“It is important to rise again without collapsing in a difficult situation.”
Pohang Steelers coach Kim Ki-dong, who rarely shows emotion even when a goal is scored, bursts into a bright smile after a long time.
Pohang won a 3-2 victory in the 13th round of the Hana 1 Q K League 1 2023 home game between Daejeon Hana Citizen and Hana 1 Q K League 1 2023 at Pohang Steel Yard on the 13th when Ko Young-jun scored a theater goal in the second half.
With this victory, Pohang moved up one notch to 3rd place after pulling Daejeon (21 points) down to 4th place.
Most of all, what brought out coach Kim’s smile was the fact that after the opening 9 games (5 wins, 4 draws) without a loss in a row, the 3 games (1 draw, 2 losses) in a row were undefeated.
The ranking, which had risen to 2nd place, fell to 4th place after 12 rounds, so coach Kim took the last line of escaping the crisis with the home game against Daejeon that day.
Coach Kim, who met with reporters before the game, sighed, “(The previous games) were good, but we couldn’t score a goal. There are many injured players, so there are few players who can change the flow by replacing them.”
As he said, Pohang lost 0-2 to Incheon United in the 10th round and 1-2 to Jeju United in the 11th round. In the 13th round, Daegu FC drew 1-1.
Pohang, who had only scored 2 goals in the last 3 matches, seemed to be rehashing the regret of ‘lack of decision’ as they were scoreless in the first half against Daejeon, but scored 3 goals in the second half and took a valuable victory.메이저놀이터
Coach Kim said at a press conference after the game, “Above all, the content of the game was good. We led the game as we wanted.” I want to praise the players in this part,” he smiled broadly.
In particular, he emphasized, “I scored first and conceded in two minutes. To be honest, such a game is easy to overturn due to the atmosphere.”
Regarding Koh Young-jun’s ‘theatrical final goal’ that broke during extra time in the second half, coach Kim said, “I shouted ‘Young-juna!’ in my own words.” I did. I grew a lot this year,” he praised.