[K리그1 프리뷰] Suwon vs Jeonbuk, which became’Baek Seung-ho Derby’, K-League fans also’focused on’

[인터풋볼] Reporter Yoon Hyo-yong = Suwon Samsung and Jeonbuk Hyundai are launching the’Baek Seung-ho Derby’.

Suwon and Jeonbuk will face each other in the 7th round of’Hanawon Q K League 1 2021′ at 2 pm on the 3rd at Suwon World Cup Stadium. Jeonbuk is currently ranked first with 14 points (4 wins, 2 draws), and Suwon is in fourth place with 11 points (3 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss).

This game is called the’Baek Seung-ho Derby’. This is when Baek Seung-ho, who pursued a transfer to the K-League ahead of this season, could not resolve the conflict with Suwon and moved to Jeonbuk.

The story is like this. Baek Seung-ho promoted joining Barcelona in 2010 instead of enrolling in Suwon Samsung Youth Team Maetango. In the process, Suwon received a subsidy of 300 million won. Subsequently, in 2013, the contract with the Barcelona youth team was extended and a second agreement was written with Suwon. The agreement had conditions such as joining Suwon when returning to Korea, and returning the full amount of support in case of violation. However, when Baek Seung-ho returned from Darmstadt, he first contacted Jeonbuk, and Suwon opposed it. Even though Suwon and Baek Seung-ho did not agree after negotiations for a month in March, Jeonbuk tried to recruit Baek Seung-ho, which became controversial.

Jeonbuk decided to sign’Baek Seung-ho, who wanted to return to the K-League in a situation where it was actually difficult to join Suwon so that he could continue his career as a player safely. It was confirmed by the Korea Professional Football Federation that there was no problem with player registration, but the controversy did not subside. Suwon said, “It’s a thing that rocked the foundations of youth,” and said, “I’m sorry. I will try to make an agreement as smoothly as possible.’

With the situation of both teams like this, unfortunately, after the A-match break, they faced off in the league. It is already overheating even before the start of the game. On the 2nd, Suwon fans announced a strong response by posting a post about Baek Seung-ho and Jeonbuk through SNS. The Suwon club asked me to put down the post. From the beginning of the conflict with Baek Seung-ho, the anger of Suwon fans who bet that “a dog who paid for grace is better” will likely continue to the stadium.

Both teams are showing good shape at the beginning of the season, so it is expected that the game will be more tight. In recent confrontation, Jeonbuk dominated with 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Jeonbuk won 3-1 over Suwon in the most recent match.

However, this game has many factors that cannot be judged solely by opponent performance. Suwon became a new team after Park Gun-ha took over in September. Last season, he remained in eighth place in the league, and was proud to reach the quarterfinals in the Asian Champions League. The atmosphere has continued through this season, and is currently in fourth place in the league.

Jeonbuk has yet to deal with Park Geon-ha’s Suwon. There was also an atmosphere that you must win because of the Baek Seung-ho saga. With the attention of the K-League fans focused, attention is paid to what kind of game the two teams will show.