Hello fans, our "Dream Europa" column is as promised in this issue. Compared to the first week of 2022, the week was slightly uneventful, with 13 games played by South Korean players, only five players were given the opportunity to play, of which the other four were starters except for Valencia's Lee Gang-jin, who just recovered from the new crown from the bench. It is worth mentioning that only Kim Hyun-jae played the whole game this week, which also means that he still deserves the trust of the team. Let's take a brief look at the performance of these five players.
Li Gangren (Mallorca [Copa del Rey])
Let's first look at Li Gangren's performance. Li Gangren, who missed the game last week because of the confirmed coronavirus, made the big list in last week's Copa del Rey competition in Spain, but did not make it to the start. On January 15, local time in Spain, Mallorca welcomed the opponent of the Round of Sixteen of the Copa del Rey at home, the Spaniard from La Liga. In this match, Mallorca finally defeated the opponent 2-1 at home to advance to the quarterfinals. It is worth mentioning that in the 75th minute, Li Gangren came on as a substitute, which is also his return to the field after 7 days after he was diagnosed positive for the new crown virus. Lee Gang-jin scored just three minutes into the box and got a shot inside the box, but the ball was slightly offside. In this game, Li Gangren played 15 minutes, in the injury time stage, Li Gangren in order to prevent the opponent from counterattacking, and the opponent began to fight, the result of the opponent foul was sent off by the red card, Li Gangren also because of the action to fight back to eat a yellow card. Judging from the game, Li Gangren's state still needs to continue to recover. In the new national team call list, there is still no name for him.
Zheng Youying (Freiburg im Breisgau [Bundesliga])
Let's look at the Bundesliga again. This round is undoubtedly a difficult round for Zheng Youying, the team lost 1-5 away to Borussia Dortmund, and was further widened by the opponent to further widen the point gap. Zheng Youying only played less than half, and was replaced because of poor form, and he did not even have a shot at the half. Although there are rumors that "Zheng Youying may be repurchased by Bayern", if you look at the performance against Borussia Dortmund, Zheng Youying is not eligible to return to Bayern at all, and he still needs to continue to work hard. Interestingly, in the roster of the South Korean national team announced this week, Jung Youying is on the list, and it seems that Coach Bento does not care how bad his current state is, for Jung Youying, this should be the source of motivation for him to perform better in the next game.
Lee Jae-seong (Mainz [Bundesliga])
Also in this bundesliga round, another South Korean player Lee Jae-seong won with the team! The team beat Bochum 1-0 at home, and Lee played 80 minutes in the city, with a 76% pass success rate and three precise long passes to instigate the attack. In addition, Lee Jae-seong also has two steals on the defensive end. After the game, the German media gave him a high score of 7.3, ranking at the top of the team. Such an outstanding performance, it is also deserved to be selected for the Korean national team.
Huang Yisuke (Bordeaux [Ligue 1])
Huang Yisuke, who returned from injury, could not have imagined that he would experience a nightmare in the away match against Rennes. Passive, the opponent scored six goals, bordeaux suffered the biggest single defeat of the season! Although Huang Yizhu started, he could not get the effective support of his teammates, he could not get the ball in front of him, he could not grab the ball, and finally he could only witness the team's goal being pierced again and again. In the 83rd minute, Huang Yizhu was replaced, ending the painful match. After returning from injury, Huang Yizhu's state still needs to be adjusted, and this time he is still recruited by the national team, and there should be a certain sense of crisis. After all, in the warm-up match, his stand-in Cao Guicheng performed quite well, and if he could not come up with enough performance, I am afraid that Huang Yizhu's position in the national team would not be guaranteed.
Kim Hyun-jae (Fenerbach [Tu Chao])
Finally, let's look at Kim Hyun-jae. After Pereira's dismissal, Fenerbach officially announced that Turkish football star Ismaar served as the manager of the team, and in the debut of the new manager, who will continue to gain favor has become a topic of concern to the outside world, especially whether the "Pereira concubine" Kim Hyun-jae will continue to appear is also a point of view. On January 16, the 20th round of the 2021-22 Turkish Super League began to compete, Fenerbach away to Antalya, in the starting list, continue to see Kim Hyun-jae's name. As the starting left centre-back, Kim continued to play all over the court and performed very eye-catchingly, with a pass success rate of 89%, and the advantages of steals and physical confrontation were also obvious. In this game, Antalya's main counter-attack opportunities were quite threatening, but Kim Hyun-jae was very defensive from the midfield retreat, cutting off the opponent's counterattack three times. Especially in the 39th minute of the first half, if it were not for Kim Hyun-jae's interception, the opponent would most likely break the goal in the first half. In the second half, despite Fenerbach's loss of points, Kim's defense, especially the steals of high-altitude balls, made the opponent feel helpless. In particular, The main goalkeeper of Fenerbach was injured, and in the case of the 19-year-old young goalkeeper, Fenenbach was besieged by the opponent, and Kim Hyun-jae organized his teammates to deal with the opponent's oppression many times, and finally tried to save the goal and no longer lose. After the match, Kim Hyun-jae was rated as the third highest score in the game, although the team finally shook hands with the opponent 1-1 and did not win, but Kim Hyun-jae's performance was enough to be recognized and recognized, and he became Fenerbach's "thigh"!
Appendix: Performance of Korean players in Europe (1.14~17)