Incheon United failed to beat Seongnam FC despite its numerical advantage. He has not won a single game against Seongnam this season.
Incheon and Seongnam moved away 2-2 in the 34th round of the 'Hana Bank K League 2 2025' held at Tancheon Stadium on the 12th.
Incheon (73 points), which has narrowed its gap with second-place Suwon (63 points) to eight points due to the draw, will still have three wins left before confirming its own victory this season. Seongnam (48 points) escaped a three-game losing streak with this draw.
It was a showdown between two teams who wanted three points with different goals. Seongnam has lost back-to-back games since its 13-game unbeaten streak. It was shaken by the playoff contenders E-Land (0-2 loss) and Bucheon (0-1 loss). His scoring ability was disappointing. There are no goals scored in three consecutive games. 'Vanguard'Huiz is silent, so the attack cannot be solved, and even the leading Heum was unable to shake the net. It is four points behind E-Land (52 points), which is ranked fifth in the playoffs. Seongnam was not willing to miss the point even if the opponent was in the lead Incheon, in a situation where it could be difficult to chase if it got further away.
Incheon drew against Suwon just before, and the championship began to show a little bit. With six more games to go, Incheon is 10 points shorter than the runner-up Suwon (score point). If Incheon won half of the remaining games, it would have been able to confirm the championship on its own. However, Incheon is also nervous if it is dragging while watching the results of all six games. In order to quickly confirm the championship, it was time for a last-minute rise through victory over Seongnam. Seongnam was the only team that Incheon has never beaten this season. He had two losses earlier. Maybe it was a mountain that had to be crossed at least once to win the championship.
Seongnam coach Jeon Kyung-joon chose a 4-4-2 formation. Ryu Jun-sun and Whoise on the two-top, and Kim Jung-hwan, Freitas Park Soo-bin Leandro, played a role in the midfield. The four-bag was composed by Jung Seung-yong and Park Kwang-il of Benicio Lecture. Yang Han-bin wore goalkeeper gloves.
Incheon coach Yoon Jung-hwan faced off with a 4-4-2 formation. Park Seung-ho and Park Ho-min at the front line, and the midfield was built by Kim Min-seok, Lee Myung-joo, Jung Won-jin and Gerson. The defense is Kim Sung-min. Kim Gun-hee, Kim Gun-woong, and Lee Ju-yong were present. Min Sung-joon defended the goal.
Incheon scored early in the first half and took the lead. In the second minute of the first half, Kim Gun-hee accurately finished the ball from a corner kick with a header and shook Seongnam's net. Freitas tried to stop it, but it wasn't enough.
Seongnam worked hard to make up for the first loss, but Incheon rather sought an additional scoring opportunity. In the 18th minute of the first half, Kim Min-seok took the ball by pressing Yang Han-bin in the process of attacking the opponent's side through a long ball. Afterwards, he tripped over Yang Han-bin during the breakthrough process. The referee immediately declared a penalty and declared Yang Han-bin's exit. As a result of VAR review, the penalty was maintained and the exit was canceled. Park Seung-ho, who was a kicker, shook the net and scored an additional goal. Seongnam escaped the worst, but the crisis continued.
Seongnam, which gave up two goals, gradually increased its momentum. Freitas tried to finish a sharp cross from the left in the 30th minute of the first half at the gate, but it fell short. The ball that couldn't reach the head went off the goal line as it was. In the first minute of extra time in the first half, Leandro seemed to take the opportunity by drilling Min Sung-joon from the left, but he failed to connect with a shot due to the fast cover of Incheon's defense. After that, he gave the ball to the left of the penalty arc, and Ryu Jun-sun's shot, which caught the ball, headed to the side of the net.
The first half ended with Incheon's 2-0 lead.
Seongnam saved the spark of the chase early in the second half. In the fifth minute of the second half, Lee Jung-bin, who rushed a cross from the right side of Incheon to the gate, shook the net by finishing with a header.
Seongnam, which gained momentum, continued to threaten Incheon and aimed for a chance to tie the game. In the counterattack situation in the 20th minute of the second half, Whoise made a threatening move in the process of penetrating the box, but was blocked by Kim Gun-hee's quick cover.
However, bad news came to Seongnam. Benicio, who committed a foul in the 26th minute of the second half while blocking Gervaiso's counterattack, was immediately given a red card. Seongnam did not back down despite its numerical inferiority. In the 31st minute of the second half, Lee Jung-bin finished the ball taken by forward pressure at the gate, but the shot hit the post. In the 35th minute of the second half, Kim Bum-soo's shot, which caught the ball while Min Sung-joon emptied the post, headed over the post.
Seongnam rather brought the game to square one. In the 42nd minute of the second half, as the ball from the left flowed to the right, Kim Bum-soo's sharp mid-range shot, which was waiting outside the box, stabbed the corner of the Incheon goal.
In the end, the match ended in a 2-2 draw.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
