Overview of HAGL’s rival Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

However, coach Kim Sang Sik of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors also had a cautious share about the home team. The match will be broadcast at 6pm on April 22, 2022 on FPT Play’s multi-platform television system.

The first 2 matches of both HAGL and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors have ended but they have not really got the desired results. Therefore, meeting in the third match of the AFC Champions League 2022 is really important for both.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and personnel situation before the match with HAGL

Jeonbuk is the defending champion of K-League 1. In the last 13 seasons, they won 9 times. In the last 5 seasons, this team was crowned and became the absolute “power”. Currently, this team is ranked 4th on charts K-League 1.

In the continental playground, the representative of football Korea 2 times won the AFC Champions League in 2006, 2016 should be considered as one of the championship candidates for this year’s tournament. That’s why coach Kim Sang-sik this team confidently aims to win in the group stage.

Coach Kim Sang-sik always keeps a respectful attitude towards all opponents (Source: JHM)

Coach Kim Sang-sik shared: “Our goal in the domestic league is to win the K-League. In the AFC Champions League, first we have to pass the group stage. Our aim is to win. All 6 matches, even if we only need to win 4 matches, we can win the right to continue. But in the immediate future, we will calculate each match one by one.”

Regarding the force situation, Jeonbuk has some notable national players. Along with that, they own a very scary trio of foreign strikers, Stanislav Iljutcenko, Modou Barrow and Gustavo.

Gustavo is unfortunately absent due to illness Covid-19 (Source: Korea JoongAng Daily)

The sad news for the kimchi team is that the main striker Gustavo is infected with Covid and has not been registered for the first leg matches. Besides the absence of Gustavo, Jeonbuk Hyundai also does not have the services of Moon Hwan-kim, Ja Ryong-koo and the goalkeeper called up to the Korean team Bum Keun Song for different reasons. In total, Jeonbuk only brought 23 players out of a total of 36 members of the delegation.

Sharing about HAGL with the opponents in the table, coach Kim Sang-sik said: “The teams in Group H are all strong, what we care about is the dense competition density when we have to play 3 days/match, in addition out there are conditions weather, food and many other factors. I was very impressed with the way HAGL played resiliently against Sydney FC. Their spirit is extremely commendable.”

HAGL and the spirit of comfort before the opponent

HAGL with 1 point obtained after the draw with Sydney FC now has the right time to alternate practice and relax. The fact that HAGL players had a good performance against the opponent from Australia was a surprise. The brilliant performance of Van Thanh, Van Toan or Cong Phuong is recognized by many Asian experts. HAGL’s ability to score points against rival Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors has also been evaluated by experts Soccer Asia stated. The most important thing is that HAGL keeps calm through each match and the players must show more than 100% of their abilities.

Van Thanh is in extremely high form at the AFC Champions League 2022 FPT

In addition, the good news for coach Kiatisuk is that midfielder Kim Dong-su can play in the match against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors after undergoing treatment for the injury suffered in the second round.

Coach Kiatisuk is full of confidence with his students before the 3rd series (Source: HAGL Club)

Although there is a big difference in level with the opponent, the opportunity for HAGL before Jeonbuk is not necessarily gone. The Kiatisuk army can fully take advantage of the lack of force of the Korean team to aim for a good result.

The match between HAGL vs Jeonbuk will take place at 18:00 on April 21. Audiences can watch the matches in Group H of the 2022 AFC Champions League, which will be reported live on channel VTV5, VTV6 of Vietnam Television. Besides, fans Vietnamese football You can also register for a free account and keep track of it completely, only on FPT Play’s OTT platforms.

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