Daejeon Hana Citizen couldn't decide the game at home against Gangwon FC.
Daejeon Hana led with Kang Yoon-sung's first goal in a 37th round home game against Gangwon FC in Hana Bank's K League 1 at 2 p.m. on the 22nd at Daejeon World Cup Stadium, before giving up an equalizer to Park Sang-hyuk in the second half.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, Daejeon Kang Yoon-sung's first goal of the season was scored. Hernandez, who was put in place of Young-gun Kim Hyun-oh in the 18th minute of the first half, became the starting point of the goal in four minutes. Misa and Hernandez's pass was connected to Kang Yoon-sung, and Kang Yoon-sung shook the net with a right foot winding.
In the second half, Daejeon was aggressive, but Gangwon-do, an away team that did not let go of its dream of an Asian club competition, also pulled the reins of its pursuit. In the 13th minute of the second half, Park Sang-hyuk, Kang Yoon-gu, and Shin Min-ha were put in place of Kim Gun-hee, Kim Kang-guk, and Park Ho-young. In three minutes, it paid off in the 16th minute of the second half. Following Mo Jae-hyun's cross, Park Sang-hyuk shook the net with a header equalizer to balance the game. Since then, there has been a battle between one and two teams, but that's all for both teams. No more goals were scored. Daejeon, which aimed to win seven consecutive home games, had to settle for the unbeaten record. At the same time, Gimcheon won 3-1 against FC Seoul and Gimcheon Sangmu, scoring 61 points and chasing second-place Daejeon (62 points) by one point. In the final league match against Gimcheon, which will be held at Gimcheon Stadium on the 30th, they will clash for the runner-up title.
Gangwon, which had a valuable draw in Daejeon on the day, also revived its hope of advancing to the Asian stage for the second consecutive time. Gangwon, ranked sixth, scored 49 points (12 wins, 13 draws, 12 losses, 36 goals), equal to FC Seoul, ranked fifth (49 points, 12 wins, 13 draws, 12 losses, 49 goals), which lost to Gimcheon 1-3. In the final match of the 30th, the luck of '5th place' is on the line. As the score gap is large, Seoul will be fifth if the two teams win, draw or lose side by side. If Gangwon wins the final match against Pohang and Seoul loses or ties with Jeonbuk, or if Gangwon draws with Pohang and Seoul loses to Jeonbuk, Gangwon will continue its dream of competing with the Asian club for the second consecutive year with the fifth-place reverse drama.
The ACL2 qualification will be allocated to the Korea Cup winners. This year's Korea Cup championship will go to the winner of the Jeonbuk Hyundai-Gwangju FC final on the 6th of next month, and if Jeonbuk, which has already secured a berth to participate in the AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE) by winning the K-League 1, wins the Korea Cup, the ACL2 berth will go to the fifth place in the K-League. Of course, if Gwangju wins, Gwangju will play in ACL2, but it is not over until it is over. This is why the war between Seoul and Gangwon in fifth place is inevitably hot, with the team having to secure fifth place in the league and watch the results of the Korea Cup.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
