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"Today's Korean Football Evening News" (May 2, 2022) – The K-League began to use the World Cup ball this week

Hello everyone, today is May 2, 2022. Below, let's take a look at today's "Hanzu Evening News" focus news, the content is as follows:

1. Jeonbuk successfully qualified from the group, and the round of 16 was challenged by Daegu

2. The K-League will use Qatar World Cup balls

3. Son Heung-min scored twice in the Premier League and helped the team win a big victory

Let's take a look at the specific content of each news

Jeonbuk successfully qualified from the group and was challenged by Daegu in the round of 16

"Today's Korean Football Evening News" (May 2, 2022) – The K-League began to use the World Cup ball this week

In the final round of the AFC Champions League group stage last night, Jeonbuk Hyundai, who had already qualified one round ahead, drew 1:1 with the yokohama mariners in the group, and advanced hand in hand with their opponents! Jeonbuk has advanced early, so the team has made certain rotation adjustments, the main forces in the back line such as Hong Zhenghao, Kim Won-hyun and Kim Jin-so have returned to South Korea early to prepare for the K-League, and Meng Sung-woong and Park Kyu-min appeared in the AFC Champions League for the first time! Although he conceded the ball at the beginning, relying on Jin Fujiong's goal, the team still forced the opponent to draw and won the second place in the group to advance smoothly! Round of 16 knockout rounds Jeonbuk and Daegu will stage the Korean Civil War!

The K-League will use Qatar World Cup balls

"Today's Korean Football Evening News" (May 2, 2022) – The K-League began to use the World Cup ball this week

The Korean Professional Football Federation plans to use the FIFA Qatar 2022 World Cup official ball "Al Rihla" from the 10th round of the league. Al Rihla is the official ball of the 14th World Cup and is produced by Adidas, the official match ball sponsor of the K League. Al Rihla, which means "travel" in Arabic, is designed to reflect the culture and traditional architecture of Qatar, the host city of the World Cup. Through rigorous testing at Adidas, the ball flew faster and more accurately than a traditional soccer ball. Al Rihla is also the first official World Cup ball to be made using eco-friendly water-based inks and water-based adhesives.

Son Heung-min scored twice in the Premier League and helped the team win big

"Today's Korean Football Evening News" (May 2, 2022) – The K-League began to use the World Cup ball this week

In last night's Premier League round 35 match, Tottenham Hotspur won 3-1 over Leicester City, and Son Heung-min broke out again, scoring twice, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's win. Son Heung-min, who broke the goal silence after three games, scored his 18th and 19th goals in the league, surpassing his predecessor Che Fangen, who scored 17 goals in a single season in Germany in the 1985-1986 season, and set a record for the most Goals scored by a South Korean player in a single Europa League in a single season. With 19 goals and seven assists in the Premier League this season, plus 1 goal and 1 assist in European games, he has scored 20 goals and 8 assists in his official personal matches this season.

(Editor-in-Charge: Korean Football Research Association)

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