'Return Match for the First Time in 4 Days' Director Kim Pan-gon"Mental pressure is greater than physical"
Aug 25, 2024
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It was Kim Pan-gon, manager of Ulsan HD. Gwangju and Ulsan will play the 28th round of 'Hana Bank K League 1 2024' at Gwangju Football Stadium on the 25th. It is the second game of the three-game series. The two teams faced off in the Korea Cup last week. At that time, Ulsan won 1-0 with Yago's winning goal. Gwangju prepared for the game with a rotation that changed the goalkeeper. Ulsan, which has a thick squad, also chose a major change.
Currently, Gwangju is seventh with 37 points and Ulsan is third with 45 points. Gwangju is a must-see game to enter Final A and Ulsan to compete for the championship. Both teams lost their previous matches unfortunately by league standards. Gwangju lost to Gangwon FC 2-3, and Ulsan lost to Suwon FC 1-2. Gwangju has won four consecutive games against Ulsan, which is limited to the league. Ulsan quit the Gwangju jinx in the last Korea Cup.
Gwangju once again changed its best 11. Lee Hee-kyun and Lee Kun-hee stood on the two-top, while Ahn Hyuk-joo, Jung Ho-yeon, Choi Kyung-rok and Asani were located in the waistline. Lee Min-gi, Kim Jin-ho, Heo Jeong-soo, and Kim Jin-ho form a four-back. Kim Kyung-min wears goalkeeper gloves.
Ulsan has to compare to the last game and changed all but Um Won-sang, Cho Hyun-woo and three others. Yago will be at the forefront, and Jang Si-young, Boyanich and Um Won-sang will be at the second line. Coffee beans and Matheus stand in the third term. Shim Sang-min, Kim Young-kwon, Kim Ki-hee, and Yoon Il-rok make up the defense. Cho Hyun-woo protects the goal.
Coach Kim, who met before the game, said "Some important ways we think about the way the team wins are scenes where we create scoring chances ourselves. It's not showing well yet. We talked about how much longer we would increase the game control time against a team that is good at pressing like Gwangju. As I said in the last game, Gwangju controlled the deployment of offense in detail. I intend to do that on this day as well." Then "There is a physical burden. It took longer than I thought. It took four and a half hours. There was a four-day period, even though there was fatigue. As Gangwon loses, there will be pressure to win and go up. You have to win a game like this to prove your qualifications. Last year's winning team can continue to show their qualifications. I think Presser is bigger mentally than physically."
-The difference from 4 days ago.
▶The lineup has changed a bit. Some of the important ways we think about the way the team wins are the scenes where we create scoring chances ourselves. It's not showing well yet. We talked about how much longer we would increase the game control time against a team that is good at pressing like Gwangju. As I said in the last game, Gwangju controlled the deployment of offense in detail. I intend to do that on this day, too.
-Yago tasted the bone.
▶I talked about it before the last game and it was stressful. There was consideration in the coaching staff about starting. The starting player came out in the second half and seemed to be shrinking. In the process of preparing for this game, I put it in the Korea Cup. I was going to use Joo Min-gyu as a full, but I made him warm up that day. As a result, it worked out well.
-Jung Woo-young, excluding Arabidze list, it's been a long time since Mateus was put in.
▶ There are also Gwangju and Pohang games. After that, there is even Acham. I made a possible rotation. I thought it was good to cover it when I could cover it because Doo-jae was good. That's how Jung Woo-young communicated. Arabidze was completely out of touch in the last game. I'm having quite a hard time in the K League. I thought it would be good to rest. Matheus came out after a long time. I decided to take advantage of my strengths.
-I think there's going to be a physical burden.
▶There is a burden. It took longer than I thought. It took four and a half hours. There was a four-day period, even though there was fatigue. As Gangwon loses, there will be pressure to win and go up. You have to win a game like this to prove your qualifications. Last year's winning team can continue to show their qualifications. I think Pressur is bigger mentally than physically.
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
