Players who had been assigned to the A-team in September played a match just one day after their return to the national team. The head coach expressed regret over his decision.
Gangwon lost 0-2 to Ulsan in the 30th round of Hana Bank K League 1 2024 at 7:30 p.m. on the 13th at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium.
With the loss, Gangwon lost the lead to Ulsan. “We prepared well for the past two weeks. We lost points in the early hours and were shaky. There were times when we lost pace,” Gangwon coach Yoon Jeong-hwan said in a post-match press conference. “We should have been more challenging in terms of our side. It seems to be our team’s weakness. The ball didn’t stretch forward.”
“I don’t know if I can say this to the players,” he said, cautiously. “I think there was a difference in the quality of the players. We have to grow. If we lacked that, we should have fought more as a team,” he said. “Although we lost the game, we certainly had some expectations going forward. I want to take that as comfort. We have eight more games to go. I want to reorganize and repay them with good results.”
Both players, who were substituted for the September A match, played. Right fullback Hwang Mun-ki (28) was substituted at the beginning of the second half, while Yang Min-hyuk (18) replaced him for more than 16 minutes in the second half. The two players went straight to the league after an away match in Oman. Notably, Hwang also played for 22 minutes at the match against Oman held at the Sultan Qaboos Stadium in Muscat, Oman on Saturday. “I didn’t want to let (Hwang) and (Yang) Min-hyuk play. I feel sorry for the players,” coach Yoon Jeong-hwan said.
As one of the reasons for the loss, coach Yoon Jung-hwan said, “I think the players saved their shots. I failed to take advantage of the opportunities. 안전놀이터 There was an atmosphere that was getting weaker. I think we need to change it.”
At the beginning of the first half, Yoon added Cho Jin-hyuk instead of Kim Kyung-min. “He is a threatening player if he is in good condition. Sometimes I wandered around,” Yoon said. “I didn’t feel like I was moving well today. I wanted to take the flow quickly. I tend not to replace him often in the first half, but it was an inevitable choice.”