"Winning, I've never won." Attack + defense, Kang Sang-woo, the best recruitment...The reason why I couldn't even find Ulsan's "House."
"Winning, I've never won." Attack + defense, Kang Sang-woo, the best recruitment...The reason why I couldn't even find Ulsan's "House."
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Sports Chosun Reporter Kim Sung-won] Fifteen days have passed since the beginning of quenching in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The sandstorm was swaying on the ground. Ulsan HD, the "K League 1 champion" who has achieved three consecutive wins, had its third warm-up match against the UAE's third wife, the Presi match at The Sevens Stadium on Monday (Korea time). Ulsan beat Lapid Bucharest of Romania 2-1 on Wednesday and tied with Zilina of Slovakia 1-1 on Wednesday.
The UAE's third division team was not an opponent. Ulsan met a total of four quarters for 30 minutes each, adjusting its sense of play. In the first and second quarters, the team garnered a landslide 7-0 victory due to the main team's strong performance. New faces, which have been newly established in Ulsan, stood out. Heo Yul scored two goals, Lee Hee-kyun scored one goal and one assist, Lee Jin-hyeon scored two assists, and Yoon Jong-kyu and Park Min-seo scored one goal each. Existing Bojanic, Lee Chung-yong (one goal) and Lee Gyu-seong (one assist) also scored points of attack. In the third and fourth quarters, when the non-mainstream team joined forces, the team beat the preliminary match 3-0. Yago made two multi-goals, and Jeong Seong-bin, who was born in 2007, added one goal.
Kang Sang-woo (32), Ulsan's 'best recruit' for this season, is also in the main group. He is a flagship K-League utility player who can perform both offense and defense. Ulsan coach Kim Pan-gon placed Kang on the left side of the three-back team while trying to diversify its tactics by experimenting with three-back. He is in the midst of a "blue blood" transplant ahead of the new season. He looked even brighter.
Kang Sang-woo said, "First of all, I'm making a lot of effort to help the older brothers or seniors and juniors who have been in Ulsan for a long time to adapt. The atmosphere itself seems to be made for new players to adapt well. I don't feel uncomfortable or difficult to adapt to the culture itself," adding, "I'm not young, so I'm trying to reach out to my juniors and fit in well."
Last year, Seol Young-woo left Ulsan, and before this season, Lee Myung-jae and Yoon Il-rok left Ulsan. New changes were needed in the side defense, and Kang Sang-woo was the focal point. He is a veteran who made his professional debut with the Pohang Steelers in 2014. He played for Pohang all the time except when he was a military clerk, but moved to Beijing Guoan shortly after the opening of the 2022 season and experienced overseas performances. He returned to the K-League last year and was in the arms of Ulsan after playing for FC Seoul for a season
Kang had eight points and 12 assists in 26 matches in the 2020 season, receiving the King of assists and the Best 11. He scored four points and eight assists in 37 matches, and was named the Best 11 for the second consecutive year in the 2021 season. Although Kang had in mind of advancing overseas ahead of this season, he has chosen a new challenge to coach Kim's courtship. "When my coach was serving as the chairman of the selection committee for the Korean Football Association's national team, the national team coach was Paulo Bento. He said he had been watching me since then. He told me to play freely regardless of position," Kang said.
And he said, "I think the soccer that the coach wants is clearly in his freedom. I think he wants the players to enjoy playing soccer. Rather than feeling forced to play, it creates an atmosphere where all the players can play soccer together happily and happily. The older brothers are at the center of the stadium and try to embody the coach's soccer style. He complimented the players more than annoyed, and when they made a mistake, he helped and cared for each other," he said.
The first mission in Ulsan is to defend. "The coach wants to be aggressive even if he sees the defense. Defensively, you have to not lose a point to draw at least and win. Personally, it shows a lot of synergy in the offensive part, but he demands it a lot defensively, so I want to prepare well and melt it to you," he stressed. Regarding the position on the left side of the three-back, he said, "I'm not young either. There must be a reason why the coach put him in that position. You have to show your competitiveness in any position. Rather than being unfamiliar or anything, if the coach chooses any position, it is right to live up to expectations. I'm trying my best to show good performance."
The "octane tee" of a career is "no relation." The best result is runner-up at Pohang (Asia Champions League). That's why Ulsan is my dream. 토토사이트 "What I felt as soon as I arrived here was that the atmosphere itself was new. There is definitely a reason why I won so many titles. I think we have to keep pace with this atmosphere. I was surprised because the atmosphere was so good," he said. "I think Ulsan has DNA like that because it won so many titles recently. I'm trying my best to be of utmost help."