The best prospect! Cha Bum-geun, Park Ji-sung, Son Heung-min. Fans' expectations poured out after the game, which is like a Korean Mbappe

Jul 31, 2025

Newcastle Park Seung-soo is in the match between Team K League and Newcastle at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 30th. Suwon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.30/

Newcastle Park Seung-soo is watching the match from the bench against Team K League and Newcastle at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 30th. Suwon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.30/

Newcastle fans are receiving favorable reviews for Park Seung-soo.

Newcastle lost 0-1 against Team K League at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 30th.

It is a showdown that took place with Newcastle's first visit to Korea. Newcastle visited Korea for the first time in 133 years. Founded in 1892 in northeastern England, Newcastle boasts a hot football fever. St. James' Park, the home stadium, is a stadium full of cheers from many home spectators. It is also familiar to Korean fans. From 2018 to 2020, Korean national team midfielder Ki Sung-yueng played for Newcastle.

Newcastle Park Seung-soo talks with Cesinha after the match between Team K League and Newcastle at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 30th. Suwon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.30/

It is a club representing EPL and has recently grown. In the 1980s and 1990s, star players represented by Alan Shearer were recruited and achieved excellent results, but they struggled in the 2000s. The reversal was the acquisition of Saudi Arabia's capital in 2021. Crown Prince Bin Salman took over Newcastle with Saudi capital and later collected a large number of young and promising players through huge investments. In this Korean tour, Newcastle also stepped on Korean soil as the best member.

However, unlike the much-anticipated visit to Korea, Newcastle's performance was too disappointing. Newcastle, where Anthony Gordon and Antony Elanga showed sharp movements in the front at the beginning of the first half and shook the team's K-League defense, gave the lead to the team's K-League from the middle of the first half. The defense team, which united around Jamal Russelles and rising star Tino Livramento, who played as veterans in the EPL, was in a hurry to stop Lee Dong-kyung, Mo-ta and Jeon Jin-woo. He even allowed a run.

He was shaken by allowing the first goal. At the time of Kim Jin-kyu's first goal in the 36th minute of the first half, Lee Dong-kyung drove the ball from the right to the center and stirred between Newcastle's defense. He created a scoring chance by connecting the defenders' checks focused on him to Kim Jin-kyu with just one pass. Kim Jin-kyu finished, and Lee Dong-kyung even recorded help. Newcastle defenders were left helpless in the process.

Newcastle Park Seung-soo is attempting to break through the match between Team K League and Newcastle at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 30th. Suwon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.30/

Nevertheless, Newcastle's hope was Park Seung-soo. Park Seung-soo, who received attention from several European teams this summer, confirmed his trip to Newcastle, hoping to head to the English Premier League (EPL), which was his dream. Park Seung-soo immediately joined the Korean tour and participated in the team's K-League match. Park Seung-soo appeared in the 37th minute of the second half. He was replaced by William Osla and took the field. A time that might be a bit short to show something, and surprisingly with Park's input Newcastle were reinvigorated from the attack. In the 39th minute of the second half, Park Seung-soo tried to break through from the left and tried to cross past two defenders. In the 41st part of the first half, he showed his skills among defenders deep on the right side of the box, shaking the defense and attempting to shoot.

Manager Addie Howe said "He's a young player, but he must have been pressured by a lot of expectations. I don't think it would have been easy. However, as you saw today, I think I have enough ability to have one-on-one or paint. I'm satisfied with today's performance."

Park Seung-soo was also the only hope of local fans in Newcastle who watched the game on video. When the video of the team's K-League match was uploaded on the club's official channel, fans criticized "really disastrous level" and "I'm ashamed". In the meantime, PARK made a good contract", "Park Seung-soo is like Korea's Mbappe " and "Isn't Park Seung-soo next to Cha Bum-keun, Park Ji-sung, and Son Heung-min in Korea?"

Fans' expectations for Park Seung-soo, one of Korea's top prospects, are growing. More attention is expected to be paid to the preseason performance.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.