I hope that the players who didn't get the chance, including Kim Ki-dong, Seoul coach Cho Young-wook, will show their ability.
Jul 23, 2025
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FC Seoul coach Kim Ki-dong expressed his determination to win ahead of the Jeju SK FC away game. FC Seoul will face Jeju SK in the 23rd round of Hana Bank's K League 1 away match at 7:30 p.m. on the 23rd at Jeju World Cup Stadium.
Jeju is the only team that FC Seoul has failed to bring points this season. They lost the opening game 0–2 on 15 February, and lost 1-3 at home on 31 May. It is the second consecutive defeat against Jeju. However, Seoul back then and Seoul now are different. Seoul has shown unbeaten performance in the last five games (three wins and two draws). He has only five wins, five draws and one loss in the 11th round of the second Robin. And this one loss was a home game against Jeju.
Ahead of the match against Jeju, head coach Kim operated the rotation as announced. Kim Jin-soo and Kim Joo-sung started Park Soo-il and Park Sung-hoon in the position where they could not play due to accumulated warnings. While Klimala was excluded from the injury, Lingard, Andersson and Moon Sun-min, who were the starters against Ulsan, stood on the bench, while Banks, Jeong Han-min, Lucas and Cho Young-wook stood on the offensive line.
In particular, Cho Young-wook started for the first time in a long time. Coach Kim predicted the rotation while training before the match against Ulsan. I was told to adjust my body condition. I asked the players who don't get many opportunities today to use their skills and let the fans say, `Why isn't the coach running when he's done so well,' and to be motivated"That's how it helps the team."
Regarding the defensive gaps between Kim Jin-soo and Kim Joo-sung, head coach Kim said, `It's the minimum number of runs except for Jeonbuk. As the role of the two players was large, the vacancy is also large. However, Park Soo-il was discharged from Sangmu, and if he shows performances against Gwangju and Pohang, he can fully cover it. In the match against Gwangju, Park Sung-hoon also played a good role in Yazan's vacancy. He expressed his expectation, saying, "He will do as much as he did then."
If you catch Jeju, which has never beaten this season, in the first game of Robin in the third round, and win three consecutive games, it is a great opportunity to leap to the second place and widen the gap with the middle. Jeonbuk (48 points) is leading the way overwhelmingly, and it is three points behind Gimcheon (36 points) and Daejeon (36 points) in third place. Fifth-place Pohang and sixth-place Gwangju have 32 points and seventh-place Ulsan has 30 points. It's a chance to catch Jeju and run away. Coach Kim said, `We lost to Jeju both times this season. After building up the defense solidly, we counterattacked, and we were in a hurry at home. The team was in a difficult situation, so there was psychological pressure and it was urgent. He was not prepared for the opponent's counterattack. I thought and understood that part more with the players. I think it will be better than then." It is a must-see game for Seoul's leap forward in the championship. Coach Kim said, `Not only the top teams, but also the 7-8th and split will be decided in 11 games. Up to the second rovin, he said, "It's all the time that it's so tight." "It's important how much fighting power you have. It will be an important watershed in the short term. All the teams will prepare like the finals in every game. "There were many scenes that we didn't bring even though we did well in terms of points. " He expressed his strong will to win three points. Asked about the prospects of the game, coach Kim said "It's cooler than in July last year. Jesse (Lingard) also walked around saying he couldn't breathe because it was his first time here, but the wind is cool today. I circulated a positive message.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
