"I was so angry watching the equalizer ceremony," said director Lee Jung-hyo, "I'll wake up and focus more."
"I was so angry watching the equalizer ceremony," said director Lee Jung-hyo, "I'll wake up and focus more."
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The match between Gwangju FC and Buriram United (Thailand) in Group A of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League Elite (ACLE) League Stage 8 (final match) in the 2024-25 season at Gwangju World Cup Stadium on February 18.
Gwangju operated its rotation as coach Lee Jung-hyo had announced before the game. Was that why? Gwangju was dragged away by allowing two runs in the first half alone.
Gwangju did not give up. Starting as a forward striker, Oh scored multiple goals in the second half alone. Driven by Oh's performance, Gwangju got over the edge of losing the match against the home team Buriram.
The afternoon star couldn't laugh.
"We prepared something, but we didn't show anything in the first half," Oh said. "Honestly, we showed our fans our sorry performance." Oh went on to say the following.
"Coach Lee Jung-hyo said, 'I'm embarrassed' after the first half. I made a commitment with the players, 'Let's show what we have prepared.' As the coach said, I wanted to show the fans an unashamed performance. I am not satisfied. Looking back on the second half, I was lucky. We will try to stay alert and focus every moment."
Coach Lee expressed great disappointment after the match against Buriram.
After organizing his thoughts for a while, director Lee said, "I don't know how to say it."
"The weather was extremely cold. I can't even say 'I'm sorry' to the fans who came to the stadium in such a cold weather. I feel so embarrassed. Ho scored multiple goals to end the match with a 2-2 draw. I got so angry when I saw him do the goal ceremony after scoring the equalizer. I thought, 'I'm so satisfied,' and 'I still have a long way to go.'
Director Lee's words continued.
"After I scored the equalizer, I had to quickly take the ball and think about turning it around. I felt that I didn't have that thought at all. I invest a lot of time in developing our players. So do our analysis team, our coaches. They're putting in a lot of effort. I don't want to ask them to know that we're trying this hard."
Lee also delivered a message he wanted to ask the players.
"I hope you don't deceive yourself on the field and play with confidence. I hope you do what we prepared on the training ground."
After the match against Buriram, Oh Soo-sung was selected as the man of the match (MOM) and visited the press conference with coach Lee.
Oh Soo-sung nodded at Lee's words.
"It was a time for me to take a look back on myself," Oh said. "As the coach said, my actions seemed to go against the spirit of our team." "We had to win for the fans. We had to win for the players before the game. We should not have scored an equalizer and celebrated our goal. We will take this as an opportunity to grow further." 바카라사이트
Gwangju recorded four wins, two draws and two losses (14 points) in eight games in Group A of the ACLE League this season.
Gwangju ranked fifth among the 12 clubs in Group A of the ACLE League Stage, confirming their advance to the round of 16.
Gwangju was the only Korean team to reach the round of 16 in the ACLE, the first in the club's history.