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SUWON, WHICH ATTRACTED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SPECTATORS IN DIVISION 2, OVERCAME NUMERICAL INFERIORITY TO ACHIEVE ITS FIRST WIN IN K-LEAGUE 2
Director Yeom Ki-hoon kept his promise to ‘hit first’…
Mulich multi-goal, beating Chungnam Asan 2-1 … About 14,000 people entered Suwon World Cup Stadium
Suwon Samsung, a professional soccer team, overcame numerical inferiority and won the first K-League 2 match in the club’s history.
This is the first win of coach Ki-Hoon Yeom, the ‘official head coach’, achieved in front of the largest audience in K League 2 history. 온라인카지노
Suwon got off to a good start by defeating Chungnam Asan FC 2-1 in the Hana Bank K League 2 2024 1st round home game held at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Gyeonggi-do on the 3rd.
Suwon, who suffered a shocking relegation to last place in K-League 1 last season, took the first step towards ‘challenge for promotion’ by taking 3 points.
Coach Yeom, who experienced relegation to the second division as an acting manager, kept the promise he made after becoming the official manager in the first game.
Coach Yeom announced at the opening media day on the 26th of last month that he would play ‘soccer that hits first.’
Last season, when he had only 8 wins in 38 games in the first division, he made a pledge that he would change the disappointing situation of giving up leads from the first half.
As the head coach boasted, Suwon took the lead by scoring the first goal in the 21st minute of the first half.
Mulic, a foreign striker who is over 2m tall, became the protagonist of Suwon’s ‘K League 2 first goal’.
As Chungnam Asan’s Kang Jun-hyuk failed to properly handle the ball, Lee Sang-min, who dug into the right side, quickly snatched it and ran into the penalty area.
Lee Sang-min delivered the ball to the front of the goal, and Mulic calmly kicked the ball home, shaking Chungnam Asan’s net.
A crisis came in the 40th minute of the first half for Suwon, which had overwhelmed South Chungcheong Asan, leading in ball possession by 64% to 36% until the 30th minute of the first half.
During Chungnam Asan’s counterattack, Jo Yun-seong knocked down Juninho, who rushed into the penalty area, from behind.
Cho Yun-seong, who transferred from Asan, South Chungcheong Province, ahead of this season, was given a red card after a video review (VAR).
Although Suwon was outnumbered early on, they scored an additional goal before the end of the first half.
This time, Mulic came forward again.
Mulic, who took the free kick from behind the penalty arc in extra time in the first half, hit the corner of the goal with a sharp right-footed shot.
South Chungcheong Asan began an offensive in the second half by taking advantage of its numerical superiority and scored a make-up goal in the 23rd minute of the second half.
Rookie midfielder Jeong Ma-ho, born in 2005, calmly completed Park Dae-hoon’s pass deep into the penalty box and scored his professional debut goal.
However, South Chungcheong Asan was unable to open Suwon’s goal once more and had to accept a 1-2 loss.
New South Chungcheong Asan coach Kim Hyun-seok, who worked at the club’s front office and took over leadership of the team after last season, postponed his debut win until the next opportunity.
14,196 people attended the first game of the K League 2 for Suwon, which is considered the most popular club in Korea.
More spectators visited Suwon World Cup Stadium than last year’s K League 1 opening match against Gwangju FC (10,348).
The number of 14,916 people is the highest number in K League 2 after counting paid spectators.
It exceeded the attendance of 13,340 for the game between Busan I’Park and Bucheon FC held at Busan Asiad Main Stadium last season.
Suwon general manager Park Gyeong-hoon said, “Even though we were relegated, so many fans came to see us.
I know very well that this is an expression of expectations that we will definitely achieve promotion this season.
We will do our best to repay those expectations.”