Exceptionally, Kangwon player won the round MVP for three consecutive weeks.
The Korea Professional Football Federation announced on the 14th that Gangwon striker Lee Sang-heon was selected as the MVP of the 26th round of the 'Hana Bank K League 1 2024'. The best 11 and MVP of the K League round will be selected through quantitative and qualitative evaluation by the Technical Research Group (TSG) under the Korean Professional Football Federation's Technical Committee. TSG members assigned to K-League games in each round will select the best 11 and MOM (Man Of the Match), respectively. After that, a TSG match evaluation meeting will be held to finalize the K League 1 and 2 Best 11 of the round by combining the TSG committee's rating and opinions and the K-League's official additional data company 'Vipro' ratings for the players selected as the best 11 for each game. The round MVP selects the MOM of each game as a candidate group and then selects it in the same way as the best 11.
Lee Sang-heon was recognized for his performance in leading the 2-1 victory by shooting multiple goals in the Gimcheon Sangmu match on the 9th. He scored an equalizer to make it 1-1 in the first half of extra time, and exploded the winning goal with a picturesque right-footed volley in the 19th minute of the second half.
Lee Sang-heon scored double-digit points in the first division for the first time in his personal career with his 9th and 10th goals of the season. After the 17th round, he was selected as MVP in the second round this season alone.
Lee Sang-hun was named in the 27th round of the Best Eleven along with midfielder Lee Ki-hyuk, full-back Hwang Moon-ki and center back Kang Tu-ji. Gangwon, which solidified its lead by winning three consecutive games against Gimcheon, was selected as the best team in the round.
Gangwon produced MVP in three consecutive rounds. In the 24th round, Yang Min-hyuk was selected as the MVP of the first round of his career with his multi-goal performance against Jeju (4-0), and Kim Kyung-min, who left Seoul this summer and settled in Gangwon, was selected as the best player to shine 26R with multi-goals against Jeonbuk (4-2).
Yang Min-hyuk, who will join Tottenham in January next year, swept the Player of the Month award and the Young Player of the Month award at the same time in July. For the first time since the Young Player Award was established, he was selected as the Young Player of the Month for four consecutive months. This season's stat was eight goals and five assists. Yang Min-hyuk also scored the goal of the month in July. The wonder goal against Jeonbuk received a high score.
Gangwon coach Yoon Jeong-hwan, who is in his second year in Gangwon, was selected as the coach of July. The whole world is turning orange.
Gangwon will bring Gwangju home on the 18th and aim for its fourth consecutive win. Currently, the difference between the second-place Gimcheon and the third-place Ulsan is 1 point and 2 points, respectively.
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