Two goals allowed after Kim Ki-hee’s heading opened… Al Duhail and Al Ahli losers and 5th place match on the 8th
‘Asia Champion’ Ulsan Hyundai suffered a regrettable defeat in the debut match of Hong Myung-bo and the first match of the FIFA Club World Cup in 8 years.
Ulsan lost 1-2 after Kim Ki-hee’s opening goal in the 24th minute in the second round of the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup against Tigres UANL (Mexico) held at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on the 4th.
Ulsan, who participated in the Club World Cup in 8 years after climbing to the top of the 2020 Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League (ACL), placed 5th and 6th place at 0 o’clock on the 8th, not exceeding the Tigres of the CONCACAF Champions League championship team. I got to pay.
The losing team in the Al Duhail (Qatar)-Al Ahli (Egypt) game scheduled at the dawn of the 5th Korean time meet Ulsan in the 5th and 6th place match.
Tigres, who captured Ulsan, clash with Paumeiras (Brazil), the winner of the Copa Libertadores club football match in South America, in the quarterfinals at 3 am on the 8th.
Coach Hong Myung-bo, who was unable to fully operate this tournament due to the injuries of Lee Cheong-yong, Go Myung-jin, Hong-cheol, and Lee Dong-gyeong, chose the 4-2-3-1 formation with Lee Jeok-saeng Kim Ji-hyun as the forefront striker in their debut match.
In the second line,’New Face’ Dong-jun Lee was placed on the existing main axes, Kim In-sung and Yun Bitgaram, and Shin Hyeong-min, who transferred from Jeonbuk Hyundai as a defensive midfielder, was in harmony with Won Doo-jae.
The four back defenders consisted of Seol Young-woo, Bulltwo, Kim Ki-hee, and Kim Tae-hwan, and the goalkeeper’s gloves were worn by Jo Hyun-woo, who came back after overcoming the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
The game was expected to be difficult against Tigres during the season as there was not much time to keep pace with the changed player composition in the new manager system, but Ulsan’s early performance was good.
In the 19th minute of the first half, Kim Ji-hyun recorded his first effective shot with a right-footed mid-range shot following a wonderful turn, and one minute later, he was not pushed back by Jo Hyun-woo’s save by the shot of French national team veteran goalkeeper Andre Pierre Gignac.
In the 24th minute of the first half, he scored a goal first and took the lead.
ACL Best Player (MVP) Yun Bitgaram’s right foot also shined on the world stage.
In the situation of the left corner kick, kicker Yun Bitgaram raised a sharp cross, and Kim Ki-hee’s header shot from the left of the goal area.
Tigres, who was hit by a blow, responded with an equalizer in a corner kick situation in the 38th minute of the first half and pulled out a hidden claw.
Diego Reyes headed for a right corner kick by Hapaeu Carioca, and Gignac rushed into the goal area, finishing with his right foot to balance.
Ulsan suffered a handball foul by Kim Ki-hee during the extra time corner defense process in the first half and scored a reverse goal with a penalty kick.
Gignac, the protagonist of the equalizer, finished the first half with a right-footed shot as a penalty kicker.
In Ulsan, who had rearranged the line, in the 13th minute of the second half, Yun Bitgaram shook the goal net with a fantastic bike kick, but was declared offside and missed a golden opportunity to rebalance.
As Bultus’s pass from the rear came up long, Yun Bitgaram penetrated the space behind the defense and put a bicycle kick with the right foot after chest trapping, but the result of reading whether it was offside showed that the knee was slightly ahead of the opponent’s defense.
Coach Hong Myung-bo tried to change the atmosphere by using a replacement card starting with changing Kim In-sung to Kim Seong-joon in the 21st minute of the second half, but the tied goal did not end.
In the second half of the 28th minute, the Austrian national striker Lucas Hintercontrol, who played an active part in the German Bundesliga, took over in place of Kim Ji-hyun and made his debut in Ulsan uniform.
In the second half of the 34th minute, midfielder prospect Kang Yun-gu, who had been expecting from high school days, stepped on the ground instead of Shin Hyeong-min to make his professional debut.
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