Daegu FC jumped to 7th place with Sejingya’s winning goal.
Daegu won 1-0 against Daejeon Hana Citizen in the 8th round of the ‘Hana 1 Q K League 1 2023’ held at DGB Daegu Bank Park at 4:30 pm on the 22nd. With this, Daegu climbed to 7th place (9 points) with 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in 7 matches, while Daejeon stayed in 4th place with 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses (14 points).
Daegu head coach Choi Won-kwon selected Ko Jae-hyeon, Edgar, Sejingya, Hwang Jae-won, Lee Jin-yong, Lee Yong-rae, Keita, Kim Jin-hyeok, Hong Jeong-woon, and Cho Jin-woo as starters and left Choi Young-eun in goal. Against this, Daejeon head coach Lee Min-seong selected Thiago, Bae Jun-ho, Leandro, Joo Se-jong, Lee Jin-hyeon, Oh Jae-seok, Kim Min-deok, Jo Yu-min, Byun Jun-su, and Lee Hyun-sik as the starters and left Lee Chang-geun in the last position.
[First Half] Daegu is Sejing!
Daegu raised the atmosphere at home in the early stages. In the 7th minute of the first half, Sejingya took Daejeon’s build-up miss from the half line and fired a long-range shot, but it went wide of the goal. In the 13th minute of the first half, in Daegu’s corner kick situation, Cho Jin-woo even connected a shot with a header, but Lee Chang-geun was in front.
Daegu, which continued the atmosphere, got a penalty kick opportunity. In the 17th minute of the first half, Hwang Jae-Won took the ball from Cho Yu-Min with a tackle and fell in the process of advancing, earning a penalty kick. Sejingya, who started as a kicker, broke through the middle and Daegu took the lead.
Daegu pulled the reins of the attack. In the 23rd minute of the first half, Cezinya crosses from the left and Edgar hits the head, but it goes over the goal. Daejeon tried to reverse the atmosphere. In the 29th minute of the first half, Daejeon’s free kick was taken from the right, and Jin-Hyun Lee directly wound it with his left foot, and it slightly grazed the right side of the goal.
Daegu’s offensive continued. In the 34th minute of the first half, Sejingya stole the ball from Joo Sejong and passed it to Edgar, and Edgar even connected a shot, but Lee Chang-geun made a save. Daejeon struck back. In the 35th minute of the first half, Lee Hyun-sik’s mid-range shot was deflected, and Thiago’s pass in front of the goal missed the side of the goal. The first half ended with Daegu leading 1-0.
[Second half] The impenetrable iron walls of Daegu…Unable to break through the Great War
Daejeon, which had been dragged, changed with the start of the second half. Director Lee Min-seong put in Gong Min-hyeon and Martha, excluding Leandro and Joo Se-jong. At the start of the second half, Ko Jae-hyun broke through from the left and fired a left-footed shot, but it was deflected by the Daejeon defense.
Daejeon launched a counterattack. In the 5th minute of the second half, Lee Jin-hyun hit with his left foot inside the penalty box, but Choi Young-eun blocked it. Choi Young-eun’s show continued. In the 18th minute of the second half, Thiago, who received Martha’s pass, hit it with his right foot, but Choi Young-eun cleared it with his fingertips.
Daejeon continued to look for an equalizer. In the 29th minute of the second half, Seo Young-jae’s cross was received and Thiago headed it, but it was hit by Daegu’s defense and went out. Daegu aimed for the wedge goal. In the 40th minute of the second half, coach Choi Won-kwon removed Lee Jin-yong and put in Lee Keun-ho to score an additional goal. 안전놀이터
Just before the end of the war, they launched an all-out offensive. In the 38th minute of the second half, Lee Jin-hyun’s cross was hit by Choi Young-eun and flowed into the goal, but Kim Jin-hyeok cleared it. In the 45th minute of the second half, Daegu removed Edgar from the front line and put Kim Kang-san in to strengthen the defense. In the end, Daegu, who kept one point until the end, won 1-0.