Coach Kiatisak: HAGL only lost to the strongest team in the Asian Cup at the last minute

Coach Kiatisak Senamuang praised the efforts of his students after HAGL’s 0-1 loss to Jeonbuk on the evening of April 22 in the third match of Group H AFC Champions League 2022.

Video of HAGL’s only goal against Jeonbuk:

Take on the defending K-League champions in the third round of Group H AFC Champions League 2022 and also a strong candidate for the championship C1 In Asia, HAGL players played with determination and tried to protect the home team’s goal until the last minute. However, Moon Seon Min’s injury time goal made coach Kiatisak and his team receive the second defeat in Group H.

HAGL failed unfortunately

Answering reporters in the press room, coach Kiatisak said that HAGL players played well and were just unlucky when they lost to Jeonbuk in injury time. “Today we played against the best team in the league, we defended quite well.

Although the players still had some mistakes, in general the players followed the tactics. But unfortunately, we lost to Jeonbuk in the last minute of the match. This is a big tournament for HAGL.

We are already half way through. HAGL will continue to try one game at a time and never give up. Today, HAGL learns many things from Jeonbuk and overcomes its weaknesses in the future,” said coach Kiatisak.

While striker Nguyen Van Toan explained about throwing the HAGL captain’s armband: “I only took off the captain’s armband, not threw it. In the match, everyone makes mistakes, domestic or foreign players too, I just urge the brothers in the team to focus more. Foreign players are still playing well, hopefully they will do better in the rest of the tournament.”

While Jeonbuk’s coach Kim Sang Sik expressed satisfaction with the students’ performance. Mr. Kim Sang Sik said: “I am satisfied with 3 points against HAGL and we deserved to win. The players worked hard to continuously create many opportunities.

Players maintain focus, physical foundation to score in injury time. Thanks to this victory, there is an advantage in Group H before entering the remaining matches. Our approach depends on the opponent, today we have to play faster.

We have a lot to learn from this game to be more effective in the remaining matches. HAGL’s fan base is quite strong, this adds strength to the host, affecting Jeonbuk’s play, this is the key point of the match.”

After the loss to Jeonbuk, HAGL of Germany only won 1 point with 3 matches played and continued to rank at the bottom of Group H. In the upcoming 4th match, HAGL rematched Jeonbuk on April 25.