| Ulsan Hyundai has reached the stage of the ACL final after 8 years. This match is expected to be the last match in the Kim Do-hoon’s regime. (Provided by Korea Professional Football Federation) © News 1 |
Ulsan Hyundai director Kim Do-hoon, who does not bring out the insides well in some cases, and is particularly careful about his remarks on the official seat, threw an unexpected precipitation. He even wrote the expression “ACL Final is the last game I can play with our players” and hit Bae Jin. After this game, coach Kim Do-hoon has strengthened his will to win by officializing that he will actually put down the baton of Ulsan.
Ulsan won the Asian Football Federation Champions League (ACL) 2020 quarterfinals 2-1 against Vixel Kobe (Japan) held at Jashim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the night of the 13th (Korean time), and reached the final. The fierce game that lasted for an extended period of 1-1 for 90 minutes in the first half of the second half was ended with an exhilarating victory for Ulsan just before the end of the second half as Junio succeeded with a penalty kick he made himself.
Ulsan, who has a golden opportunity to regain the top of Asia in eight years after winning the 2012 tournament, will face off against the West Asian champion Persepolis (Iran), who has already reached the final, for the championship trophy on the 19th. It is the last game of 2020 in Ulsan, where there were many twists and turns, and the likelihood that it will be the final game played by manager Kim Do-hoon holding the baton is attracting more attention.
It was an open secret that 2020 would be the last year for coach Kim Do-hoon and Ulsan Hyundai to accompany him after finishing second in both the regular league and the FA Cup. ‘Double runner-up’ cannot be degraded, but in the end, Ulsan failed to achieve the goal of’winning’ and coach Kim, who received full support from the club, cannot be free from the result.
The content is too bad. Following 2019, he held the lead throughout the season for the second year in a row, but was unable to remove the second-person tag due to a lack of backsight and missing critical matches. Above all, it was a big mistake that he ended up losing only 1 draw and 4 losses in the confrontation with Jeonbuk. They met 3 times in the regular league and lost all, and the FA Cup final was 1 draw and 1 loss.
As manager Kim Do-hoon, whose contract expires at the end of this season, the atmosphere that there will be no renewal of the contract was detected early. However, the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League still remains, so it has not risen to the surface.
In fact, there was a question of whether Ulsan’s ACL performance would be good because it was a competition with the leader who was leaving. However, opening the lid reveals an interesting picture. With the determination to get rid of the regrets on the domestic stage, the players, who were united together, entered Doha, Qatar, and succeeded in winning and winning the final. Both the content and the results were good.
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| Will Director Kim Do-hoon’s Ulsan be able to remove the damning second-person tag? (Provided by Korea Professional Football Federation) © News 1 |
Ulsan, which drew 1-1 with FC Tokyo in Ulsan in February before the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), has been winning after it resumed in Doha, Qatar in November. Following their previous victory in the group stage in the 5th round, they are all victorious in the round of 16-8 and round of 4, and they are winning 8 straight victories. They even score two or more goals in each game, and in the history of ACL, Ulsan is the only team that has won seven consecutive games (two or more goals) in a single season.
Ulsan started in the calmest atmosphere among the K-League participating clubs, but thanks to the change in the scene, it has succeeded in a reversal and only one game is left until the championship in 8 years. Ahead of this important stage, Director Kim Do-hoon threw the number of matches.
After the match against Kobe, coach Kim said, “When I first came to Qatar, the atmosphere was somewhat subdued when I first came to Qatar because the results in the domestic competition were unfortunate. Even in such a situation, we came to this point thanks to our players having fun and not losing their laughter.” Is the last game I can play with our players. I want to win and return to Korea.”
Director Kim Do-hoon’s Ulsan, who lacked 2% for every important climax, could take off the tiresome second-person tag and reap the beauty of Yoo Jong. The very curious last page will be released on the night of the 19th five days later.
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