Lee Seung-woo's ACL debut in a surprise move Thiago and two-top spearhead

Nov 07, 2024

Lee Seung-woo's ACL debut in a surprise move Thiago and two-top spearhead
이승우. Photo courtesy = Korea Professional Football Federation



Lee Seung-woo's ACL debut in a surprise move Thiago and two-top spearhead
◇Kim Doo-hyun, head coach of Jeonbuk, gives an operation instruction in an away game at Slangor on October 23. Photo courtesy = Korea Professional Football Federation
Lee Seung-woo's ACL debut in a surprise move Thiago and two-top spearhead
Jeonbuk coach Kim Doo-hyun, who is fighting to stay in the K-League, pulled out Lee Seung-woo's starting card in the Asian Club competition in China. Lee Seung-woo will start for the first time in a month since the match against Daegu on October 6, and Lee Seung-woo, who started his professional career in Europe, will be on the ACL stage for the first time.

Coach Kim left Kwon Chang-hoon and Kim Chang-hoon to attack both wings with Thiago and Lee Seung-woo as two-top players in the fourth home game of Group H of the 2024-2025 Asian Champions League 2 (ACL2) against Slangor at 7 p.m. on the 7th. Lee Soo-bin Boateng will be in charge of the midfield, while Jung Woo-jae, Kim Ha-joon, Gu Ja-yong and Park Chang-woo will be in charge of the four-back. Kim Jung-hoon wears goalkeeper gloves. Song Min-gyu, Park Joon-beom, Jin Tae-ho, Han Seok-jin, Park Si-hwa, Yoo Je-ho, Jin Si-woo, eldest son Woong, Choi Chul-soon, and Gong Si-hyun will be on the bench.

Coach Kim said in a pre-press conference at SlangOr, `We have to pour everything into it. I'm emphasizing the mentality of the players, and I hope they follow the results"I vowed.



Jeonbuk is in second place in the group after Slangor (7 points), with two wins and one loss and six points in the previous three games. Beat dynamic hub Cebu 6-0 and beat Muangtong United 4-0. On the 23rd of last month, he suffered his first defeat in Slangor's away match with a score of one to two.

In ACL2, the top 1 and 2 teams in 8 groups will advance to the round of 16.

If Jeonbuk wins on the day, it can gain an advantage in advancing to the round of 16.





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