Week One of the 2021 K-League One is done and dusted and we had goals, red cards, VAR (obviously), successful debuts and some unsuccessful ones as were treated to a long weekend of football fayre. Below are my 5 picks of things that we learned from the weekend and beyond.
This week sees the return of Friday night action as FC Seoul host Gangwon FC in front of their fans for the first time since their Asian Champions League clash with Melbourne Victory back in February. It’s a match which will also see Kim Ho-young in the Seoul dugout against his old team Gangwon FC…
Week 2 of the K-League grew attention far and wider yet again as Sangju surprised everyone with their win over Gangwon while Jeonbuk surprised nobody as they defeated Busan with another late goal. We did of course make headlines worldwide yet again although this time it was for off the pitch action as FC Seoul…
The K-League returned last week and while it might not have been a goal-fest of a weekend it did feel good to be able to watch some live football again albeit in fan-less stadiums. The games were spanned over 3 nights with Jeonbuk defending their crown on the Friday and Gangwon vs Seoul bringing up…
After two rounds of preliminaries it’s now time for the first Korean team to enter this year’s Asian Champions League as FC Seoul make a return to the competition after missing out in both 2018 and 2019. Seoul are joined by Japan’s FC Tokyo and Kashima Antlers along with Chinese Super Cup winners Shanghai SIPG.
Last week we seen victories for Ceres-Negros and Bali United as both teams progressed to the next preliminary round and one more step closer to the jackpot of the Group Stages. They are joined this week by teams from Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Next week sees the start of the 2020 Asian Champions League as the Preliminary rounds in both regions get underway. In the East region we have teams from The Philippines, Myanmar, Singapore and Indonesia clashing in the pursuit of glory and riches beyond the expectations of even the most optimistic among them.
With Vissel Kobe winning the Emperor’s Cup earlier today we now know who will join Suwon Bluewings in Group G which is already shaping up to be a pretty tough group with Guangzhou Evergrande and Jahor Darul Ta’zim the other teams. The first ties take place on Feb 12th as Bluewings will travel to China…
The group stages for the 2020 Asian Champions League have been drawn although we still await who from Japan will take the remaining spot in Group G. K-League champions Jeonbuk will meet Sydney FC and recent J-League champions Yokohama Marinos in what looks like being the hardest group of the bunch. Meanwhile Ulsan’s reward for…
As the full time whistle rang out on Friday past it signalled not only a huge 3pts for Seongnam but also brought the curtain down on their temporary stay back in Seongnam Sports Complex. The move was initiated by the need to upgrade the facilities at Tancheon Sports Complex but it was also something that…
