After Son Jun-ho’s risk reignited, the team has lost three consecutive league games. Suwon FC manager Kim Eun-joong did not hide his frustration.
After losing 0-1 to FC Seoul in the 32nd round of the “Hana One Q K League 1 2024” away match at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sunday, Kim said, “We feel like we have no choice but to lose the game changer fight. We can’t control it. We will prepare well in the next away match in Pohang and win for sure.”
His remarks again pointed out the complacent part of the club in the summer transfer market. Suwon FC, which had been on a roll under coach Kim in the first half of the year, failed to supply substitutes after its main players, including Kwon Kyung-won and Lee Seung-woo, left the market last summer. Notably, Kim was deeply angry over the club’s failure to recruit traditional foreign strikers.
Although he has been holding out with “middle-raker tactics,” he has recently become very restless since Choi Soon-ho, the former national midfielder Son Joon-ho, who has taken risks last summer, stepped down after failing to clear the suspicion of match fixing during his time in the Chinese Super League. Coincidentally, Suwon FC has lost three consecutive games so far, including a 0-6 defeat to Jeonbuk Hyundai after signing Son Joon-ho’s contract in a surprise move.
“There was something shocking (like Son Jun-ho’s incident). It is true that he settled down at the top (final A) and put pressure on himself,” Kim said before the match. “I tried to motivate myself, but there is nothing more I can do. I just feel grateful and sorry for the player.”
Suwon FC ranks sixth with 48 points, but is only four points shorter than third-ranked Gangwon FC (52 points). Still, it is possible to challenge for the third place at least, which will qualify for the Asian Champions League. However, Coach Kim is reducing the limits of his squad. 토토사이트
Immediately after the match, Kim said, “The players performed better than 80 to 90 percent as they prepared for the past week. They failed to score. Thank you to the players. We did well as we prepared, but we lost in squad and game changer fights,” adding, “We can’t do as we please.” “It’s hard, but I want the players to cheer up for their own value.”
Coach Kim, who was disappointed by the grass condition at the Seoul World Cup Stadium before the game, mentioned it again after the game. He said, “Actually, if the grass was good, I think I would have scored. Andersson had a good opportunity, but there were too many irregular boundaries. Not only us but also the Seoul players influenced our performance. Shouldn’t all clubs pay attention to good performance?”