Worst season → Passes the National Military Sports Unit Daegu FC Ko Jae-hyun's soccer must continue, will become stronger in 2025
Dec 29, 2024
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Ko Jae-hyun (25, Daegu FC), who had the worst time, expressed his strong ambition for a tomorrow that will become stronger. Ko Jae-hyun entered the professional league wearing Daegu's uniform in 2018. The professional wall was high. He played only 16 league games in Daegu from 2018 to the summer of 2020. He made a breakthrough through a loan transfer. Ko Jae-hyun gained experience by playing 44 games for E-Land in Seoul. Ko Jae-hyun, who returned to Daegu in 2022, seemed to have advanced to the next level. He scored 13 goals-2 assists in 32 K-League games in 2022 and 9 goals-1 assists in 37 games in 2023. It has achieved double-digit attack points for the second consecutive year. This year was different. He played 33 games but scored only one goal.
In a recent interview with Sports Chosun, Ko Jae-hyun said "I lacked a lot. It was really hard during the season. It was the hardest thing not to go my way. The performance was not good. It was all hard to score, but it was canceled due to offside. It was the hardest thing to fall short of the fans' expectations. However, I thought that there were some good seasons and others that were not, so I thought the players were improving. So I trained harder."
In the silence of Ko Jae-hyun, Daegu also experienced a crisis. Daegu ranked 11th with 9 wins, 13 draws and 16 losses (40 points) this season. Crashed to the elevating playoffs (PO). Daegu narrowly confirmed its remaining in the K League 1 by winning two clashes with Asan, South Chungcheong Province. Ko Jae-hyun scored a valuable goal at the end of the first half when his team was pushed 0-3 in the first round of the promotion PO. Ko Jae-hyun said, `Before the game, I was in good condition and I had confidence. But I thought maybe I could damage the team by playing. The director gave me a chance. The coach said 'If you don't score a goal instead, you'll be responsible for it.'" Thinking it was the last game of my life, I went to the PO."
Ko Jae-hyun was recently named on the list of successful candidates announced by the Military Manpower Administration for the "2025 First Armed Forces Sports Unit". He will join the military in April next year. He thinks it will be a turning point. When I look back on my soccer life, there were always hard times. Good times come when you overcome and endure difficult times. I saw it in the book, but I have to think about that hard time differently. 'I guess something better will happen to me. I must think that I am going to grow further. Football must continue. We will be stronger and stronger in 2025."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
