In the ‘Hyundai Family Derby’, which marked the opening of the 40th anniversary of the professional soccer K-League, Ulsan Hyundai, the defending champion, defeated Jeonbuk Hyundai and took a refreshing first step.
Ulsan gave Song Min-gyu the opening goal 10 minutes after the start in the Hana 1 Q K-League 1 2023 Round 1 home game against Jeonbuk held at Ulsan Munsu Soccer Stadium on the 25th, but later, thanks to consecutive goals from Eom Won-sang and Rubiksson, they went 2-1. came from behind
Ulsan, who reached the top of the K-League 1 last season and succeeded in ‘winning the championship’ for the first time in 17 years, took 3 points in an important match to enter the title defense season.
On the other hand, Jeonbuk, which had to be satisfied with winning the Korea Football Association (FA) Cup after failing to achieve its 6th consecutive league title by finishing runner-up to Ulsan last year, started the season by allowing Ulsan to take the lead.
On this day, Ulsan put Ju Min-gyu, a former top scorer striker who returned after four seasons to Jeju United, at the forefront of the attack.
Bako, Kang Yun-goo, and Eom Won-sang were in the second line, and Park Yong-woo and Lee Gyu-seong were in the midfield. Seol Young-woo, Kim Young-kwon, Jeong Seung-hyeon, and Kim Tae-hwan formed a four-back defense, and Cho Hyun-woo protected the goal.
In Jeonbuk, ‘Qatar World Cup star’ Cho Kyu-seong took the lead, and Song Min-gyu, Amano Jun, and Lee Dong-jun were placed in the second line.
Amano is the main character who moved from Ulsan to Jeonbuk ahead of this season and sparked the ‘off-field nerve war’ between the two teams, and Lee Dong-jun also played an active part in Ulsan in the 2021 season.
Baek Seung-ho and Kim Gun-woong worked together in Jeonbuk’s midfield, and the defense team consisted of Kim Jin-soo, Park Jin-seop, Hong Jeong-ho and Kim Moon-hwan. The goalkeeper gloves were worn by Kim Jeong-hoon, a U-22 resource.
(Ulsan = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yong-tae = Jeonbuk Song Min-gyu scores the opening goal in the professional soccer Hana 1Q K League 1 match between Ulsan Hyundai and Jeonbuk Hyundai held at Munsu Soccer Stadium in Ulsan on the 25th, and cheers with Cho Kyu-seong and Kim Jin-su. [email protected]
Starting with the ‘Guard of Honor’, where Ulsan players, the winning team from last season, enter while receiving applause from Amano and other Jeonbuk players, Jeonbuk kicked off the game.
In the 10th minute of the first half, Song Min-gyu became the protagonist of the first goal of the entire K-League 1 season.
Near the penalty arc, Lee Dong-jun overcame a physical struggle with the opponent and passed the ball to the left, and Song Min-gyu connected the pass that Amano stabbed into the penalty area with a left-footed shot to shake the net.
U-22 resource Kang Yun-goo was replaced by Japan’s “new face” Esaka Ataru in the 14th minute, and Ulsan, which showed an improved offensive flow, succeeded in counterattacking before the end of the first half.
In the 43rd minute of the first half, Bako’s shot in the center of the penalty area came out of contention, and Eom Won-sang hit it with his right foot to equalize.
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In the 8th minute of the second half, Ulsan replaced Um Won-sang with the newly joined Swedish Rubikson, and Jeonbuk replaced Lee Dong-jun with Moon Seon-min, and in the 14th minute, Jeonbuk replaced Amano with Andre.
And in the 19th minute of the second half, Ulsan turned the tide.
Jeonbuk goalkeeper Kim Jeong-hoon tried to trap a teammate’s back pass, and Rubikson, who was pressuring nearby, stole the ball, drove it in, and scored his debut goal in the K-League.
In the 26th minute of the second half, Jeonbuk replaced Song Min-gyu and Kim Moon-hwan with Han Kyo-won and transfer defender Jeong Tae-wook to try to make up for it, but Ulsan, which built a solid wall amidst active participation in defense by Rubikson and Park Yong-woo, did not collapse easily.
In the 43rd minute of the second half, Ulsan kept Bako, Lee Kyu-seong, and Joo Min-gyu out, but Martin Adam, Jo Hyeon-taek, and Kim Min-hyeok were relaxed and managed to secure a victory by one goal.
On this day, 28,039 people entered the Munsu Soccer Stadium, the largest number of spectators in the K-League since the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) pandemic.
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