1. The Best Match
The best match of this round was between Incheon United and Jeonbuk Hyundai. Defending champion Jeonbuk Hyundai had defeated incheon three times from nine matches in the past three years. Incheon had always shown a solid defense and utilised a counterattacking opportunity.
This match was different, however. Incheon set a counter fire against Jeonbuk. Incheon took advantage of quick feet of Moon Seon-min and Kwabena Appiah-Kubi.
While Moon scored an opener three minutes after the whistle was blown, Jeonbuk’s top scorer Kim Shin-wook soon scored an equaliser on 16 minutes. Not long after, Stefan Mugosa, after receiving the ball from Kubi who passed by Kim Jin-su, put his name on the scoreboard.
Kim Jin-su helped the team to go back on track as he sent a cross from the left flank. Incheon’s goalkeeper punched it but could not clear it, which gave a chance to Adriano to make the score even.
The day went well for Incheo, though, as Moon Seon-min begged his brace.
Incheon recorded 10 attempts with eight on target, which is more than Jeonbuk with eight attempts and five on target, as well as possessed the ball 53% of the time. Indeed, Incheon gave Jeonbuk, known for their ‘Dak-gong (shut up and attack)’ tactic, a real lesson on how to attack.
