Jeonnam Dragons overcame numerical inferiority to advance to the K League 2 Playoff (PO) beyond Busan I’Park.
South Jeolla Province tied 0-0 with Busan at the semi-PO of Hana Bank’s K League 2 2024 held at Gwangyang Football Stadium on Monday. In the semi-PO where the fourth and fifth places in the K League 2 regular league clash, South Jeolla Province advanced to the PO in accordance with the rule that a team with a higher rank in the regular league will advance to the next round if it is a draw.
South Jeolla Province finished this year’s regular season with 57 points (16 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses), while Busan ranked fifth with 56 points (16 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses). South Jeolla Province, which managed to secure a ticket to the PO, will play with Seoul E-Land (58 points, 17 wins, 7 draws and 12 losses), which ranks third in the regular league, at 4:30 p.m. on the 24th at Mokdong Stadium.
South Jeolla Province remained at the bottom of the K-League 1 (12th) in 2018, making it to the PO for the first time since it was demoted to the K-League 2. South Jeolla Province, which spent six seasons in the K-League 2 this year, had previously reached the semi-PO in 2021 only, but was eliminated.
Busan, which ranked second in the regular season last year and advanced to the promotion PO with Suwon FC, ranking 11th in the K-League 1, but failed to pass the first goal this time. Busan has remained in the K-League 2 for four seasons since 2021. 토토사이트
Busan, which had a chance to advance to the PO only after winning, made more active attacks overall, but only three minutes into the game, Uhei’s right-footed shot to the right of the goal area hit the post, rarely scoring a goal. In the second half, a fiercer offensive continued, but in the 20th minute of the second half, Jeonnam goalkeeper Ryu Won-woo hit a sharp left-footed mid-range shot from the back of the penalty arc, and Uhei’s mid-range shot went off the right side of the net in the 24th minute of the second half.
Soon after striker Kim Jong-min, who put in place of Placa, stepped on the ground in the 39th minute of the second half, he met a variable who was sent off for elbowing in a contest with opponent Lee Do-han, but he held out without losing a point and became the owner of the ticket to PO.