Joined Ulsan last year… Debuted in K-League 1 this year, 2 goals in 3 matches’Broadly’
“It is encouraging that a young player has already played in two games (as a starting position) and scored two goals.
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Nangjungjichu (囊中之錐). It is a phrase that says that the awl in the pocket will surely come out through clothes, and that a person with excellent ability and skill shows himself to stand out.
This is a metaphor that fits perfectly with Kim Min-joon (21), the second year of Hyundai’s second year in the professional football K-League 1 Ulsan Hyundai.
Hana One Q K League 1 2021 Round 4 was held on the 13th, Pohang Steel Yard. Ulsan striker Kim Min-joon started with the left wing of 4-3-3 tactics in the 168th East Coast Derby in Ulsan Hyundai and Pohang Steelers.
Ulsan coach Myung-bo Hong played Kim Min-joon as a starter on this day in accordance with the new’U-22 rules’ (5 substitutes allowed when more than one player under the age of 22 is selected).
Kim Min-joon, who joined last year, played in the opening game with Gangwon FC with a 35-minute replacement in the second half and made his dream K-League 1 debut. I took it.
Thanks to Kim Min-joon’s professional debut goal, which became the winning goal, Ulsan was able to beat Gwangju 1-0.
Kim Min-joon, who did not have a chance to play in the third round of Incheon United, took another chance to start again in Pohang and in the fourth round.
‘Prepared second-hand newcomer’ Kim Min-joon did not miss the opportunity.
In the 22nd minute of the first half, when Lee Dong-jun’s left footed shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by the goalkeeper, he struck the ball that quickly flowed out near the front of the goal area with his right foot.
However, this ball was also blocked by the goalkeeper’s super save, and Kim Min-joon calmly kicked the ball that bounced back into the Ulsan goal with his left foot.
Four Pohang players, including the goalkeeper, tried to block Kim Min-jun’s left-footed shot, but to no avail.
When the first shot was blocked, he might be embarrassed, but Kim Min-joon calmly shot the spilled ball again and scored with a correct left foot shot.
It was the 2nd goal of the season for Kim Min-joon, who made his 3rd appearance in the K-League 1 debut this year.
Kim Min-joon, who played only the first half, was replaced with the start of the second half, and Ulsan scored an equalizer to Pohang’s Song Min-gyu in the 28th minute of the second half, winning a 1-1 draw.
Ulsan could not achieve the opening 4 consecutive win streak, but Kim Min-joon’s opening goal added 1 valuable victory point and was able to continue undefeated (3 wins 1 draw) in the opening 4 games.
In the two matches scored by Kim Min-joon, Ulsan won 1 win and 1 draw.
Although he made his debut in Ulsan for the second year, Minjun Kim is a’prepared striker’.
Kim Min-joon, who uses his left foot well, made a big success as a goalkeeper when he was in Ulsan Hyundai High School, and in 2018, he has won the K-League Junior Electric League’s victory as well as the K-League U-18 Championship.
Kim Min-joon, who was first nominated by Ulsan Hyundai in 2019, joined Ulsan last year based on his big success in scoring 7 goals while playing 14 U-league games while advancing to Ulsan University and playing as the main striker.
The pro stage wasn’t easy.
Ulsan, which focused on winning the K-League 1 last year, had many U-22 resources, such as Seol Young-woo (23), and Park Jung-in (21), who moved to Busan this year.
The opportunity could not come to Kim Min-jun, with seniors from the national team such as Lee Cheong-yong and Kim In-seong in the left wing position.
However, it was fortunate for Kim Min-jun that the Korea Professional Football Federation temporarily revised the’U-22 Regulations’ this year.
Coach Hong gave Kim Min-joon a chance, and Kim Min-joon reciprocated with ‘2 goals in 3 matches’.
Manager Hong Myung-bo praised Kim Min-joon, saying, “It is encouraging that a young player has already played two games (as a starting position) and scored two goals,” and “I think it will be of great help (to the team) in the future.”
/yunhap news