Perfect skill and personality'3rd goal with header'Lee Jae-sung, No ceremony against his former team'Respect'→Mines win 3-0 completely

Nov 25, 2024

Perfect skill and personality'3rd goal with header'Lee Jae-sung, No ceremony against his former team'Respect'→Mines win 3-0 completely
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Perfect skill and personality'3rd goal with header'Lee Jae-sung, No ceremony against his former team'Respect'→Mines win 3-0 completely
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'Vit Jae-sung'Lee Jae-sung's skill and personality shone.

Lee Jae-sung scored his third goal of the season in an away game against Holstein Kiel in the 11th round of the German Bundesliga in the 2024-2025 season at Kil Holstein Stadium in Germany on the 24th (Korea time).

Nadhim Amiri's first goal in the 11th minute of the first half and Jonathan Buchard's additional penalty in the 37th minute of the first half led the team 2-0 in the 8th minute of the second half.



Antony Casi opened the goal with a sensational header that turned slightly in front of the gate with a cross that floated high from the right side of the opponent's camp.

Lee Jae-sung scored a goal in about 15 days since Borussia Dortmund (3-1 win) on the 9th in his 100th Bundesliga commemorative game.



Perfect skill and personality'3rd goal with header'Lee Jae-sung, No ceremony against his former team'Respect'→Mines win 3-0 completely
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Perfect skill and personality'3rd goal with header'Lee Jae-sung, No ceremony against his former team'Respect'→Mines win 3-0 completely
Lee Jae-sung, who has excellent left-footed kick ability, showed an amazing performance in which he cut the net with a header in two consecutive games following the match against Dortmund. Lee Jae-sung scored 21 goals as a header at the club level alone, including eight header goals scored by Mainz.

In October, he also scored consecutive header goals against Jordan and Iraq in the second consecutive national team match. With remarkable positioning and top-class header timing, ' has established the position of a near header artisan'.



The more surprising thing happened after the score. Lee Jae-sung did not take any action after scoring, perhaps because of his respect for his former team, Holstein Kiel. Lee Jae-sung moved from Jeonbuk to Germany's second division Holstein Kiel in 2018 and played for three seasons. He showed good performance at Holstein Kiel and was able to move to Mainz, which belongs to the 2021 'Big League'.

The ground reunion took place as Holstein Kill was promoted to the first division through the 2023-2024 season.

Although Holstein Kiel remained at five points due to the defeat, he could not escape the 17th place in the relegation zone, Lee Jae-sung did his best for his current team and was replaced by Hong Hyun-seok in the 24th minute of the second half and withdrawn to the bench. Based on the statistical company SofaScore, it received the second-highest rating of 7.9 points in the team.

Mainz secured a 3-0 victory with Lee Jae-sung's net goal, winning two consecutive games following Dortmund (3-1 win).

With four wins, four draws and three losses and 16 points, he jumped five places from 12th place to 7th place.



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