'Promotion Legend'An Byung-joon became Suwon FC 'Victory Preacher' at Castle Park.
Suwon FC succeeded in escaping last place with a 3-0 victory over Daejeon Hana Citizen in the 14th round of the 'Hana Bank K League 1 2025" at Suwon Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 18th. Before the game, Ahn Byung-joon's retirement ceremony for 「Suwon FC Legend」 was held. Daejeon Martha, who shared the history of promotion at Suwon FC, handed over a bouquet of flowers, and son Ahn Yong-chan went on a celebration together. Recalling the thrilling history of promotion to the first division with Ahn Byung-joon's penalty winning goal in the 2020 promotion playoff, 'Castle Park' heated up even before the game.
Daejeon was a close leader with 28 points and one goal ahead of second-place Jeonbuk Hyundai until just before the match against Suwon. In the last three games, including the FA Cup, two draws and one loss, and three points were desperately needed. Suwon FC (11 points) also had the same point as Daegu in 11th place, and Jeju in 10th place had 12 points, and both teams could not concede amid the fluctuating rankings Daejeon head coach Hwang Sun-hong did not hide his guard, as the leader and the lowest-ranked team faced off. In addition, the crisis situation in which Bob Shin and Kim Moon-hwan are absent due to a hamstring injury and second-place Jeonbuk is fiercely chasing. Coach Hwang said, `Suwon has excellent foreign players. We have to endure May well." Suwon FC head coach Kim Eun-joong expressed strong confidence, saying, `It's rather not burdensome because I'm in the lead.'
▶ Line-up
-Suwon FC (3-4-3) = Ahn Jun-su (GK) / Lee Ji-sol - Choi Kyu-baek - Kim Tae-han / Seo Jae-min - Lee Jae-won - Noh Kyung-ho - Kim Do-yoon / Andersson-Sabak - Luan
-Daejeon Hana Citizen (4-4-2) = Lee Chang-geun (GK) / Oh Jae-seok - Lim Jong-eun - Ha Chang-rae - Park Jin-sung / Yoon Do-young - Kim Jun-beom - Lee Soon-min - Kim Hyun-wook / Resident-gyu Choi Geon-ju
▶ Overall
From the beginning of the first half, Suwon FC stepped forward from its home ground. Head coach Kim Eun-joong cited Kim Do-yoon, who scored an equalizer with a flash of movement in the Korea Cup during the week. He pushed hard with fast dribbles from Andersson and Kim Do-yoon. Ha Chang-rae, who was blocking Andersson's counterattack dribble after Daejeon's first corner kick failed in the 11th minute of the first half, received a yellow card. In the 18th minute of the first half, Suwon Noh Kyung-ho, who was blocking Daejeon Choi Geon-ju's breakthrough, accepted the yellow card. Suwon Luan's shot in the 23rd minute of the first half was placed on the goalkeeper's chest. In the 27th minute of the first half, Daejeon center back Lim Jong-eun desperately cleared Luan's sharp cross. In the 37th minute of the first half, he fell pushing into the box, but the whistle did not ring. In the 38th minute of the first half, Kim Do-yoon was inundated and tripped over Park Jin-sung's foot right in front of the box. Luan's free kick hit defense Ha Chang-rae's head high. In the 42nd minute of the first half, he received a yellow card for blocking Lee Chang-geun's goal kick. In Daejeon, Choi Geon-ju's counterattack was powerful. However, Suwon's strong defense blocked him repeatedly, and the ball was not connected to the frontline Joo Min-kyu and he failed to make a decisive scene. In the first half, Suwon FC recorded 9 shots, 6 effective shots, and Daejeon recorded 1 shot and 1 effective shot. They finished 0-0 in the first half.
▶Second half
At the start of the second half, Suwon put Kim Joo-yeop instead of Kim Do-yoon and Daejeon put Martha instead of Yoon Do-young to make changes. Andersson's shot in the 7th minute of the second half and Sabak's header following Andersson's cross in the 8th minute missed the post in a row. In the 10th minute of the second half, Kim Joon-beom's shot, which took over the pass that Daejeon Joo Min-kyu dropped with his head, failed. Ahn Jun-su managed to prevent it. Lee Chang-geun caught Sabak's shot in the 17th minute of the second half. In the 19th minute of the second half, Suwon threw Kim Jae-sung instead of Lee Jae-won, Kelvin and Kim In-gyun instead of Kim Joon-beom and Choi Geon-ju. Kim Jae-sung's shot was high in the 24th minute of the second half, and Andersson's shot was low in the 25th minute of the second half. In the 30th minute of the second half, Daejeon goalkeeper Lee Chang-geun blocked Andersson's powerful shot. As it was not finished despite the hot offensive, Suwon raised the level of attack by sending Jung Seung-bae instead of Noh Kyung-ho in the 34th minute of the second half. In the 35th minute of the second half, Daejeon Joo Min-kyu's first shot, a bicycle kick slightly missed the post. Suwon Sabak's subsequent shot also went off the post. In the 36th minute of the second half, Seo Jae-min's shot, which took over Suwon Luan's pass, hit the post. It was a harbinger of a goal. In the 37th minute of the second half, Choi Kyu-baek flew to Andersson's clothesline cross. He shook the net with a high header. It wasn't the end. In the 43rd minute of the second half, Choi Kyu-baek shook only the goal once again, but offside was declared. In the 44th minute of the second half, Suwon won 3-0 in the second half with Andersson's sharp multi-goal. The leading match was unbeaten in three games and barely maintained the lead. Suwon moved up to 10th place by beating Jeju and Daegu with 14 points. In a pre-match interview "Suwon FC will win unconditionally."Ahn Byung-joon's prophecy and energy worked together.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
