[시사포커스 / 이근우 기자] Lee Kang-in (20, Valencia CF) was humiliated in the game the day before.
Spanish media’AS’ said on the 13th (local time), “After Lee Kang-in was replaced, he did not hide his feelings of despair. This is not the first time. Lee Kang-in was gorgeous and showed a good appearance, but he couldn’t hide his frustration with the replacement of coach Harvey Gracia.”
On the 13th, in the 2020-21 season Primera Liga round 27 against Levante, Lee Kang-in played as a starter. However, in the 18th minute of the second half, Lee Kang-in was replaced by Manu Bayeho when the team was 0-1. Lee Kang-in went back to his seat and bowed his head and held his head.
Valencia, overflowing with injured people, started Lee Kang-in. The problem is that Kang-in Lee was replaced with no major players. Lee Kang-in, who can lead Valencia’s attacking squad, was replaced while the team was losing.
The players replaced by manager Gracia were eventually defeated 0-1 without making any changes to the game. In fact, there was no meaning to replace Kang-in Lee. Kang-in Lee made a gesture to reveal open dissatisfaction with the replacement, and public opinion views his behavior as inappropriate.
Local media also criticized Gracia for completely dropping Lee Kang-in’s morale. In particular,’Deporte Valenciano’ predicted that Kang-in Lee had the worst night as a player and that there would be no extension contract without improvement.
On the other hand, Lee Kang-in’s theory of transfer was raised due to the exclusion of all power from the Gracia manager system, but the weight of the transfer is putting more weight on the transfer as manager Gracia does not change the way in which players are appointed.