Coach Don Kim Ki-dong is making a tightrope in the middle (6th place)...It'll be better if it opens up
Jun 17, 2025
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Coach Kim finished the 19th round home game against Gangwon at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 17th with a 1-1 draw of `Hana Bank K League 1 2025" and `I really wanted to win today because there has been no win at home for a long time. I'm sorry to the fans for not being able to. I feel a great sense of responsibility."
"As I played, the players were heavy in the first half. I felt heavy after running underwater (against Gwangju)"We got a lot of chances, but we didn't take advantage of them. "I scored an equalizer, but it's a shame that I didn't score an additional goal."
Seoul was dragged 0-1 in the first half by giving Lee Sang-hun the first run in the counterattack in the 24th minute of the first half. The team lost its momentum by allowing the first goal in the same pattern as the previous home game against Jeju (1-3 loss).
In the second half, a reversal almost happened. Moon Sun-min and Klimala, who were replaced in a row in the second half, combined for an equalizer. In the 26th minute of the second half, Jung Seung-won's mid-range shot was deflected off Klimala's leg running toward the goal and soared high. Moon Seon-min solved this with a header. Since then, both teams have failed to score, and the game ended in a 1-1 draw.
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Coach Kim replaced defender Park Sung-hoon with Kim Joo-sung in the 44th minute of the first half. Park Sung-hoon appeared to be losing ground in a one-on-one competition with opposing striker Gabriel in the first half. Coach Kim said "Sung-hoon did a good job in the last match against Gwangju. Today, he showed his strength to Gabriel, but I think he did a good job"Ju-sung decided to run for only 45 minutes. Lee Do-han is injured, so he intends to rotate into three players in the future."
On Klimala, who made his K-League debut in the 16th minute of the second half of the day with Lingard as a substitute, "It is a stage of adaptation. There is a difference in tempo between the Australian league and the K-League. It takes a period of adaptation to keep up with the tempo. I wanted to put in little by little rather than spending a lot of time. I'm not satisfied, but I expect it to get better soon because I'm a good-minded, hard-working player."
Seoul is sixth with 26 points as of the 19th round, which turned the halfway point this season. In the same 19th round last season, he ranked 6th and finished 4th in the final, winning the Asian Champions League ticket for the first time in six years. Coach Kim said, `I feel like I'm playing on a single line at that line. "If you win a game or two, you go straight up, and if you go wrong in a game or two, you go down." "Last season, the game was up and down." The ups and downs are good this year. I think the non-scoring part will continue to get better."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
