Incheon Acting Coach Byun Jae-seop, who won 9 games without a win, "Thanks to the fans' support and encouragement."
Jul 14, 2024
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Incheon United has escaped from a swamp of winless games in nine consecutive games. It is a valuable achievement made in two games by acting coach Byun Jae-seop, who took over the team after former coach Cho Sung-hwan stepped down to take responsibility for poor performance. Acting coach Byun thanked his fans and players.
Incheon defeated Gwangju 2-0 in the 23rd round away game of the 'Hana Bank K League 1 2024' held at Gwangju Football Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 14th, combining defender Yonichi's first goal in the 43rd minute of the first half and Gwangju striker Gabriel's own goal in the 37th minute of the second half.
As a result, Incheon posted a winning record for the first time in 10 games since the match against Hana Citizen (1-0 win) in Daejeon on May 18. Incheon, which added three points, maintained its ninth place (5 wins, 10 draws, 8 losses, 25 points). While chasing 8th place Gwangju (28 points) by 3 points, the gap with 10th place Daegu FC (23 points) widened to 2 points.
Acting coach Byun Jae-seop, who won his first victory after taking the helm of the team, said "I mentioned it before the game, but Gwangju emphasized the defensive aspect and pressure because it is a team with good balance between offense and defense and fast change between offense and defense, and that was done well." He also emphasized situational awareness and positioning in attack, but good results came out because the players did well in what they prepared"He expressed his feelings about the victory.
Regarding his feelings about getting out of the swamp of winless nine games in a row, "Even though he couldn't win the last nine games, the fans cheered and encouraged him until the end. Thanks to that, I think I got a good result. "I don't know what to say now. I think fans will be very happy. I want to say to the players that you did a great job," he said, looking overwhelmed with joy.
Incheon, which won its long-awaited victory, must now leap back to the middle and fight to move away from the relegation zone. Acting coach Byun said, `The game plan will continue to be the same. After I took charge of the team, what I asked the players to do was to increase ball possession and possession. As we defended first and then counter-attacked, the ball was blocked by the opponent and there were a lot of turnovers, making it difficult to defend"In the future, even if the ball is blocked, we will continue to emphasize what can be solved through immediate pressure..." he said.
On this day, Incheon made both goals through corner kick set-pieces. Acting head coach Byun said, `I've always worked hard on set pieces. Our team has the advantage of having a lot of kickers and good players. So I got a good result," he said, stressing that he will continue to continue the strength of set pieces.
Finally, acting coach Byun mentioned former coach Cho Sung-hwan, who took over as the head coach of K League 2 Busan I-Park. He knew " (the news of his appointment to Busan) from the article in the morning. It seems that our players are motivated by a new start. I wanted to make sure that the players were not burdened by the achievements that former coach Cho left in Incheon. I think it helped to break the bad flow, he said indirectly thanking me.
Gwangju = Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
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