French first division Hwang Eui-jo achieves 10 goals in his first season in Europe

Hwang Eui-jo is playing an active part in the French 1st division Girondin Bordeaux. Photo = Homepage of Girong Daeng Bordeaux Club

[이데일리 스타in 이석무 기자] Hwang Eui-jo (29, Bordeaux), a key striker of the Korean national football team, successfully scored double digits in one season for the first time in the second season to advance to the European stage.

Hwang Eui-jo scored a penalty kick goal in the first half of the first half, behind 1-3 in the home game of the 31st round of the 2020-21 French Liguen (1st Division) against Strasbourg at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France on the 4th (Korean time).

Team-mate Laurent Koscielny induces a foul on the opponent’s defender for a penalty. Hwang Eui-jo became the first penalty kicker this season. Hwang Eui-jo, who stole the timing of the opposing goalkeeper with a small shot, pierced the left corner of the goal with a right-footed shot. The goalkeeper lost direction, but couldn’t keep up with the speed of the ball.

This goal was Hwang’s 10th goal in the season. After signing with Bordeaux in July 2019, he scored double digits in his second season. In addition, he also scored three consecutive goals (4 goals) in recent league games.

On this day, Hwang Ui-jo, who started as the forefront striker, shot several threatening shots in addition to the penalty kick. However, he left behind regrets either going in front of the goalkeeper or leaving the goal. Eventually, after playing on the ground for 79 minutes, it was replaced with Seku Mara in the second half of the 34th minute.

Bordeaux lost 2-3 and stayed at 36 points (10 wins, 6 draws and 15 losses). The ranking is 14th out of 20 teams.

Bordeaux allowed Ramine Kone to head the first goal in a corner kick six minutes after the start of the match. In the 21st and 30th minutes of the first half, he scored a heading goal and a penalty goal and was dragged to 0-3.

Bordeaux counterattacked with a heading goal by Paul Weiss, who received a header from Koscielny on a corner kick in the 36th minute of the first half. Afterwards, Hwang Eui-jo added a penalty goal and followed up to 2-3.

However, afterwards, he was blocked by the opponent’s defense and was unable to score an additional goal, so he ended up losing victory points.

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