‘Cho Young-wook’s final goal’ in Seoul, Seongnam took K-League 1

Famous professional footballer FC Seoul has overcome a lot of bad news and confirmed to remain in K-League 1 (first division).

Seoul won 1-0 in round 25 of the 2020 HanawonQ K League 1 against Seongnam FC at Tancheon Sports Complex on the 17th, thanks to a winning goal by Cho Young-wook.

Seoul, which had stalled with 1 draw and 3 losses in 4 recent games, won in 5 games and reported 8 wins (4 draws, 13 losses and 28 points).

He beat Suwon Samsung (27 points), who played one game less, and climbed to 8th place, confirming his stay in K-League 1 regardless of the outcome of the remaining two games. At the beginning of the season, the difference between the points and the lowest-ranked Incheon United (21 points) was 7, the second-five longest consecutive losses in club history, and then, the coaches Choi Yong-soo and manager Kim Ho-young resigned one after another. As a result, it has prepared the conditions to focus on the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League next month.

On the other hand, 11th-place Seongnam (22 victory points), which had an urgent escape from the relegation zone, could not stop the pursuit of Incheon.

In the 35th minute of the second half, when Seoul was tense at 0-0, Jo Young-wook scored a goal off a Kim Jin-ya pass from the right side of the penalty area. It was Jo Young-wook’s valuable winning goal that was substituted.

Sangju Sangmu won the match against Daegu FC at Sangju Civic Stadium with Ahn Tae-hyun’s goal and the opponent’s own goal added 2-1.

He reported his first win in the final round and escaped a third consecutive win. With 12 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses (41 points), Daegu (35 points) and 6 points widened to stay in fourth place.

Above all, the last home game in Sangju was decorated with victory and it was significant.

The Armed Forces Sports Corps will finalize the agreement with the city of Sangju at the end of this year, and will start again in K League 2 (Second Division) starting next year with the city of Gimcheon.

Round 26 with Gwangju FC remaining and final 27 with Pohang Steelers are away games.

Sang-ju took the lead with Ahn Tae-hyun’s first goal in the 19th minute, and Kim Jae-woo’s (Daegu) own goal in the 34th minute led the first half 2-0.

In the 34th minute of the second half, Sejinya scored a recovery goal, but did not lose the lead and held the victory well.

Sejingya moved up to second place in the scoring category with his 16th goal, beating Pohang’s Ilyuchenko (15 goals). The leader is June of Ulsan Hyundai with 25 goals.