Oh Hyeon-kyu (22), who plays for Celtic, a Scottish professional soccer team, scored his debut goal in four games after joining the club, contributing to the team’s great victory.
Celtic beat St. Mirren 5-1 in the 2022-2023 Scottish Cup Round of 16 held at Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland on the 12th (Korean time).
Daizen Maeda scored in the 16th minute of the first half to lead 1-0, but in the 18th minute of the second half, Celtic called in Joao Felipe Jota and Oh Hyun-kyu was put in.
Oh Hyun-kyu, who joined Celtic last month, made his Celtic debut on January 30th, and has been expanding his position within the team by playing in all four recent team matches.
Oh Hyun-kyu, who contributed to the victory by inducing the opponent to leave the previous game, started scoring after 4 games on this day.
Celtic got a chance to run away 9 minutes after Oh Hyun-kyu stepped on the ground, as the opponent’s defense blocked Riel Abada’s shot with his hand and received a red card and a penalty kick was declared at the same time.
Japanese midfielder Leo Hatate, who was substituted along with Oh Hyun-kyu, took the kicker in the 31st minute of the second half and calmly finished the game.
Oh Hyun-gyu finally tasted the goal four minutes later.
When it came out that the opposing goalkeeper failed to handle Callum McGregor’s shot properly, Oh Hyun-gyu, who was in front of the goal, jumped out without delay and pushed it in.
Taking advantage of their numerical superiority, Celtic launched an offensive and Matt O’Reilly scored the fourth goal with a left-footed shot from the penalty spot in the 45th minute of the second half.
With this victory, Celtic achieved their 8th consecutive win in the official match.
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After drawing 2-2 with Rangers, another strong player in the league, on the 2nd of last month, they all won.
Celtic also went undefeated in 16 consecutive matches (15 wins, 1 draw) after losing (1-5 loss) to Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) group stage away match on November 3 last year.
Celtic’s next game is a home game against Aberdeen in the 26th round of the Scottish Premiership on the 19th.
Celtic are in first place in the league with 70 points from 23 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. 2nd place Rangers (19, 4 draws, 2 losses, 61 points) and 9 points lead.
[전국매일신문] Reporter Kim Na-hyun
Nahyeon@jeonmae.co.kr
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