Can Jeonbuk Hyundai's proud '3 cylinder engine' be transplanted into Hong Myung-bo.
Jeon Jin-woo (26), Kim Jin-kyu (28) and Park Jin-seop (30) who joined the national team are the main players who led Jeonbuk to an unbeaten victory. Kim Jin-kyu and Park Jin-seop, as well as the K League 1 scoring leader Jeon Jin-woo, helped make Jeonbuk, which suffered a humiliation to the playoffs last year, unrecognizable by their outstanding performances in the midfield.
Jeon Jin-woo was thrilled to be selected for the senior national team for the first time. Under Gus Foye, he has scored 10 goals in 15 games as an inside forward. He is having the best day of his life, writing a `career high' record even before the end of the first half. There was no reason not to use him, who was in the best condition among the K Leaguers.
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Kim Jin-kyu and Park Jin-seop will play in the national team uniform for the first time in a long time. Kim Jin-kyu was called back to the national team in two years and 11 months after the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship held in July 2022, and Park Jin-seop was called back to the national team in a year and three months after the second Asian qualifying round for the North-China World Cup against Thailand in March last year. Kim Jin-kyu started on the bench early this season, and Park Jin-seop also played the role of center back. However, in early March, when Jeonbuk was in a winless slump, Kim Jin-kyu settled in the midfield, and Park Jin-seop came up as a defensive midfielder. Kim Jin-kyu made a good move in the midfield, making decisions as well as connecting passes, and Park Jin-seop played a strong role as a support for Jeonbuk's loose midfield. Based on their performance, Jeonbuk has continued its high streak of 11 consecutive K-League games (7 wins and 4 draws) since March. The two players deserved a good card for Hong Myung-bo, who had been agonizing over the composition of the midfield due to injuries during the A match in March.
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Joining the list is just the beginning. In order to become the main player, he has to overcome the bloody competition. Jeon Jin-woo should show his presence in terms of the national team, which has endured senior players such as Son Heung-min (33, Tottenham Hotspur) and Hwang Hee-chan (29, Wolverhampton). In a cool way, there is a possibility of sending two consecutive games in June as a backup or second-half replacement card. Although better condition than European players is an asset, the priority is to prove through training that the skills shown in the K-League can also work in the national team. Kim Jin-gyu, who has active participation in offense and defense, wide movement, and pass connection ability, and Park Jin-seop, who can be used as a center back-defense midfielder, is also a good resource, but he must overcome competition with existing main players. "I selected him based on his performance."The first priority is to prove that Hong's idea was right.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
