Gwangju predicted ‘turmoil' in K League 1 Final A… Lee Jeong-hyo “Keep making noise”
Gwangju predicted ‘turmoil' in K League 1 Final A… Lee Jeong-hyo “Keep making noise”
Jeonbuk head coach “No one sees us as a threat”… Anticipation of a twist
“I’ve come this far in a noisy and obnoxious way.
I want to make a lot of noise in the final round as well.”
At the Hana One Q K League 1 2023 Final Round Media Day held at the Nine Tree Premier Locaus Hotel in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 18th, the head coaches and players of the six teams ranked in the top six of the regular league participated and announced their respective goals. 스포츠토토
At 7:30 p.m. on the 20th. Starting with the match between Pohang Steelers and Incheon United, the K-League enters the final stage of the season to determine the final winner.
Gwangju FC, who took third place by taking promotion as a team while the coaches of other teams gave the standard answer that they will do their best, Director Lee Jeong-hyo attracted attention by revealing his ambition to continue the ‘turmoil'.
Coach Lee, who took the microphone, said emphatically, “I think we need to talk a little more to find out how far our team will go.”
Since they won the second division last season and advanced to the first division, no expert chose Gwangju as a strong team.
At this meeting, a question was asked, ‘Did you expect the team to achieve good results?’ and Coach Lee Jeong-hyo said, “This is reality.
He gave a serious answer, saying, “Gwangju shouldn't have come here.”
He added, “I tried to get rid of that image.
“There was a lot of stimulation here and there, and it motivated me, the players, and the team to work hard,” he said.
Coach Lee's Gwangju team competed in the second division last season and stood shoulder to shoulder with the strong teams in K League 1.
Leaders and players from other teams also showed caution.
Lee Geun-ho, who represented Daegu FC, said, “I feel a lot while watching Gwangju soccer.
I think they play good soccer,” but “that doesn't mean we play bad soccer.”
Jeonbuk Hyundai's head coach Valeriu Bordiano, who attended the media day on behalf of coach Dan Petrescu, who was unwell, said, “We faced Gwangju three times, and all of them were very difficult.”
Hong Myung-bo, coach of defending champion Ulsan Hyundai, who will face Gwangju in the first game of the final round, said, “Gwangju soccer is good overall, so we have to prepare well.
Also, the next game is an away game.”
Coach Hong, who is attempting to win the league twice in a row for the first time in the club's history, expressed his determination to overcome the checks from other teams.
Coach Hong emphasized, “It is true that we feel like we are ‘fighting against the world.’
Every team will target us and harass us, but we have experience from last year, so we will use it to prepare for the remaining games.”
Kim Seung-dae of second-place Pohang (58 points), who is chasing Ulsan (67 points), expressed confidence, saying, “We are in a position of chasing, but protecting is more difficult than chasing.”
Jeonbuk's head coach Bordiano, who was considered a ‘two-tier' with Ulsan but suffered a double-digit loss (12 losses) for the first time since the 2013 season and fell to 4th place in the regular league, said, “No one thinks of us as a great threat,” but added, “It would be surprising.”
“What happens can happen at any time,” he said, predicting a twist.
Daegu FC (49 points) and Incheon United (48 points), ranked 5th and 6th, did not hide their desire to advance to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League (ACL).
Daegu coach Choi Won-kwon mentioned the club's cheer song ‘That Winter' and said, “I was able to have hope for the ACL while listening to the song ‘Dreaming of the winter we dream of' on the playground.”
Lee Geun-ho also said, “Incheon (ACL) ) He added, “I was touched when I saw the fans cheering for us during the away game in Yokohama, and our fans are no less.
I dream of that scene.”
Incheon's coach Seong-hwan Cho also looked back on the ACL group stage match against Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) held in Yokohama, Japan on the 19th of last month and said, “I have not had many experiences in my coaching career where I felt that thrill,” and added, “There were difficult times in the first half, but the fans.
The players and the front office rebounded by trying to improve without blaming each other in their respective positions,” he said.
