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If there was one wish of 'Jeoktoma', it was the first score. "Kimpo coach Ko Jung-woon, who met Gyeongnam at Gimpo Salter Football Stadium on the 11th ahead of the 26th round of the 'Hana Bank K League 2 2024"', should avoid preemptive runs, referring to the continued first run as the reason for the fall to ninth place after failing to win the past seven consecutive games." If you concede the first goal, you will lose 80 to 90 percent." The only way to avoid losing the first point is to score the first point. South Gyeongsang coach Park Dong-hyuk also picked the first goal as the match's winning point. He cannot have forgotten the memory of losing 1-3 after giving up the first goal in his first showdown of the season against Gimpo in Changwon in May. As the head coaches of both teams promised, all the focus at the beginning of the game was on which team would score the first goal.
First of all, it was Kimpo, the home team, who scored the first goal and clearly gained the upper hand. In the 33rd minute of the first half, Plana, who received Choi Jae-hoon's pass in the penalty box, opened the goal with a left-footed shot that hit the bottom right corner of the goal. Plana, who joined Gimpo this season and scored all four of the last seven goals at his home stadium, once again presented a cool goal to a home fan who visited the stadium through the heat. Gimpo gave the lead by giving away consecutive shots to Fonseca, Wales and Dongjin Park after Lewis' volley missed in the 7th minute of the first half. Gyeongnam had three times more shootings in the first half at 6-2, but Gimpo took a 1-0 lead in the first half, taking advantage of one opportunity.
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Gimpo scored an additional goal in the first minute of the second half and ran away. In the counterattack situation, Lewis caught Gyeongnam off guard with a sensational winding shot. Lewis scored his seventh goal alongside Plana. Coach Park's plan to score no points through preemptive points came to nothing. However, Gyeongnam had the instinct to 'shut up and attack'. Gyeongnam, which followed two goals at the end of the second half in the last round against Cheonan to draw 3 to 3, quickly chased down Wales' cross in the 9th minute of the second half when Lee Jong-eon scored a header. Gyeongnam, which had been on the offensive by sending in Arabulli, Saraiva and Song Hong-min one after another, returned the game to square one in the 35th minute of the second half when striker Dongjin Park scored Kim Jin-rae's cross with a sensational header. Dongjin Park, who came to South Gyeongsang Province on loan from Seoul last month, showed off its monstrous scoring ability, exploding four goals only since July. Three of the four goals were headers. It is simply 'Flying Crazy Dog' (Dongjin Park nickname). The match ended in a 2-2 draw.
The team that achieved the goal of the first goal was Gimpo, but failed to bring three more important points than the first goal. Since winning 1-0 against Busan on June 23, the number of winless games has increased to eight games (5 draws and 3 losses). He added one point and recorded 32 points (8 wins, 8 draws, 8 losses), beating Bucheon (32 points) and Chungcheongbuk-do Cheongju (32 points) with multiple points and having to be satisfied with jumping two places from ninth to seventh. South Gyeongsang Province, which recorded no wins in four consecutive games, also jumped one notch. He scored 23 points (5 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses), beating Ansan (23 points) with multiple points. The catch-up side or the catch-up side, but the departure in August is not very satisfactory.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Cheonan City won 1-0 against South Jeolla Province in the 42nd minute of the second half thanks to Tungara's first goal. Tungara, who transferred from Suwon last month, scored his debut goal in his debut match in Cheonan City. Cheonan City (28 points), ranked 10th with three undefeated matches, laid the groundwork for its pursuit of a playoff berth. Second-place Jeonnam (42 points) suffered an unexpected blow and failed to narrow the point gap with the leader Anyang (46 points).
yoonjinman@sportschosun.com
