FC Seoul is spending a frustrating August. He failed to build two consecutive games. The overall season trend is not bad, but it is also true that it did not take a clear advantage. He has been caught repeatedly by anxious defense.
On the 17th, Seoul lost 2-6 in the 26th round of the Hana Bank K-League 1 2025. Gimcheon (43 points), Daejeon Hana Citizen (42), and Pohang Steelers (41 victory point) were given three runs in the first and second half of the year.
The six runs are the most runs in Seoul this season, and have been humiliated after 15 years since the Daegu FC (0-6 loss) in June 2020. Seoul scored 2 runs in 2-2 in Daegu and 25th round home games. The biggest problem is the back door. It is the aftermath of not filling the transfer gap of the main center back Kim Joo -sung (Sanfreshe Hiroshima).
Previously, Kim Ki -dong’s biggest concern was frustrating firepower. The defensive team, which was led by Kim Joo -sung and Jordan’s national team, was quite hard. But the recent situation has changed completely. When the goal broke out, the defense broke down.
Seoul did not find the perfect ‘Kim Joo -sung replacement’. Park Sung -hoon, born in 2003, is lacking in experience. He brought the tall defender Jung Tae -wook, who was rented to Western Sydney (Australia) last year as a member of Jeonbuk Hyundai, but is not good at breathing with new colleagues.
However, there is also a goalkeeper risk in Seoul. Kang Hyun -moo, the main gatekeeper, has a lot of mistakes. There is also a clean sheet (no score) game, but the ups and downs are severe. In Daegu, he emptied the goal and got a medium -range gun in Sejingya. Looking at the trajectory of the ball, the steps were twisted and fell in front of the goal. Many pointed out that there was no fatal mistake in the Kimcheonjeon, but the response to the opponent was late.
Kim said, “We are making a new combination after Kim Joo -sung is missing. Soccer cannot be played alone. The breathing of each other should be right.
By Nam Jang -hyun, reporter yoshike3@donga.com
By Nam Jang -hyun, reporter yoshike3@donga.com
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