Electricity does not come due to water damage and the generator turns on … Pohang stop Ulsan win in the house
On the 11th, when the biggest ‘East Coast Derby’ of the 2022 season was held, the first thing that filled the air in Pohang Steel Yard was the smell of oil, not applause.
Eight generators roared around the stadium.
There seemed to be little room for the engine to escape the fumes of the burning oil.
Even from the spectators inside the stadium, the soot burned his nose.
It was the consequence that part of the steel yard was submerged by the damage of the 11th Typhoon Hinnamno last month.
Electricity was not going into the stadium, so power was provided by a generator to run the minimum equipment to run the game.
The reason the game was moved until 3pm even though it was a weekday is because the lights didn’t turn on due to an electricity problem, so the night game couldn’t be digested.
There was no electricity in the press room.
About 30 reporters who visited the stadium that day had to go to the indoor press room to charge their laptops during half-time after watching the match in the headquarters seat.
In the quiet courtyard where the pain from the damage caused by the flood remains, Pohang gave the home fans great joy by making a precious draw with ‘rival’ Ulsan Hyundai.
If Ulsan had won that day, it would have been their first K-League victory in 17 years.
Ulsan Baco scored the first goal in the 40th minute and the scenario seemed to go the way Ulsan wanted, but in the 34th minute of the second half Ho-jae Lee scored the header equalizer and canceled Ulsan’s championship party.
Pohang fans shouted cheering slogans as if they had won the championship.
Pohang manager Kim Ki-dong, who came to the press conference after the game with a smile on his face, exclaimed: “I am looking forward and sincerely hope for Ulsan’s victory led by my respected senior Hong Myung-bo. , but I thought that the Ulsan championship will not be confirmed in our home. “
Coach Kim is said to have stressed “Pohang’s pride” to the players before the game.
He said: “As a manager, I didn’t like Ulsan having a championship festival in our house,” he said.
“I’m happy Ulsan didn’t win here,” he said.
Although Ulsan did not hold a championship banquet, they showed club “dignity” before becoming a champion.
Even though Ulsan had won that day, they had no intention of causing a stir at the Steel Yard.
I only prepared a banner and tried to take a photo to commemorate the victory on the field.
It is said that he asked for permission from Pohang in advance.
A banner was hung in front of Ulsan’s cheering table saying, “The Ulsan Hyundai football team wishes a speedy recovery from the flood damage in Pohang.”
On this day, all 1,100 tickets for Pohang’s away cheer seats were sold.
Even in the snow, there seemed to be more Ulsan away fans than Pohang fans.
/ yunhap news
