Ulsan HD finished the season with a spectacular victory over the championship party in the final match of K League 1. Park Chu-young, who announced his retirement after this season, became the main character with one goal and one assist in the last league game in front of his home fans.
Ulsan beat Suwon FC 4-2 in the 38th round of Hana Bank’s K League 1 2024 Final A home game at Munsu Football Stadium in Ulsan on the 23rd.
Ulsan, which beat Gangwon FC 2-1 at home in the 36th round on the 1st and confirmed its K-League 1 title early, finished the season with 72 points (21 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses).
After the game, HD Hyundai Chairman Kwon Oh-gap, who is the president of the Korea Professional Football Federation, and HD Hyundai Senior Vice Chairman Chung Ki-sun, the eldest son of Asan Foundation Chairman Chung Mong-joon, attended the ceremony to present the trophy.
The player of the match was Park Chu-young. While assistantizing the winning goal on the day, he filled 100 K-League offensive points and scored a netting goal himself. Park’s overall offensive points are 77 goals and 24 assists.
Ulsan coach Kim Pan-gon started the rotation considering that the team will play the AFC Champions League (ACLE) match during the week and the Korea Cup final next weekend. As a result, a large number of players who had never had the chance to play have started as starters. 카지노사이트
Still, Ulsan was strong. Yago’s first goal of the penalty kick in the fourth minute of the first half gave Ulsan the lead. Earlier, Kim Min-joon attempted to get Arabidze’s penetrating pass from the penalty area, but got a foul from Suwon FC defender Lee Hyun-yong, and Yago, who was the kicker, calmly finished the game.
Suwon FC was also quite impressive. Jung Seung-won’s cool mid-range shot from the front of the penalty arc in the 43rd minute of the first half flew to the right corner where Ulsan goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo, a leading candidate for this season’s MVP, could hardly be touched.
Ulsan made it 2-1 in the 7th minute of the second half by shaking the Gangwon net with Kim Min-joon’s right-footed shot following Kim Min-woo’s pass, but Jung Seung-won finished Ji Dong-won’s penetration pass with a sharp right-footed shot in the 18th minute of the second half to equalize the game.
This was when Park appeared. After being substituted in the 28th minute of the second half, Park passed to Ataru from the left side of the penalty area in the 39th minute of the second half to assist him with a 3-2 winning goal.
In the 44th minute of the second half, Lee Chung-yong’s cross from the left slid from the right side of the net and finished with a shot to score a decisive goal.