Hello everyone, today is May 5, 2024, let's take a look at today's "Hanzu Evening News" focus news, which is as follows:
1. K1 League: 8 minutes to save fate, Incheon escaped from death away
2. K2 League: Prevent you from reaching the top! Seongnam defeated Suwon Samsung at home
3. European arena: Zheng Youying's first goal of the season came, and Stuttgart rose to third
Let's take a look at the details of each news
K1 League: 8 minutes to save fate, Incheon away from death
Let's move on to the K1 League matchups. With yesterday's victory over Pohang Iron and Ulsan HD FC, it was no longer possible for Gimcheon Sangmu to reach the top after the first stage, so there was no pressure on the team in their home game against Incheon. In this game, Kim Quan Sang-mu, who rotated the lineup, took the initiative, Kim Dae-won scored in the first half, and not long after the start of the second half, Lee Yong-jun, who "offset the merits" in the U23 Asian Cup, scored another goal, and it was Kim Dae-won who scored in the half who gave the assist. With a 2-0 lead, Gimcheon Sangmu coach Park Jung-yong thought that there was no suspense in winning the game, so he adjusted the lineup and removed Park Min-kyu, who had performed well, with Yoon Jong-kyu, who had returned from injury. And it was this key substitution that swayed the game.
Incheon first took advantage of Yoon Jong-kyu's foul in the box to win a penalty, and Mugosa scored a goal against a panicked opponent goalkeeper Kim Junhong. After conceding the goal, Sangmu tried to stabilize the situation through a large number of substitutions, but 7 minutes later, Incheon formed a one-on-one chance between Jelso and the opponent's goalkeeper through a quick counterattack, and Jelso sent the ball into the net, and in just 8 minutes, Gimcheon Sangmu was equalized by the opponent, which also made the team have an unbalanced mentality, their shots became sloppy and blind, and finally had to accept the result of a 2-2 draw. After narrowly escaping death, Incheon United also ended in sixth place after the end of the first stage.
In another rain battle, although coach Kim Eun-jung, who "repeated the old trick", let Lee Seung-woo come off the bench to score again, but this time, they encountered a difficult bone to gnaw, with the 82nd minute and the injury time of Jung Hanmin's stunner, Gangwon FC reversed Suwon FC, tied Suwon FC in points, and rose to fourth place.
K2 League: Stop you from reaching the top! Seongnam defeated Suwon Samsung at home
Suwon Samsung Blue Wing never expected that Seongnam FC, which was ranked lower, would actually become an obstacle for the team to rise to the top of the table! In the K2 League match that ended this afternoon, Seongnam FC defeated Suwon Samsung Blue Wing 2-1 at home with goals from Ruiz and Kim Xunmin, and since FC Anyang drew yesterday and was only one point higher than Suwon Samsung Blue Wing, even if Suwon Samsung Blue Wing drew 2-2, it can rely on the number of goals to overwhelm the opponent. But no more, no less, Seongnam FC only allowed the opponent to score one in stoppage time, and Yeon Ki-hoon, who sent Muric and Kim Hyun, did his best this time and did not get rid of the team's defeat.
Of course, what is even more ironic is that Kim Xunmin, who scored the second goal for Seongnam, was from the Suwon Samsung Blue Wings Academy, and this goal can be regarded as his "counterattack" to his old club for giving up on him.
In the other game, Jeonnam Tianlong suffered a 1-3 defeat at the foot of Gyeongnam FC, and Gyeongnam's Georgian striker Ilabry scored a hat-trick to blow up his opponent with his own strength, and this victory also moved them up to fifth place.
Europe: Zheng Youying scored his first goal of the season and Stuttgart moved up to third
Finally, we take a look at the performance of the Korean players in Europe. In last night's game, many Korean players shone, such as Baek Seung-ho scoring his first goal of the season, such as Hwang Hee-chan after scoring consecutive goals. Of course, the biggest concern for Korean fans is still the duel between Korean players. On the evening of May 4, local time in Germany, the 32nd round of the 2023-24 Bundesliga season launched the "Korean Derby", Stuttgart faced Bayern Munich at home, Kim Min-jae continued to start in this game, and Zheng Youying was on standby in the second half. Sure enough, from the beginning Stuttgart besieged Bayern, because of the lack of fitness after just playing the AFC Champions League in midweek, Bayern was tired, especially the defender Dyer, who continued to make low-level mistakes, was scored by Stuttgart, and was replaced at half time because of injury.
Just before half-time, Kane equalised and the two sides returned to the same running line. In the 72nd minute of the second half, Zheng Youying came on as a substitute, facing the more flustered Upamecano, Zheng Youying ran very calmly, and received a pass from his teammates to put the ball into the net, 2-0! This goal was also Zheng Youying's first goal of the season, helping the team to lead again.
Upamecano made another mistake in stoppage time and Stuttgart scored a third goal as they beat Bayern Munich 3-1 to move up to third place, closing the gap to just two points in the table. Of course, this "Korean derby" ended with a big victory for Zheng Youying, as a player from Bayern, Zheng Youying's performance can be regarded as a "counterattack" to his old club.
Of course, after the game, the German media still gave Kim Min-jae the lowest score in the game, after all, he has been on the cusp recently, and any "bad comments" will not be suspected of bias. However, throughout the game, Kim Min-jae's 100% success rate in the aerial ball duel and other defensive statistics have been overtaken by Dale and Upamecano, some German media still give bad comments, which is indeed worth reflecting on whether Kim Min-jae should stay here.
Attached: Performance of Korean players in Europe (5.4)
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