Lee Seung-woo → Lingard Hwang Jae-won also got more than 20,000 votes as he will face Son Heung-min

Jul 10, 2024

Lee Seung-woo → Lingard Hwang Jae-won also got more than 20,000 votes as he will face Son Heung-min
The Korean Professional Football Federation unveiled the interim results of the fan-leven vote for the team K League. Team K League will play the first game of the Coupang Play Series against Son Heung-min's Tottenham at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 31st. The list of 'Team K League's fan-leven is also being outlined. Fan Eleven will select three strikers, three midfielders, four defenders, and one goalkeeper in the order of multiple votes.

According to the number of votes counted as of 8 a.m. on the 10th, four days before the end of the vote, Lee Seung-woo (Suwon FC) is ranked first with a total of 28,639 votes. Following Lee Seung-woo, Cesinha (Daegu, 27,743) and Joo Min-kyu (Ulsan, 19,014) were listed on the Fan Eleven category. Um Won-sang (Ulsan), who received 13,722 votes, is chasing him.

The top midfielder in the midfielder category was Lingard (Seoul), who received 27,429 votes. Lingard, who played for Manchester United, West Ham and Nottingham Forest, built his nest in the K League 1 this season. If he is selected as a fan Eleven, he will face an English Premier League team for the first time in 15 months. Lingard played in his last game in April last year in the EPL, wearing a Nottingham jersey. Ki Sung-yueng (19,931 votes in Seoul) came in second and Lee Dong-kyung (19,9003 votes) came in third. Chung Ho-yeon (Gwangju) is closely following with 13,435 votes.

Hwang Jae-won (26,780 votes in Daegu), Choi Joon (19,466 votes in Seoul), Park Jin-seop (18,745 votes in Jeonbuk) and Wandelson (17,599 votes) ranked first to fourth in the defender category. Kwon Kyung-won (Suwon FC), Park Seung-wook (Kimcheon), and Hwang Moon-ki (Gangwon) are also fiercely competing with more than 10,000 votes. Finally, Cho Hyun-woo (18,520 votes in Ulsan) reserved a spot in the goalkeeper category. Hwang In-jae (Pohang, 10,910 votes) and Lee Chang-geun (Daejeon, 9,162 votes) are competing for the second place.

Fan Eleven voting will be held until midnight on the 14th on the official K-League application 'Kick'. Currently, the status of the votes is updated in real-time every hour, but the number of votes will be closed from the 12th to the end of the vote to maintain tension until the end of the vote.

The final result of the vote will be announced on the 16th. After all fan-leven selection is completed following the 'Couple Youngf', the coaching staff will select an additional 10 members of the 'Team K League' coaching staff. In additional selection, the position and the allocation of the number of personnel for each team are considered.

Yang Min-hyuk of Gangwon Province has already been selected for the 'Couple Youngple'. Among the players under the age of 22 (U-22) of the 12 K League 1 teams, "Couple Youngple" selected the players who received the most votes through fan voting. Yang Min-hyuk ranked first among all candidates with 20.8 percent of the final vote. Born in 2006, Yang Min-hyuk is in his third year of high school.

He took his first step in K League 1 as a semi-professional player this season, and impressed with his help 35 seconds after his debut from the opening game. In addition, he broke all records such as the youngest ever appearance, scoring, and helping by the Gangwon club, and switched his contract to an official professional player last month.



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