Hello everyone, today is April 20, 2024, let's take a look at today's "Hanzu Evening News" focus news, which is as follows:
1. K1 League: Unbeaten record 20→21! Jeonbuk reversed Seoul away
2. K2 League: Continue the "away dragon" attribute, Busan wins Bucheon
3. Lee Yongjun scored twice, and South Korea won the Olympic Games to advance to the quarterfinals
Let's take a look at the details of each news
K1 League: Unbeaten record 20→21! Jeonbuk reversed Seoul away
Despite winning the last round, the outside world is still not optimistic about Jeonbuk in the away match with FC Seoul, and believes that Jeonbuk's unbeaten record of 20 consecutive rounds against Seoul will be made old today! On April 20, South Korean local time, in the 8th round of the 2024 K1 League, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motor's away game against FC Seoul can be called today's classic battle.
In front of former Pohang coach Kim Ki-dong, Jeonbuk's "Pohang veteran" Song Min-kyu took advantage of Seoul's mistake to score a goal shortly after the opening, and then Ilyuschenko and Parosevich, two "Pohang veterans", overtook the score for Seoul. In the 38th minute, Seoul made a mistake and allowed Lee Young-jae to equalize from distance. In the second half, the opponent's youngster Jeon Byung-kwan scored in front of the goal to take the lead, and although Seoul then pressed hard, the poor passing and lack of active movement allowed them to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.
At the final whistle, Jeonbuk's unbeaten streak against Seoul was extended to 21 games! Acting coach Park Won-jae led the team to two consecutive victories, just like Kim Doo-hyun last year, does Jeonbuk still need to change the coach this time?
In the other two games, Suwon FC won two consecutive home games against Jeju United 2-1 at home thanks to Lee Seung-woo's excellent performance, and Suwon FC won two consecutive home games, while in the top battle, Pohang Iron Man and Gimcheon Sangmu drew 0-0 at home, and the two teams continued to be in first and second place in the standings despite the postponement of Ulsan's current round.
K2 League: Continuing the "away dragon" attribute, Busan won Bucheon
For Busan IPark, they "can't change" the label of the away dragon on their body. On April 20, local time in South Korea, there were two first matches in the eighth round of the 2024 K2 League. IPark Busan, who are playing away in the K2 League for the fourth time this season, face Bucheon FC 1995, who drew 0-0 away from home last season, and before this round, Busan won three consecutive away games, and after being eliminated from the FA Cup in midweek, Busan are looking to win away from home, so they are full of confidence to play with their main team. In this game, Busan not only took the lead in scoring the opening goal, but also completely suppressed the opponent on the field, threatening the opponent with many shots, and if it wasn't for the excellent performance of the opponent's goalkeeper, Bucheon might have been difficult to lose just 1-3.
After four consecutive away wins, Busan moved up to third place, ironically, all of Busan's 12 points came on the road, while at home they won all four games. If you win all away and lose all at home this season, Busan will also be very wonderful.
In the other game, with the excellent performance of foreign player Paulinho, Chungbuk Cheongju FC defeated Seongnam FC 2-1, counting the FA Cup in midweek, and kept it all this week. This "dark horse" team last season has already shown the success of "second disruption".
Lee Yongjun scored twice, and South Korea's Olympic team won and advanced to the quarterfinals
Finally, let's take a look at the performance of the Korean Olympic team. On the evening of April 19, Qatar local time, the second round of Group B of the 2024 Qatar U23 Asian Cup was contested, and the South Korean Olympic team, which won the first game 1-0 against the United Arab Emirates Olympic team, faced the Chinese Olympic team that lost to the Japanese Olympic team in the first game.
Although the back line of the National Olympic team was rusty due to rotation, and several mistakes were seized by the Chinese Olympic team to shoot at the goal, but fortunately, it did not cause points to be lost. The relieved South Korean Olympic team finally defeated the Chinese Olympic team 2-0 with a brace from substitute center Lee Yongjun, and Zheng Xiangbin, who returned to the team on the 15th, also got nearly 30 minutes of playing opportunities and created some threats.
Won both battles and advanced to the knockout round in advance, and the "Huang Shanhong", who was not favored before the game, completed his tactical goal. On the 22nd, South Korea will compete for the top spot in the group with Japan, which also won both games. Due to the injury of central defender Seo Mingguan and the suspension of Bian Junshu, the backline of the South Korea-Japan match will be significantly adjusted, which will be another test for Hwang Sunhong. Because once South Korea loses to Japan, they will have to face the host Qatar, of course, take 10,000 steps back and say, if South Korea passes the Qatar hurdle, they will welcome the Saudi Olympic team in the semi-finals, which is also a tough battle. According to the rules of the AFC, if the two teams draw in 90 minutes, the two sides with the same number of points, goals and goal difference will play a penalty shootout to determine the ranking, if South Korea can win, South Korea can get B1 to advance to play A2 team, and then play Uzbekistan in the semi-finals, and the possibility of qualifying for the Olympics will be greater. Therefore, for Huang Shanhong, the "Korea-Japan War" is a battle that must be won or lost, and it cannot be avoided.
(Editor in charge: Korea Football Research Association)
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