Professional soccer K-League 1 Incheon United lost the game by allowing the winning goal at the end of the match.
Incheon lost 0-1 to FC Seoul in the 4th round home game of’Hanawon Q K League 1 2021′ held at the Incheon soccer stadium on the evening of the 13th. As a result, Incheon (1-3, 3 points), which lost two games in a row in recent years, fell to 9th place.
Incheon, with Kim Hyun placed in the forefront and Song Si-woo taken out as a surprise starting card, confronted Seoul with Na Sang-ho ahead, recording four shots each in the first half.
After finishing the first half with 0-0, both teams made a difference in the second half. In Incheon, except Boncheol Koo, Negeva was introduced, and Jooyoung Park and Jinya Kim stepped on the ground in place of Youngwook Jo and Jonggyu Yoon in Seoul. Incheon, which played a rather dominant game until the middle of the second half, threw Aguilar in place of Kim Do-hyuk.
In the 28th minute of the second half, Aguilar’s header was caught in the side net, and in the 32nd minute of the second half, Aguilar’s shot missed the target. During this process, a video reading (VAR) was performed, and before shooting, Song Si-woo was sent off after it was confirmed that he struck Seoul defender Hwang Hyun-soo with his elbow in the course of the ball competition.
Seoul, taking advantage of the numerical advantage, scored the winning goal in the 45th minute of the second half. Ki Sung-yong’s mid-range shooting was hit by Moon Ji-hwan, who was defending, and bent and sucked into the goal.
The two teams that continued during the extra time of the match ended without any further goals.
The first win in the second round of the home opening match raised expectations, but Incheon lost its second straight victory. Incheon faced a situation in which the atmosphere must be reversed in the match against Suwon FC in the 5th round at home on the 17th. / Reporter Kim Young-jun [email protected]