Coach Lee Jeong-hyo’s tactical ability shines,
advancing to the ACL for the first time since its founding
메이저사이트In visible sports, the ‘rebellion of the underdogs (relative underdogs)’ always attracts the interest of fans. If a team that is considered weak defeats a strong team, an unexpected drama is completed in itself. It shakes up the entire league and creates tension.
An underdog rebellion is taking place in professional soccer K-League 1 this season. The protagonist is the ‘promoted team’ Gwangju FC. Gwangju, led by coach Lee Jeong-hyo (pictured), who earned the nickname ‘K Mourinho (K-League coach Jose Mourinho)’, has gone undefeated in the last 10 games (5 wins, 5 draws) and is ranked 3rd in the ‘top ranking’ as of the 30th round. is throwing up On the 17th, they won an away game against FC Seoul for the first time since their founding.
Gwangju’s sensation has ‘Lee Jeong-hyo magic’. Coach Lee, who served as a coach at Gwangju, Seongnam FC, and Jeju United and became the head coach of Gwangju last year, set a record of winning the K League 2 (Second Division) in the shortest period of history in his first year in office and achieved promotion. And since the first year of the first part of this season, the show has achieved better than expected results.
Gwangju is playing high-intensity, high-pressure soccer this season, as coach Lee declared, “We will play attacking soccer.” Gwangju is the team with the fewest goals conceded along with Seoul, giving up only 28 goals in 30 league games, but they do not focus only on defense. He ranks 5th in the league in scoring (42 goals) and shows a balanced performance in offense and defense. Amid this storm in Gwangju, midfielder Lee Soon-min (29) was selected to the adult national soccer team during the recent international match in September at a late age.
Gwangju is aiming to advance to the Asian Football Confederation Champions League (ACL) for the first time since its founding. If you maintain your current ranking, you can get an ACL ticket. Attention is being paid to whether Gwangju will continue its strong performance at the end of the season and compete for the top spot.