‘Season Double Jeong Jojoon’ Jeonbuk, the first edition of the semi -finals of Gangwon and Korea Cup on the 20th
Jeonbuk Lee Seung -woo (right) dribbles FC in the Korean Cup quarterfinals against FC Seoul. (Provided by the Korean Football Association. Resale and DB)
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Bae Jin -nam = Jeonbuk Hyundai, which is moving toward the summit of professional football K -League, is working with Gangwon FC for the Korea Cup final.
Jeonbuk will bring Gangwon to the Jeonju World Cup Stadium, which is at 7:00 pm on the 20th, and will play the first leg of the 2025 Hana Bank Korea Cup semi -finals.
The semi -finals of the tournament will be held in the home and away method, and the second round of the two teams will be held at Gangneung High1 Arena on July 27 at 7:30 pm.
The two matches will be selected in the order of the finals. There is no application of the away score.
If it is tied, it leads to extra time and penalty shootout.
The long -awaited finals will be held on December 6th.
2025 Korea Cup Emblem. (Provided by the Korean Football Association. Resale and DB)
Jeonbuk settled in the semi-finals after winning 1-0 with Song Min-kyu’s final goal in the quarter-finals of the so-called ‘legend match’ with FC Seoul.
Even among the four teams who won the semi -finals this year, even the team with the experience of entering the finals is the only one in Jeonbuk.
Starting in 2000, Jeonbuk, a champion in 2003, 2005, 2020, and 2022, will be the top winner (6 times) with Pohang Steelers.
Jeonbuk has been undefeated (17 wins and 5 draws) in 22 consecutive games, including six consecutive wins in the K -League 1. The K -League 1 wins is a strong situation because 17 points per team left in the second place, leaving 12 games ahead of the team.
Including three Korea Cup games, Jeonbuk has been undefeated in 25 games.
If you are at the top of the Korea Cup, you will be likely to achieve the season double (2 crowns).
Gangwon Kim Dae -won’s shooting scene. (Provided by the Korean Football Association. Resale and DB)
Kangwon, who faced Jeonbuk, defeated Daegu FC 2-1 with Koo Bon-cheol and Kim Gun-hee’s goals in the quarter-finals and won the semi-final stage in four years since 2021.
This year’s league is now eighth, and it is unfortunate compared to last season, which was the best runner -up of all time.
This is the first time that the two teams are confronting the Korea Cup, and Jeonbuk is ahead of 2 wins and 1 loss in the K -League 1 this season. One of the two losses that Jeonbuk suffered this season came from Gangwonjeon.
Gwangju players who beat Ulsan in the Korean Cup quarter -finals. (Provided by the Korean Football Association. Resale and DB)
At 7:30 pm, K -League 1 Gwangju FC and K -League 2 Bucheon FC will clash at the Gwangju World Cup Stadium.
The two teams have not yet taken the Korea Cup Final Ground.
Gwangju won 1-0 in Ulsan HD in the quarter-finals and won the quarterfinals for two consecutive years. It was the first Ulsan victory in Korea Cup.
Gwangju is determined to wash away the regret of kneeling in Ulsan in the semi -finals last year.
It is also positive for Gwangju that it was a sluggishness of four consecutive games (1 draw and 3 losses) in the K-League 1 and then finished 2-0 in Daejeon Hana Citizen on the 17th.
Bucheon FC Choi Jae -young’s ceremonies who scored in the quarter -finals against Gimpo. (Provided by the Korean Football Association. Resale and DB)
Bucheon has been in the semi -finals of the K -League 2 teams this year.
In the quarter-finals, K-League 2 Gimpo FC will be beaten 3-1 and the semi-final stage will be held nine years after 2016.
Bucheon continues the gust of the K -League 1 SK and Gimcheon Sangmu in this competition.
The K -League 2 team’s semi -finals are four years after the Jeonnam Dragons, which won the 2021 championship.
In the two teams of the two teams, Gwangju is ahead of 2 wins and 1 loss.
The second leg will be held at 7:30 pm on the 27th at Bucheon Sports Complex.
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▶ Report is KakaoTalk OKJEBO
