K-League Soccer Draws With Incheon and Jeonbuk…Suwon/Ulsan won the Derby

Incheon led with Kim Do-hyuk's first goal in the 36th round of the "Hana One Q K League 1 2023" against Jeonbuk at Incheon Football Stadium at 2 p.m. on the 12th, but allowed Park Jae-yong to score an equalizer and tied 1-1.

As a result of this day, Jeonbuk maintained its fourth place in the league with 43 points, and Incheon also continued its fifth place with 42 points.

Incheon had one draw and two losses against Jeonbuk in the league this season. He also lost 1-3 in the FA Cup semifinals on the 1st, failing to overturn the inferior trend in the match on the same day.

Both teams started the rotation for the game. Incheon, where "main gun" Stefan Mugosa was absent due to injury, formed an offense team with Kim Bo-seop and Park Seung-ho centered on Hernandez.

Jeonbuk placed "Young Gun" Lee Joon-ho at the front line in the absence of Gustavo. Coach Dan Petrescu said before the game, "I showed good performance in the game I started. I look forward to the same performance today," he said.

It was an ambitious offense, but it lacked sharpness. Both teams failed to score good chances in the first half. The zero seemed to have fallen somewhat.

As a result, both teams took out replacement cards at the start of the second half. Incheon changed its midfield by taking out Mpoku and putting in Park Hyun-bin. Jeonbuk has formed a new offense team by excluding Lee Joon-ho and Lee Soo-bin and putting in Park Jae-yong and Moon Sun-min.

Jeonbuk seemed to take a chance first in the second half. In the 11th minute of the second half, Baek Seung-ho got a free kick near the penalty box and went directly as a kicker, but was blocked by the goalkeeper.

Incheon, which overcame the crisis, scored the first goal. In the 15th minute of the second half, Hong Si-hoo attempted a left-footed shot from the front of the penalty box. The ball headed for Kim Do-hyuk, who was rushing against Jeonbuk's defense, and Kim Do-hyuk shook Jeonbuk's net with his left foot in an exclusive chance with the goalkeeper.

Jeonbuk, which gave up the first goal, made a change for the equalizer in the 21st minute of the second half by removing Boateng and putting in Jun Amano. And in the 22nd minute of the second half, Park Jae-yong finished Choi Chul-soon's cross from the right side and balanced it again.

Incheon then took out Hong Si-hoo, Park Seung-ho, and Kim Bo-seop in the 35th minute of the second half and put in Jeong Dong-yoon, Choi Woo-jin, and Kim Min-seok, making changes by position and aiming for the winning goal.

In the 44th minute of the second half, Incheon seemed to have a good opportunity in a counterattack situation centered on Hernandez, but failed to connect the shot. Jeonbuk also failed to take advantage of the opportunity and ended in a draw.

At the same time, the Suwon Derby between Suwon FC and Suwon Samsung was held at Suwon Stadium, and Suwon added three valuable points.

Suwon is currently competing for survival in the relegation zone. Gangwon FC, which is competing together, won the previous day, and Suwon had to win on that day.

The first goal was scored by the home team first. Suwon FC, which gained a numerical advantage with Suwon midfielder Kazuki's exit in the 14th minute of the first half, scored a goal in the process of leading to Yoon Bit-garam and Hugo Gomes in the 30th minute of the first half.

Reed didn't last long. Just before the end of the first half, Suwon's Acosti calmly finished the flowing ball in a set-piece mix and corrected the balance of the game.

The away team even scored a come-from-. Ahn Byung-joon, who received Acosti's chest trapping in the 8th minute of the second half, shook Suwon FC's net with a right-footed mid-range shot.

Suwon FC scored the equalizer again. In the 15th minute of the second half, Lee Young-jae finished a cross from the left side with Kim Hyun's head.

However, Suwon scored the winning goal with the help of Mulich in the 33rd minute of the second half, allowing Kim Joo-chan to continue the survival competition to the end.

Suwon FC (32 points), which was defeated that day, failed to gain the upper hand in the relegation competition with Gangwon (30 points) and Suwon (29 points).

Meanwhile, Jeju United (40 points) succeeded in staying early due to the result of the game. With an eight-point gap with Suwon FC, it secured at least 9th place regardless of the results of the remaining two games.

With this, FC Seoul, Daejeon Hana Citizen and Jeju will play in the K League 1 next season

At 4:30 p.m. at Munsu Stadium in Ulsan, Ulsan Hyundai won 3-2 in the East Coast derby against the Pohang Steelers.

Ulsan has already confirmed its K League 1 victory, but it was a match that drew attention due to the pride showdown between the two rival teams.

The door was opened by the visiting team. In the 31st minute of the first half, Kang Hyun-je calmly finished Yoon Jae-woon's low pass to the other side from the right side of the penalty box, breaking the balance of the game. Kang Hyun-je achieved the rare record of making his debut goal in the K League.

At the start of the second half, the home team reversed the mood. Seol Young-woo scored an equalizer one minute into the second half. In the fifth minute of the second half, Ataru, helped by Kim Tae-hwan, even scored an upset goal.

And in the 17th minute of the second half, Joo Min-kyu finished the cross from the right side with a header, widening the gap between the two teams by two goals.

Pohang did not give up easily. In the 33rd minute of the second half, Kim Young-kwon committed a handball foul while blocking Shim Sang-min's cross in the box and gave up a penalty kick. Lee Ho-jae, who played as a kicker in the 37th minute of the second half, scored a penalty kick and narrowed it down to one goal again.

Pohang, on the mood, struggled to score an equalizer. Ulsan sought defensive management to win on its home turf. After the battle, the home team, which kept the lead well, laughed and ended the game.

Ulsan clearly dominated the East Coast Derby with two wins and two draws in the league. On the other hand, Pohang failed to run away from third-place Gwangju FC (58 points) with only 60 points as a result of the game.