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K-League's 'Proud'Ulsan HD produced a come-from-behind victory in the Asian Champions League Elite (ACLE).
Ulsan came from behind to win 2-1 against Chengdu Rongcheng (China) in the first round of the ACLE League Stage in the 2025-2026 season at Munsu Football Stadium on the 17th with Heo Yul's extra-time theater goal following Um Won-sang's equalizer. Ulsan allowed Deargiaduo to score the first goal in the 44th minute of the first half.
The second half replacement card worked. Um Won-sang, who was replaced, scored a relay goal in the 31st minute of the second half and Heo Yul scored an extra 50 minutes. Ulsan coach Shin Tae-yong has won both ACLs as a coach and player in Seongnam Ilhwa. Director Seo Jung-won, who is leading Chengdu, is the main character of the 「Miracle Magic」, which started in the second part and is currently ranked first in the first part. The two are best friends. In the second half of coach Seo's 1-0 lead, he tilted further as he excluded the main players in preparation for the Super League.
Coach Shin said "Our players worked hard today, and congratulations." Despite Wednesday, many fans are cheering and grateful. I played my first game of ACLE in a bad atmosphere. The driving force of victory is that he did not give up until the end despite the difficult atmosphere. I felt sorry for Chengdu's coach Seo Jung-won, but our players played harder and had good results."
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And during the press conference with Director Seo, we met and spoke comfortably privately. He didn't say anything about whether he would be selected as the best player. It was expected that the 1.5th Army would come out. If you go back, there is an away game in Shanghai Shenhua. We also have an important game with Anyang on the weekend. I took out seven or eight people from the best, and I told director Seo 'You're not putting in the best, are you?' but he did. 'What, isn't that a foul?' he said jokingly. He had confidence that if he held out well in the first half, he would solve the second half. The players did well in the first half, but the loss came as the players conceded the ball. He explained, "The tempo got faster and better as the player who needed it in the second half…"
Coach Shin was back on the ACL stage after 4,860 days. Ulsan, which drew 1-1 with the Pohang Steelers four days ago, fired a signal of reversal in ACLE.
"In fact, my personal opinion is that the A-match break in September came early and I wonder what it would have been like. It's too late. It wasn't long, but I had a lot of communication with the players in Sokcho. "I understood the inconvenience of the players and improved as I increased the amount of training" "I heard that there are only four games left from the K-League to the split, but there were seven to eight more games left, and I was able to bring better performance. Pohang was also disappointed. I think I would have gained a lot more confidence by winning today's game. You can also look forward to the upcoming game. I think I can do it because I believe in the players."
After winning one game, coach Shin fell into a winless swamp (one draw and three losses) for four consecutive games. He won after five games.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
