Pohang ‘reclaims the lead’, beats Daejeon 2:1…Lee Ho-jae scores late winner

Pohang Steelers regained the lead at the top of the Korean Football League standings with a come-from-behind goal from Lee Ho-jae to beat ‘bottom’ Daejeon Hana Citizens.

Pohang came from behind to defeat Daejeon 2-1 in the 24th round of the Hana Bank K League 1 2024 at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium on Nov. 21.

With the win, Pohang, which has 44 points, reclaimed the top spot, knocking Gimcheon Commerce (43 points), which lost 0-1 to FC Seoul, into second place. This is the first time in 11 days that Pohang has been back in first place since October 10th. 카지노사이트 Daejeon (20 points), on the other hand, failed to escape the bottom of the table after going winless in their last six matches (two draws and four losses).

Daejeon got off to a good start. Daejeon scored within the first minute of the first half kickoff, and it was Kim Jun-bum who was the hero.

Right fullback Kim Moon-hwan beat three defenders to the right endline of the penalty area before sending a cross into the box, where Kim finished with a picturesque scissor kick from the right side of the goal area.

But that was all Daejeon would score. After going into halftime 0-1, Pohang scored a “storm goal” at the start of the second half.

Pohang equalized in the first minute of the second half when Jung Jae-hee, who came on as a substitute at the start of the second half, sent in a cross from the right flank, and Hong Yoon-sang redirected the ball with a header from the front of the goal area.

Pohang, buoyed by the momentum, took the lead in the third minute of the second half when Lee Ho-jae took over the ball in the center of the box and finished with a right-footed shot from the front of the penalty area off the foot of Lee Yoo-joon.

Daejeon could not escape defeat in the 32nd minute when Kim Hyun-wook’s free kick hit the left post of Pohang’s goal.

At Incheon Daejeon Stadium, Suwon FC defeated Incheon United 4-1.

Suwon FC (41-34 goals), unbeaten in six matches (four wins and two draws), moved level on points with fourth-placed Gangwon FC (41-42 goals), but remained in fifth place on goal difference.

Suwon FC took the lead in the 15th minute when Kang Sang-yoon scored off a pass from Son Jun-ho. It was Son Jun-ho’s first offensive point since returning to the K League 1 after returning from China in March.

In the 27th minute, Andersson’s cross from the right corner was converted by Jung Seung-won with a header from the left side of the goal area to extend the lead.

Suwon FC had a goal disallowed in the 32nd minute when Yoon Bit-Garam’s mid-range shot rattled the net from a counterattack, but the goal was disallowed after video review showed that Jung Seung-Won was offside.

After conceding a late goal to Incheon’s Moo Gosa in the fourth minute of the second half, Suwon FC sealed the victory in the 33rd minute when Park Chul-woo scored a wedge goal assisted by Jung Seung-won. Jung Seung-won recorded a multi-attack point with a goal and an assist.

Suwon FC capped off the 4-1 victory with a late goal from Lee Seung-woo, assisted by forward Ahn Byung-joon, who returned to the team after a four-year absence on June 6.

At the Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul defeated Gimcheon 1-0 on a goal from Ilyuchenko to stay in sixth place with 33 points.

Seoul opened the scoring in the 37th minute with a header from a free kick, but the goal was disallowed after a foul was called in a scuffle for position just before the free kick.

After a scoreless first half, Seoul broke through six minutes into the second half through Ilyuchenko.

Kang Joo-hyuk pressured a defender on the right side of the penalty area and stole the ball before passing it to Han Seung-kyu, who played it straight to Ilyuchenko at the front of the penalty area.

Ilyuchenko evaded a defender’s tackle and calmly finished with a right-footed shot from the front of the penalty area.

After the goal, Ilyuchenko ran to the bench and hugged Palosevic, who was playing his final game for Seoul, to say goodbye.

With his 12th goal of the season, Ilyuchenko took sole possession of the top scoring spot.

At DGB Daegu Bank Park, visiting Gwangju FC defeated Daegu FC 1-0 to end a two-game losing streak.

Gwangju (31 points) moved up one spot to seventh, while Daegu (23 points) remained winless in six matches (three draws) and dropped to 11th.

Gwangju earned a valuable point in the 33rd minute when Bekah converted a free kick from Kim Jin-ho with a right-footed shot from near the front of the penalty area.

Meanwhile, the cumulative attendance at the end of the 24th round of K-League 1 was 1.56 million, while the cumulative attendance at the end of the 23rd round of K-League 2 was 536,408, for a total of 2.029 million for K-League 1 and 2.

According to the Korea Professional Football Association, this is the first time the league has surpassed 2 million fans for a game since the introduction of the promotion system in 2013.

Last year, the K League set the record for the fewest games with 2 million spectators since the introduction of the promotion system with 2.026 million spectators in 324 games (162 games each for K League 1 and 2), but this time, the K League broke the record for the fewest games with 2 million spectators in a single season with 282 games (144 games for K League 1 and 138 games for K League 2).

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