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The rematch in nine years, again, was Gaeseong High School, the youth team under the age of 18 (U-18) in Busan I'Park.
Kaesong High School has reached the top of the 2025 K League U-18 Championship. Gaeseong High School won the final match of the Incheon United U-18 team Daegun High School 4-0 at the main stadium of the Cheonan Football Center on the 24th. Kaesong High School, which reached the round of 16 without difficulty with two consecutive group wins, continued its winning streak to the semifinals and won the final by showing a better performance. Gaeseong High School, which won the competition final against Daegun High School in 2016 after a bloody penalty shootout, won its second championship in nine years with a complete victory over Daegun High School. Choi Kwang-hee, who took the helm of Kaesong High School last year, was thrilled to win the K-League U-18 Championship in his second year.
Gaeseong High School showed a perfect balance of offense and defense with 17 points and 4 points in 5 games. In the final, he also led the game by scoring two goals in the first half alone. In the 16th minute of the first half, Lee Ho-jin scored with a powerful right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty box. In the 25th minute of the first half, Yoo Woo-hyun, who dug into the left side of Daegun High School, scored an additional goal when a right-footed shot from the left side of the goal was inserted into the top of the goal. While Daegun High School failed to create such an opportunity, Gaeseong High School took the lead for most of the second half following the first half. In the end, Kim Yoon-woo connected with a calm left-footed shot from the left side of the gate in the 37th minute of the second half, and Kim Min-jae scored a net in the second half to complete the four-goal victory.
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Lee Ho-jin, the main character of the winning goal, scored again on the day to announce the birth of the star. Lee Ho-jin, who scored eight goals in the late K-League junior league last year and was the top scorer in the A-area, once again won the honor of scoring by scoring 12 goals in six games against the Spring League in February. He also scored six goals in this year's K-League Junior's first league and tied for the top scorer in the C-area with Pohang Noh Geon-hee, but failed to win the top scorer title due to his lack of playing time. With various abilities such as shooting, screen play, and header, the competition proved again that he is the best among strikers of the same age.
The competition, which began in Cheonan on the 12th, involved 25 teams from K League 1 and 2 teams under the age of 18 (U-18) and 17 (U-17) teams, excluding Hwaseong FC. The U-18 division was held in the group stage and the round of 16 tournaments, and the U-17 tournament was held in the quarterfinals through the group stage. In the U-17 Championship final held on the 23rd, Osan High School (FC Seoul) beat Pungsaeng High School (Seongnam FC) to win the championship.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
