Hwang Hee-chan breaks through
Hwang Hee-chan (left) and Jung Woo-young talking with Leipzig director Julian Nagelsmann
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Bo-in = Hwang Hee-chan laughed at the short’Korean Derby’ by Hwang Hee-chan (25, Leipzig) and Jung Woo-young (22, Freiburg) in the Bundesliga of the German professional football.
Leipzig defeated Freiburg 3-0 in the 2020-2021 Bundesliga round 24 away game, which ended in Freiburg’s Schwarzwald-Stadion on the 7th (Korean time).
Leipzig, who defeated Freiburg 3-0 in the 7th round last November, won both face-to-face matches.
Hwang Hee-chan and Jung Woo-young put their names on the replacement list side by side on this day, and Hwang Hee-chan stepped on the ground in the 18th minute of the second half and Jung Woo-young in the 35th minute of the second half to unfold the’Korean Derby’ for about 10 minutes. Both players couldn’t accumulate attack points.
Freiburg’s Kwon Chang-hoon, who was unable to play from the 15th round due to an injury, recently returned to team training, but did not play on this day.
In the 42nd minute of the first half, Leipzig defeated the starter with the opening goal of Christofer Nkunku.
Yusuf Poulsen, who caught the ball due to Freiburg’s defensive error, caught the ball in front of the goalkeeper and handed it over to the left, and Nkunku, who received the ball, calmly put it into the empty goal.
Leipzig, ahead 1-0 in the first half, added Emil Forsbury and Hwang Hee-chan instead of Dani Olmo and Foulsen in the 18th minute of the second half, and the team’s second goal broke one minute later.
Alexander Sørlot pushed Nkunku’s short pass into the post.
In the 27th minute of the second half, Hwang Hee-chan took a decisive opportunity.
Hwang Hee-chan, who grabbed the ball and sprinted through the doorstep, tried to beat the opponent’s defender and fold it several times to beat the goalkeeper.
In the 34th minute of the second half, Leipzig finished Sørlot’s backpass with a right-footed shot from Forsbury near the penalty arc, and scored a three-goal victory.
Freiburg played Jung Woo-young and Keben Schlotterbeck in the 35th minute of the second half, but could not make up for a single goal.
Leipzig, who had won six straight wins in the regular league until this day, placed second in the league (53 points), and Freiburg placed eighth (34 points).
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