'Pagum's finisher is alive' Additional time in the second half of Mugosa, theater goal, Choi Young-geun, winning the debut match for Incheon coach

Aug 10, 2024

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K League 1 Incheon United's solver 'Finisher of Pagum' Mugosa presented the new coach Choi Young-geun with his debut victory.

Incheon defeated Jeju United 1-0 with Mugosa's right foot goal in the 26th round away game of the 'Hana Bank K League 1 2024' held at Jeju World Cup Stadium on the 10th. With this, Incheon recently snapped a two-game losing streak.

Choi Young-geun, the new Incheon coach. Courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association

In particular, this game was the debut of Choi Young-geun, who took office as Incheon's 12th coach on the 1st. In his first game at the helm on the day, Choi won thanks to Mugosa's winning goal after a tight flow and tasted the joy of his debut victory. Incheon was looking for a new coach after former coach Cho Sung-hwan, who led the team, stepped down to take responsibility for poor performance on the 5th of last month. Coach Choi has been the team's head coach for three years since 2020, and the team's trust has been strong. He was also a member of the Technical Research Group (TSG) of the Korean Professional Football Federation, and had a good opinion of tactics. Incheon's choice was correct. Choi won his debut game with aggressive tactics.

On the other hand, Jeju did not continue its winning streak against Ulsan HD in the 25th round. There have been several decisive shooting chances, but the goal has not been scored. At the moment when it seemed to end in a draw, Mugosa's decision was not prevented. Jeju, ranked eighth, is four points behind Incheon, ranked ninth.

On this day, the away team Incheon put Mugosa as the one-top. Kim Bo-seop, Mpoku Kim Sung-min was placed in the second line, while Shin Jin-ho and Lee Myung-joo played defensive midfielders. Choi Woo-jin, Delbrich, Unichi, Jeong Dong-yoon's four-back. Lee Bum-soo kept the goal. In Jeju, keeper Kim Dong-joon defended the goal, and Jung-woon, Song Joo-hoon, Lim Chang-woo, Kim Tae-hwan, Ahn Tae-hyun, Kaina, Lee Tal-ro, Park Joo-young, Hayes and Seo Jin-soo started.

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The first half was followed by a tight attack. The goal didn't break out, but they exchanged three shots with each other. Jeju was all effective suits. Incheon Mugosa shot for the first time in the third minute of the first half. It's a long way off.

Jeju's sharp counterattack came out. In the 12th minute of the first half, Seo Jin-soo shot sharply following the breakthrough. Lee Bum-soo's keeper blocked it with a good defense. Two minutes later, Seo Jin-soo also fired a shot into the inside of the goal. Again, Lee Bum-soo was caught by the keeper. The first half ended 0-0.

At the beginning of the second half, Jeju coach Kim Hak-beom put in Yuri Jonathan and 'Middle East Messi' Nam Tae-hee. It was Nam Tae-hee's K League 1 debut. an intention to further strengthen the attack.

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Jeju pulled the reins of the attack. In the 17th minute of the second half, Yuri tripped over goalkeeper Lee Bum-soo while trying to break through right in front of the penalty area. A free kick was declared with a foul. However, when Nam Tae-hee was preparing for a free kick, the foul was canceled after going through VAR again.

Jeju put in Gallego without Hayes in the 22nd minute of the second half. We exchanged chances with each other. Mugosa's shot was blocked by keeper Kim Dong-joon in the 23rd minute of the second half. Jeju dug into the center. However, he failed to penetrate Incheon's defense. The game was decided in extra time. Mugosa shot from the left side of the goal at a sharp angle. Keeper Kim Dong-joon reached out, but he got hit and went in.

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'Pagum's finisher is alive' Additional time in the second half of Mugosa, theater goal, Choi Young-geun, winning the debut match for Incheon coach

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