Coach Park Tae-ha and Yoon Jung-hwan directly revealed "Why I changed my main goalkeeper"

Sep 22, 2024

 Coach Park Tae-ha and Yoon Jung-hwan directly revealed 'Why I changed my main goalkeeper'
 Coach Park Tae-ha and Yoon Jung-hwan directly revealed 'Why I changed my main goalkeeper'
Pohang and Gangwon, which are at the crossroads between advancing to the final A group and chasing the lead, have included 'stable goal' and 'desperate' as keywords as if they had promised.

In a pre-interview with Pohang at Pohang Steel Yard on the 22nd, Yoon Jung-hwan, the third-ranked coach of Gangwon, said, "Gwang-yeon has been losing points for the third consecutive game." The knee injury may sound like an excuse, but the change has been made to turn the tide."

Lee Kwang-yeon, the gold medalist at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, has allowed multiple runs in five of the last six league games. In the last nine games, there has been only one clean sheet (game with no goals lost). Coach Yoon seems to have decided that it is time to change when his team missed the victory for three consecutive games due to continuous losses. Regarding Park Chung-hyo, who will play for the first time in four months since the match against Pohang in May, "I didn't make any special orders. I thought about what Park Chung-hyo could do well and put it in", he expressed his faith.

sixth-ranked Pohang coach Park Tae-ha also made a bold decision to bench Hwang In-jae. Yoon Pyeong-guk has taken the opportunity to play for the first time in two years and three months since June 2022. Director Park said, `Talents are in a slump no matter who looks at them. Lee said he had a problem with his adductor muscle during training yesterday. So I put in Yoon Pyeong-guk."

Coach Park said, `Yoon Pyeong-guk's sense of play has declined a lot, but it can't be helped. I don't have a card to take out. I have no choice but to believe (Yoon Pyeong-guk's) experience." Hwang In-jae had the opportunity to select the national team by giving up six clean sheets and 0.8 goals per game in 15 games before June after the opening, but he has been sluggish with one clean sheet and an average of about 1.86 goals in 14 games since June.

Pohang saw Giorgi and built a second line of attack with Kang Hyun-je, Hong Yoon-sang, and Lee Tae-seok. Auberdan and Kim Jong-woo, who returned from injury, will take charge of the midfield, while Shin Kwang-hoon and Lee Kyu-baek, former Min-kwang and Wandelson will form the four-back. Baek Sung-dong Ahn Jae-joon, Kim In-sung, Jung Jae-hee, Han Chan-hee, Kim Dong-joon, Choi Hyun-woong, Cho Sung-joon and Hwang In-jae are on the bench.

Pohang, which had been leading the league in the first half, fell into a swamp that has lost six consecutive games. Coach Park said, `There was a Korea Cup in the middle, but the league's losing streak is bound to be heavy. I understand the atmosphere is not good`````````. We pulled out all the resources available. (Return from injury) OhVerdan is not in normal condition either."

Coach Yoon, who has not won in the last three games in a row, said "If Pohang misses today's game, it will be more dangerous. I think it's going to come out very badly. In line with that, we prepared more desperately"I expected a tight race.

Gangwon formed an attack team with Yang Min-hyuk and Kovacevic and Lee Sang-heon as handlers. Kim Dong-hyun and Kim Kang-guk are in charge of the midfield, while Hwang Moon-ki, Kim Young-bin and Kang Tu-ji and Lee Ki-hyuk are in charge of defense. Ha Ji-chi, Jeong Han-min Gabriel, Kim Lee-seok, Lee Yoo-hyun, Song Joon-seok, Yoon Seok-young, Cho Hyun-tae, and Lee Kwang-yeon are waiting for the replacement order.

Pohang (44 points) is in sixth place due to its six consecutive league losses. It is four points behind Gwangju, which is ranked 7th in the 'Haas' circle. Gangwon ranked third with 51 points. It is three points behind Ulsan (54 points) and two points behind Gimcheon (53 points). Pohang won both matches this year. The last time Gangwon beat Pohang was a home game (1-0) in September 2021.



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