Alright boys, see you in the Challenge next year. Challenge is the more fun league anyways than the Classic, amirite? amirite? amirite?
ROUND 35 Ansan Greeners 1 - 1 Seoul E-Land #70 Wesley Alex (7. goal this season, free kick) #20 Lee In-Jae (2. goal this season) Bucheon 1995 0 - 1 Suwon FC #16 Song Su-Young (2. goal this season) <- #50 Mo Jae-Hyun (1. assist this season) Asan 2 - 3 Gyeongnam #78 Song Je-Heon (3. goal this season) <- #29 Alex Bruno (7. assist this season) #41 Kim Hyeong-Rok (Own Goal) #24 Han Eui-Gwon (7. goal this season, PK) #24 Jung Hyun-Cheol (6. goal this season) <- #29 Alex Bruno (8. assist this season) #24 Jung Hyun-Cheol (7. goal this season) <- #19 Seong Bong-Jae (1. assist this season) Seongnam 1 - 1 Daejeon Citizen #9 Lee Hyun-Seung (3. goal this season) <- Kim Chan-Hee (3. assist this season) #39 Park Sung-Ho (9. goal this season, PK) Anyang 1 - 2 Busan I'Park #24 Han Ji-Ho (2. goal this season) #3 Lee Kyung-Ryul (1. goal this season) <- #7 Romulo (6. assist this season) #11 Ju Hyun-Jae (3. goal this season)
Kim Dongjun (u20) scored a brace today today in a playoff. Second goal is pretty nice. 故조진호 감독과 함께 뛴 부산, 승격에 한 발 더 다가갑니다.SPOTV Football Night! pic.twitter.com/QisWbvC8fJ— SPOTV (@Spotv_sports) November 18, 2017
ROUND 36 Suwon 4 - 0 Anyang #20 Seo Dong-Hyeon (5. goal this season) #11 Bruce Djite (6. goal this season) <- #27 Kim Bong Rae (4. assist this season) #10 Baek Sung-Dong (8. goal this season) <- #27 Kim Bong-Rae (5. assist this season) #3 Hwang Jae-Hun (2. goal this season) Seoul E-Land 2 - 2 Bucheon #23 Choi Chi-Won (6. goal this season) #18 Gong Min-Hyun (2. goal this season) #14 Geum Kyo-Jin (2. goal this season) #11 Rodrigo Parana (2. goal this season) <- #18 Gong Min-Hyun (1. assist this season) Daejeon Citizen 1 - 1 Ansan Greeners #14 Raul (15. goal this season) <- #9 Jang Hyuk-Jin (12. assist this season) #24 Kim Chan-Hee (4. goal this season) <- #3 Jang Won-Seok (1. assist this season) Busan I'Park 1 - 1 Asan #7 Romulo (1. goal this season) <- #24 Han Ji-Ho (1. assist this season) #17 Lee Jae-An (6. goal this season, PK) Gyeongnam 1 - 0 Seongnam #11 Jun Won-Jin (10. goal this season) <- #6 Choi Jae-Soo (3. assist this season)
PLAY-OFF Semifinal Asan 1 - 0 Seongnam #19 Jung Sung-Min (2. goal this season) <- #88 Seo Yong-Deok (3. assist this season) Final Busan I'Park 3 - 0 Asan #18 Lee Jung-Hyub (10. goal this season) #29 Lee Dong-Jun (1. goal this season) <- #7 Romulo (7. assist this season) #29 Lee Dong-Jun (2. goal this season)
My team of the year: The subs: GK -> Lee Bum-Soo (Gyeongnam) DF -> Ivan Herceg (Gyeongnam) DF-> Hwang Do-Yeon (Asan) MF-> Baek Sung-Dong (Suwon) MF-> Jin Chang-Soo (Bucheon) FW-> Lee Jung-Hyub (Busan) FW-> Raul Tarragona (Ansan Greeners)
With these two games from the play-offs the season in the Challenge has ended. Let's see if Busan can overcome Sangju in the promotion/relegation play-off. Gyeongnam were clearly the better and of course Marcao was the best player. This was the best 11 in the view of K-League: #KLeague Awards - K League ChallengeBest XIFW: Marcao, Lee Jung-hyeopMF: Jung Won-jin, Moon Ki-han, Hwang In-beom, Bae Ki-jongDF: Choi Jae-soo, Park Ji-soo, Ivan Herceg, Woo Joo-sungGK: Lee Bum-soo— Korea Football News (@KORFootballNews) November 20, 2017 In other news Kim Byung-soo and Seoul E-Land have parted ways. A bit strange because I thought E-Land can build-up from some really good games which they did in second part of the season when showed a good level. Let's see who will be the next manager. Kim should have stayed IMO.
There might be a chance. He turned down offers from China mid-season to help Gyeongnam get promoted. Maybe Marcao wants to see this through and at least help Gyeongnam fight for relegation in their first season back in the Classic.
Nam Ki Il becomes Seongnam's new manager: http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/sports/2017/12/06/1007000000AKR20171206146300007.HTML