"'The man of PO' directed by Kim Do-kyun, E-Land'"The main characters are Moon Sun-min and Kim Min-gyu"
Dec 01, 2024
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This was the strategy of Seoul E-Land coach Kim Do-kyun. E-Land and Jeonbuk Hyundai will play the first round of the 'Hana Bank K-League Elevation Playoff (PO)" at Mokdong Stadium at 4 p.m. on the 1st. In the regular league, E-Land ranked third in the K-League 2 and Jeonbuk ranked 10th in the K-League 1. E-Land defeated Jeonnam Dragons in PO to move up to the elevation PO. They trailed 0-2 and won a dramatic 2-2 draw.
The atmosphere is hot even before the game. 12,64 tickets were sold out in 10 minutes from the ticket sales that began at 11 a.m. on the 27th. N seats were sold out in four minutes after the opening, and W seats and E seats were also sold out in seven minutes and 10 minutes. Immediately after the opening, the number of people waiting for the reservation site reached 1,500. Encouraged E-Land opened an additional 1,893 E- and S-seats excluding on-site reservations, which sold out again in less than an hour. E-Land, which succeeded in surpassing 10,000 spectators only by pre-booking, reserved the largest number of spectators in the club's history. The previous record was 9,527 against Samsung in Suwon in August.
Jeonbuk supporters are also engaged in an all-out war. All 3,300 away seats were filled. As many as 12 away buses headed to Mok-dong on that day.
The reason why the interest is so hot is because of the importance of the first game. In the past, the K League 1 team won six times and the K League 2 team won six times. It was tight. There is an important record. This is the result of the first round. There were only two cases where they lost the first game and succeeded in turning the tables. Gangwon FC in 2021 and Suwon FC in 2023 made yooi. In the end, the key is not to lose the first game. In other words, it has an 83 percent chance.
E-Land took out an anomaly card. Montagno, Kim Shin-jin, and Lee Jun-seok stepped up as a three-top. I saved Bruno Silva and Byun Kyung-joon for now. Osmar Seo Jae-min and Baek Ji-woong were placed in the waistline. Park Min-seo, Lee In-je, Kim Oh-gyu, and Kim Min-gyu made a four-back. Moon Jung-in defended the goal. Lee Ki-hyun, Gwang-hoon, Park Chang-hwan, Cho Young-kwang, Bruno Silva, Byeon Chang-joon, and Jung Jae-min sat on the bench.
Coach Kim, who met before the game, said "It may be because it was a game against Jeonbuk, but many fans visited the stadium. I think we need to play so that we can produce good results accordingly."
As it's a home game, coach Kim plans to play a game. He said "The best scenario is to produce good results at wet home and go on an away trip. "Once we don't lose, I think we'll have to bring either a draw or a victory because we think there's a good chance."
Coach Kim said "Jeonbuk came out as expected. You have to get through the midfield fight. In terms of mobility and technology, it is not the difference between heaven and earth, so you have to overcome it. As Osmar Kim Oh-kyu has experience in the first part, if they block Jeonbuk well, we have a possibility. Moon Sun-min is a key figure, and he put Kim Min-kyu, the fastest among our defenders, in the right fullback, not in the center."
Coach Kim trusted Moon Jung-in again, who has been making mistakes recently. He entrusted the fate of the team. Whether you do it well or not, you have to trust and go. He told me to lead and speak louder" he said. "You go with the mindset that you won't make mistakes three times."I laughed.
"Even if I watch the Daegu-Asan match, I feel like Daegu has not adapted to the first game. We also think the first game is a little important. It doesn't make much difference. The small difference is mistakes, decision-making. It's important for us to make an opponent in a hurry, and I think it would be better if we scored the first goal." Finally, there is a little more tension than the match against Jeonnam. He said to do his best and enjoy the game because it was made by the players. It doesn't feel like we were in a relegation battle at Suwon FC last year"Jeonbuk will be under more pressure. I think this part will affect the performance. Rather than putting it down, I'm going to do my best comfortably.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
