Hello everyone, today is November 10, 2024. Let’s take a look at the contents of yesterday’s and today’s Korean Football Evening News. The contents of this issue are as follows: 1. K1 League: Incheon United’s historic relegation! Things sadder than sadness 2. K1 League: The legen

Hello everyone, today is November 10, 2024. Let’s take a look at the content of yesterday’s and today’s Korean Football Evening News. The content of this issue is as follows:

, K1 League: Incheon United’s historic relegation! Things sadder than sadness

, K1 League: The legend comes to an end in the City of Glory, Park Ju-young officially retires

, European arena: Li Gangren Paris is king! Li Zaicheng takes over as the new "beekeeper"

Let's take a look at the specific content of each news

k1 League: Incheon United's historic relegation! Something sadder than sadness

Our front page today focuses on the K1 League. On the afternoon of November 10th, local time in South Korea, the 2024 K1 League finally solved another suspense! Incheon United, a team that has come back from the dead many times in relegation battles, lost 1-2 at home to Daejeon Asiana Citizens this afternoon. As rival Jeonbuk Hyundai Motor defeated Daegu FC 3-1 at home, they were already 4 points behind. Unfortunately, Incheon United were sadly relegated after the game. Since its establishment in 1994, Incheon United has experienced many relegation battles and has been able to comeback every time, but this time lady luck will no longer favor them. 24 shots were exchanged for one goal. Incheon United's defeat was somewhat tragic.

What is more sad than sadness is that Incheon United was reported to have a rift with the club management one week before the start of this game. Due to the infighting in the management, Incheon United will not be relegated to K2 in the new season. Too much financial support, and the way for the team to survive is to sell some core players in exchange for survival capital.

For a citizen team, it is indeed sad to end up with a tragic relegation in the 30th anniversary year of its establishment. What is even more worrying is that the current turmoil within the club is very likely to The club's survival in k2 in the new season has become a problem. I hope that some managers of the club can focus on the overall situation, recognize the reality, and return to the top league stage in a year. In the history of the K-League, apart from Sangmu, the only team that was relegated in the first year and fought back in the second year was Jeju United. Incheon United, I hope it will be the second team!

The relegation of Incheon United also fulfilled the relegation of Daejeon Asiana citizens. The 2-1 away victory also allowed Huang Shanhong's team to complete the relegation task two rounds in advance.

Gwangju FC was also announced to be relegated. They "tacitly" drew 0-0 with Jeju United in the away game. This draw also allowed the team to go ashore early.

As for Jeonbuk’s defeat of Daegu, it is very likely that Daegu and Jeonbuk will have a fundamental reversal in the final playoff rankings. Jeonbuk’s victory in the playoffs will be an important turning point for the team’s season. Battle? After all, the former king's relegation is still embarrassing. Of course, the Incheon fans didn't think so. They also said after the game: "One month later, wait for Jeonbuk!" What if the dream comes true?

k1 League: The legend comes to an end in the City of Glory, Park Ju-young officially retires

After watching the relegation group, let’s look at the championship group. This afternoon, the two games in the championship group took the lead in the competition. Pohang Ironman, who was focused on preparing for the Korea Cup final, encountered Kim Cheon Sang-mu at home. The opponent defeated Pohang Ironman 3-0 and returned to the runner-up position. As long as they do not lose to Seoul in the next round. , Jinquan Shangwu will historically win the league runner-up. Of course, that’s not the focus of our news today. In the match between FC Seoul and Ulsan HD FC, the two sides ended up with a 1-1 draw. What was even more touching was that Ulsan HD FC’s veteran Park Ju-young finally made his debut in the season, and the stadium where he played, It is the Sangam World Cup Arena in Seoul that he is extremely familiar with.

As the core player of Seoul in the past, Park Juyong once performed many goalscoring performances in this stadium, and also contributed to the team's historic second league championship. Although he is currently playing for Ulsan, Park Ju-yong will never forget the beautiful moments in Sangam, the city of Seoul, and the fans here.

When Park Ju-yong came on as a substitute in the 32nd minute, both the fans of Ulsan and the home team Seoul applauded him. What is less known is that Kim Bang-kun originally planned to hold a retirement ceremony for Park Ju-young in next week’s home game against Suwon FC, but Park Ju-young insisted on retiring in Seoul. After repeated thinking, Kim Bang-kun and the club Agreeing to Park Ju-young's request, Park Ju-young also fulfilled his wish to end his football life in Seoul.

Park Ju-young is an outstanding player trained in Seoul. He became famous at a young age and later started his journey to Europe from Seoul. After returning to the club after traveling to Europe at the end of the 2015 season, he made great contributions to the team's victory in the league championship. After the end of the 2021 season, Park Ju-yong, who is already old, chose to leave the team and went to Ulsan to join his mentor Hong Myung-bo during the Olympics, and won three consecutive league championships in Ulsan.

After today’s game with Seoul, Park Ju-young officially retired. His K-League record stayed at 76 goals and 23 assists in 286 games. The look of the former trend-chasing boy is still the same. In the future, I hope he can continue his football life and continue to shine on the new stage of "Coach Park"!

European arena: Li Gangren is king in Paris! Li Zaicheng takes over as the new "beekeeper"

Finally, let's take a look at the Korean internationals in the European arena. Last night in the European competition, the Korean internationals collectively ushered in an explosion! In Ligue 1, Li Gangren, who returned to the starting lineup, proved his strength with an outstanding performance! In the away game against Angers, Li Gangren, who started as a right winger, scored 2 goals and 1 assist in the first half to help the team take the lead. In addition to these scoring data, Li Gangren also created a 92% pass success rate and 5 opportunities in the game.

Before the end of the game, Li Gangren was replaced and accepted the applause from his own fans. In the end, Paris defeated his opponent 4-2 away from home. After the game, Li Gangren also won the mvp, which is the honor he deserves. Maybe after this game, coach Enrique should know which position is more suitable for Li Gangren.

Let’s turn our attention to the German arena. In Germany, Dortmund is nicknamed the "Bumblebee", and the Korean players who scored more goals against Dortmund were also nicknamed "Beekeepers" by the Korean media. The Korean player who scored the most goals against Dortmund before was Son Heung-min , and now he has a successor. On the evening of November 9th, local time in Germany, in the 10th round of the 2023-24 Bundesliga season, Mainz defeated Dortmund 3-1 and won a long-lost victory. It was South Korean midfielder Lee Jae Sung who opened the door to victory for Mainz.

His header in the 36th minute gave the team the lead. At the same time, Lee Jaesung also became the third Korean player to score multiple goals against Dortmund after Son Heung-min and Ji Dong-won. 4 goals and 2 assists in 7 games! In the second half, Li Zaicheng also gave his opponent a red card, which can be said to be the greatest contribution. At the last moment, Li Zaicheng was replaced, and Hong Hyun-suk also got a chance to play for five minutes. This victory was a long time coming for the team.

Another player who has shown great prowess in the Bundesliga is central defender Kim Min-jae . This time, Bayern Munich defeated St. Pauli 11-0. It was precisely because the score difference was too small that Kim Min-jae was not replaced early, but played the entire game. In this game, Kim Min-jae used tenacious defense to contain the opponent's offense, once again leaving the opponent's forwards without any gains. After this game, Bayern continues to remain unbeaten and leads the standings. The familiar "Han River Monster" Kim Min-jae is back!

Finally, let’s take a look at Bae Junhao’s performance in the Championship. What does the No. 10 jersey mean? It means the highest honor of the core and the leader. As the team's No. 10, Stoke City's Bae Junho has led the team to two consecutive victories, and the team has regained hope of promotion. In the home game against their fierce rival Millwall, Bae Junho bravely stood up when his team was lagging behind. He used a beautiful pass to assist his teammates to equalize the score, and finally got a 1-1 draw. This draw also allowed Stoke City to maintain their hope of impacting the playoffs.In addition to this assist, Pei Junhao, who played the entire game, also made two passes to help his teammates complete shots, but unfortunately he failed to score. As the controller of the ball, Bae Junhao has become more and more leadership-like. I hope he can continue to help the team win everything it needs.

(Editor in charge: Korean Football Research Association)

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