It's in Suwon's 'real worry' defense

Suwon Samsung, led by head coach Yeom Ki-hoon, won a 5-1 victory in the sixth round of the "Hana Bank K League 2 2024" against the Jeonnam Dragons at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 10th, combining the opponent's own goal, Son Seok-yong, Kim Hyun's multi-goal, and Lee Si-young's score.

It was the day Suwon showed off its firepower show. Suwon scored five goals by penetrating the solid shield of South Jeolla Province, which had been undefeated in three games without allowing any single lost point. They were all eye-opening goals from the opponent's own goal due to luck, to Son's decisive extra goal, Kim's two consecutive goals and Lee's self-congratulatory shots for 100 K-League matches.

In particular, veteran freshman Kim Hyun's strong performance was meaningful. Kim Hyun, who wore a Suwon uniform ahead of this season, had some difficulties due to his pre-season injuries, but he overcame them and became a special joker in Suwon.

Kim Hyun scored the winning goal with a fantastic goal at the end of the game in an away match at Cheongju FC in North Chungcheong Province in the fifth round, and scored multiple goals only with headers in the match against Jeonnam at home, drawing cheers from Suwon home fans along with two consecutive goals.

Following Mulic, who scored multiple goals in the opening match against Asan in Chungcheongnam-do, Kim Hyun also scored a goal, making Suwon smile.

Suwon bowed its head several times last season due to poor goal-scoring ability, but now, after six rounds, it has become the team that has scored the most goals among the K League 2 teams with 10 goals. Suwon has relieved its concern about its offense from the beginning of the season.

However, Suwon's real concern lies in its defense, not its offense.

The defense is heavily bleeding due to injury. Choi Ji-mook, newly recruited left back in the opening game, is out for the season due to cruciate ligament injury, and Jang Ho-ik suffered a shoulder injury in the second round match against E-Land FC in Seoul. Son Ho-joon also underwent surgery for a finger injury, but is reportedly unable to exercise due to infection.

In addition, the center back Han Ho-gang collapsed at the match against Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province. According to Suwon officials, the injury of Han Ho-gang is more serious than originally expected. Due to the ruptured ligament of Han Ho-gang, it is expected to take several months to return.

In the case of left-back, Lee Ki-je is set to return, but the problem is the center back. Suwon even had Cho Yoon-sung, Baek Dong-kyu, and Min Sang-ki, who started against Jeonnam, but when they saw the season far away, they had no choice but to think about recruiting additional center backs.

The news of Han Ho-gang's injury increased the size of Suwon's worries. In addition to the defense's injury, Suwon was agonizing over midfielder Park Sang-hyuk's long-term injury and delayed recovery, which ended in the worst ending of contract termination during the season. As players who were considered the core of the team left one after another this season, Suwon is forced to revise its plans.

Despite a series of unfavorable factors, Suwon is silently moving toward its goal of promotion.

Suwon seemed to falter after losing to its championship rivals, Seoul E-Land and Busan I-Park, but has now moved to second place in the league after the sixth round of the league. It has maintained a point gap of one more game than the leading FC Anyang. Although it is still in its early stages, it is positive that it is ahead of Seoul E-Land and Busan in the rankings.토토