Let's start the game…Huh? Pohang is a 12 second thunderbolt! Jeonbuk, undefeated. Finally, it's over?

Aug 24, 2025

Let's start the game…Huh? Pohang is a 12 second thunderbolt! Jeonbuk, undefeated. Finally, it's over?
◇photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association



A thunderous goal 12 seconds into the game, Pohang Steelyard was infested like a furnace.

Pohang Steelers foreign striker Giorgi scored the first goal in the match against Hyundai in Jeonbuk. Giorgi scored with a kickoff in the 27th round of the 2025 K League 1 against Jeonbuk at Pohang Steelyard on the 24th. At the start of the game, he took the pass from the left side and tapped it once before attempting a right-footed shot from the left side of the arc. Jeonbuk goalkeeper Song Bum-keun threw himself, but the ball cut through the corner of the goal and scored. After the kickoff whistle, the roar of Pohang home fans hoping for victory was quickly reversed into scoring joy. Pohang coach Park Tae-ha raised his hands, and Jeonbuk coach Gus Foye could not hide his devastated expression.

Pohang has one draw and one loss in two matches against Jeonbuk this season. However, he has scored two points in both games. Pohang is the only country to score more than two consecutive points against Jeonbuk in this year's K League 1. While Lee Ho-jae was absent due to the disciplinary action of the K-League's reward and punishment committee, Juninho stepped up as a two-top with Giorgi. Jeonbuk started Thiago instead of Compagno, expressing its intention to target Pohang by speeding up the previous two games.




Coach Park, who looked back at the last match against Jeonbuk, said, `The reason the results did not follow was because I was not good enough.' There is a team that can do anything, and Jeonbuk is just like that right now." As for Lee Ho-jae's absence "I can't help it. You can't waste your energy paying attention to that." When asked about Jeonbuk Thiago's selection, he said "It's actually an unexpected part," but "I think he's focused on speed and movement rather than the right to provide after watching the last game." We also have our own parts prepared.'

Jeonbuk had been undefeated (17 wins and 5 draws) in 22 consecutive K-League matches before the match. However, when Giorgi scored the first goal, the game plan itself was shaken.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.