UEFA Europa League Olympiacos – Freiburg 1-1
Full-time Hwang In-beom, Jung Woo-young and Hwang Ui-jo replace
Hwang Ui-jo and Hwang In-beom (Olympiacos) of the Korean national football team met in the same stadium as Jung Woo-young (Freiburg) and played on the ground.
Olympiacos and Freiburg drew 1-1 in the 2022-23 UEFA Europa League group stage match G at the Oirofa-Park Stadium in Freiburg, Germany on the morning of 28 (Korean time).
Olympiacos, who failed to secure their first win and lost 2 draws and 3 defeats (2 points), failed to advance to the round of 16 as the last in the group was confirmed regardless of the outcome of a match remaining. There is a 4 point difference compared to Nantes, France, which is in third place (6, 2 wins and 3 losses).
On the other hand, Freiburg, which continued its unbeaten streak with 4 wins and 1 draw (13 points), had a 6-point lead over Azerbaijani Karabakh (7 points, 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses), who lost 1-2 away to Nantes, who still got a place in the round of 16.
▲ Hwang In-beom
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Although the team failed to advance to the round of 16, Hwang In-beom, who played full-time, stood out. Hwang In-beom was the starting point for the first goal in the 17th minute. Hwang In-beom released the opposing pressure from the center of his half of the pitch and the ball connected to the right was delivered to the front in a simple pass. Subsequently, Pef Biel shot right from the goal, but the opposing goalkeeper blocked the goal, but Yousef El Arabi finished the ball with his left. After that, Hwang In-beom did not lose focus on the ball and blocked the opponent’s attacks several times, creating chances with a sensual penetration pass.
On 19 minutes of the second half, Freiburg Jung Woo-young, who was on the substitutes list, was replaced by Daniel-Kofi Kaire, and that’s it. In addition, Olympiacos’ Hwang Ui-jo was added in the 38th minute when El Arabi was absent and three Korean players played together on the UEFA stage.
▲ Hwang Ui-jo and Hwang In-beom
EPA Yonhap News
In the 42nd minute of the second half, Jung Woo-young was on the right of the goal in a corner kick, then hit his head, but the goalkeeper saved him. Freiburg, who pushed hard to make up for it, eventually equalized in the 48th minute of the second half when extra time passed. Defender Lucas Kubler, who joined Christian Gunter’s corner attack from the right, returned the header under the goal and saved the team from defeat.
Journalist Jang Hyung-woo
