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| '2025 Icon Match: Return of the Window, Start of Counterattack" event match was held at Sangam World Cup Stadium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 13th. Park Ji-sung is entering and saying hello. Sangam = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.13/ |
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Park Ji-sung's knee is swollen again like when he was active.
Park Ji-sung played at the Seoul World Cup Stadium as a member of FC Spear in the '2025 Icon Match: Return of Creativity, Start of Counterattack' game hosted by Nexon on the 14th. Park Ji-sung played in front of fans for the first time in a long time, but FC Spear, to which Park Ji-sung belongs, lost 1-2.
It was hard to expect Park Ji-sung to play in this icon match. This is because Park Ji-sung's knee is currently in a really bad condition. Park Ji-sung also suffered a lot from his knee during his active days. He underwent surgery to remove the knee cartilage plate in 2003 and knee cartilage regeneration in 2007. Currently, there is no cartilage plate, so it was originally impossible to play again as in active duty.
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| '2025 Icon Match: Return of the Window, Start of Counterattack" event match was held at Sangam World Cup Stadium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 13th. Park Ji-sung is entering and saying hello. Sangam = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.13/ |
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Ahead of the icon match held for the first time last year, Park Ji-sung said on the YouTube Shoot For Love channel that he could no longer play. A year ago, Park said, `I can't play. I can't run. I don't know exactly about the current state. First, I had 2 knee surgeries, and if the knee is strained, the knee swells up. When it swells up, it means that the water gets cold. When I feel the load that my knee is 'I can't use it anymore' I get watery. After training, the knee swells as soon as it shows a response of 'Why do you use your knee now?'. I barely exercise now, so if I run a little, I don't have muscles right away, so I just react faster."
Park Ji-sung, who prepared for his first icon match as a coach, entered the stadium in the 39th minute of the second half. It was to repay the fans who remembered him even a little bit. Park Ji-sung scored a goal by handling a penalty as soon as he was put in, and played only briefly until the end of the game. At that time, fans supporting Park Ji-sung were seen shedding tears, which made headlines.
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| '2025 Icon Match: The Return of the Window, the Beginning of Counterattack' was held at Sangam World Cup Stadium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 14th. FC Spear Park Ji-sung greets fans with Shield United winning 2-1. Sangam = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.14/ |
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Was it because he felt sorry for himself. In his second iKON match, Park Ji-sung worked out for a year to play as a player, not a coach. Park Ji-sung, who played charity games for a few years after retiring from PSV Eindhoven and even gave up because of his knee, seems to have been desperate to play in front of his fans again. I trained to reawaken the muscles surrounding the knee to protect the knee as much as possible.
In the long-awaited icon match, Park Ji-sung started and burned his passion during his active career. Korean soccer fans could remember 10 to 20 years ago by the appearance of the captain and ace of the Korean national team. But Park Ji-sung's knee was also serious. After the first half, Park said, `I think I'll have to come out later. I think I need to come out in 10 minutes"You didn't look good. He limped into the locker room.
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Park Ji-sung only played until the 11th minute of the second half before finishing his return match. Park Ji-sung immediately put an icing on his left knee after the game. When asked how his knee felt, Park Ji-sung said "I feel like tomorrow..."I'm going to pour it out," he said, then laughed, adding, "I'm going to pour it out." After that, "I'll probably limp around for about two weeks."
Park Ji-sung, who changed his knee for Korean soccer, played again this time by making a knee that he could not play for Korean soccer fans.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
