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| Um Ji-sung (second right foot) who plays for Swansea City in the English Championship (second division) is congratulated by his teammates after scoring a goal with a fantastic winding shot in the final game of the season on the 3rd. Swansea City homepage capture |
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'Fantastic winding up, thought Son Heung-min shot it?'
Um Ji-sung (23), who plays on the British stage as one of the strong future resources of Korean soccer, scored an intense season finale goal, making people look forward to next season.
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Um Ji-sung, who currently plays for Swansea City in the English Championship (second division), started against Oxford United in the final 46th round of the 2024-2025 English Championship at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, England, on the 3rd (Korea time). Swansea City, with Um Ji-sung's goal at the forefront, drew 3-3 with Oxford after a slugfest.
As a result, Swansea City finished the league in 11th place with 61 points (17 wins, 10 draws and 19 losses) for the season, failing to even advance to the promotion play-off. Instead, he had a wide gap with the relegation zone. The first and second-place teams of the championship will automatically be promoted to the English Premier League (EPL). Next, the promotion play-off will be held from third to sixth. Swansea City didn't get in here. At least, it seems that he should be comforted by avoiding relegation.
On this day, Um Ji-sung started as a left winger in the 4-2-3-1 formation. Um Ji-sung has been active since his first season of joining the team and has been a mainstay in the team. It was a little sluggish at the beginning of the season, but it is showing its true value as it goes back.
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He also scored a goal in the final game of the season. Um Ji-sung, who caught the ball on the left side in the 23rd minute of the first half, momentarily turned and moved toward the center of the penalty box and hit a thunderous right-footed shot.
The ball with a sharp turn dug into the right corner of the goal. It was a delightful goal reminiscent of Son Heung-min (33, Tottenham Hotspur)'s "right foot reduction", which was like a monopoly in his heyday, with his trajectory and speed that the goalkeeper could not stop.
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This marks Um's third league goal (two assists) this season. Um Ji Sung appeared in 37 league games. Including all official games such as the Cup, he has played 40 games since his first season as Swansea City.
However, despite Um Ji-sung's opening goal performance, Swansea City were 3-3 against each other.
However, soccer statistics media Footmob gave Um Ji-sung a '7.5' score and evaluated him as playing well. Huscored dotcom also gave a high score of 7.54.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
