'Youth Triple Crown'Lee Kwang-hyun, Jeonbuk Under-18 Coach,"Jeonbuk A Team will surely rebound"
Jul 25, 2024
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Coach Lee won the title with a score of 4 to 1 against Gimcheon at the main stadium of Cheonan Football Center on the 25th and won the "2024 GROUND.N K League U-18 Championship" and is honored to win the prestigious competition. I thank the players for their hard work."
Lee, who won the U-15 Championship in 2022 and the U-17 Championship in 2023, proved his leadership by achieving the triple crown of the youth tournament by winning the club's first U-18 tournament.
Coach Lee said, `I think Jeonbuk should always outperform its opponents regardless of professional and youth. He emphasized the build-up to bring down the opponent, the movement when he had the ball and the concentration in the final third"I explained the secret to winning the championship.
He added "I emphasize that growth is more important than performance in the club."
In the first half alone, Jeonbuk scored four goals with Jin Tae-ho and Kim Joo-young with two own goals. Lee Do-heon scored a goal in the 13th minute of the second half, but it did not affect the trend.
Despite his overwhelming victory, coach Lee said he is satisfied about 90 percent. Why? He said, `Today's performance was the worst out of the six games in this tournament. Still, because I won, 90%"
All of the second graders who made 2025 more anticipated were chosen as `Lee Kwang-hyun's MVP.'
The competition featured players of similar age as Yang Min-hyuk (Gangwon), born in 2006, and Park Seung-soo (Suwon), a promising star, born in 2007.
Director Lee said, `Yang Min-hyuk is a professional because he has clear strengths. We are also trying to highlight the individual strengths of the players."
He said in a confident voice that the players who participated in this competition, including semi-professional players such as Jin Tae-ho, have good skills, so they can show off their good abilities even when they go to professional teams.
Jeonbuk's professional team is in 10th place as of the 24th round, having fallen into a `all-time slump' this season. Coach Lee, a former Jeonbuk player, said, `I hope this victory will have a good effect on the professional team as well. Jeonbuk will surely rebound.'
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