Incheon United manager Choi Young-geun, who failed to reverse the ranking against Jeonbuk Hyundai, said he would go all-in in the next game.
Incheon drew without scoring in the 36th round of the “Hana Bank K League 1 2024” away game against Jeonbuk Hyundai at Jeonju World Cup Stadium on the 2nd.
Both teams failed to score points, sharing one point each. Jeonbuk maintained the 11th place (9 wins, 11 draws, 16 losses, 38 points), and Incheon the 12th place (8 wins, 12 draws, 16 losses, 36 points). Still, the two teams have a two-point gap.
Incheon had a great opportunity to get out of the bottom, but missed the opportunity as it failed to score an effective shot against Jeonbuk.
Coach Choi said at a press conference after the game, “Many spectators and fans came, and I want to thank the players for doing my best to the end and I’m sorry that I couldn’t give the fans a victory.”
In response to the assessment that unlike the match against Gwangju, the dynamic point has fallen, Choi said, “The priority was to go without losing a point in advance. So, I focused as much as possible on maintaining the gap overall. I thought the opportunity would definitely come, but the players are carrying a little physical burden. There is a limit to the use of players because the injured person does not return quickly. I think those situations come out because the players are in a crisis situation and the form of playing is more cautious.” 안전놀이터
Regarding the background of saving the replacement, he said, “I thought a lot about it, but I wondered if there was a card to turn it around than the current players because the replacement resources went in.” He replied, “I was able to play using speed such as Kim Bo-seop, but I saved the replacement because I thought it would be difficult for Kim Bo-seop to play even if he went down without giving me any space behind him.”
Asked about the meaning of one point, Choi said, “It’s the home of the Daejeon match. We have to go all-in before the Daejeon match. I think we have to prepare aggressively. It’s right that we have to throw all the games into the game.”