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"4th place is shooter"

Gangwon, ranked 10th, and Suwon, ranked 12th, in the first division of professional soccer are both teams in the relegation zone. The two teams will face off in the final 38th round of the season on the 2nd. The three teams, including 11th-place Suwon FC, who are playing on the same day, must do everything they can to remain in the first division next year. Strikers Lee Jeong-hyeop (Gangwon, top photo) and Kim Joo-chan (Suwon) will aim for the opponent's goal in the 'war of remaining' between the two teams. 

Luck depends on the final match. This year's professional soccer K-League 1 (1st Division) final 38th round final B three games will kick off simultaneously at 2 p.m. on the 2nd. Among these, the fate of the three teams in the relegation zone (10th to 12th place) will be decided through two games held in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. 10th place Gangwon (33 points) and 12th place Suwon (32 points) will face off at Suwon World Cup Stadium, and 11th place Suwon FC (32 points) will play a home game against Jeju (9th place, 40 points) at Suwon Stadium. .

The 10th and 11th ranked teams in the 1st division can remain in the 1st division next year if they win the promotion playoffs against K League 2 (2nd division) teams. However, 12th place goes straight down to the second division. The only way for Suwon, currently ranked 12th, to get out of last place on its own is to defeat Gangwon. If you lose, you will be relegated. When Suwon draws with Gangwon, the lowest ranked team changes depending on the result of the Suwon FC game. If Suwon FC wins or draws, Suwon will be in last place, and if Suwon FC loses, Suwon FC will be in last place.

Suwon, which has won the league four times and the Korea Football Association (FA) Cup five times, has never fallen to the second division since its founding in 1995. Suwon, which is in danger of being relegated for the first time, is placing its hopes on rookie Kim Joo-chan, who is scoring the most goals (5) in the team. Kim Joo-chan, who was also nominated for the Young Player Award, also scored a goal in the 24th round match against Gangwon on July 22. Another encouraging factor is that Suwon had the upper hand in the season match against Gangwon with 2 wins and 1 draw. Suwon is currently recording two consecutive wins.

Gangwon can avoid direct relegation just by drawing with Suwon. Since domestic strikers such as Lee Jeong-hyeop and Kim Dae-won are on the rise, there is an atmosphere that inferiority in record against opponents is not a big problem. Lee Jeong-hyeop, who had suffered from injuries and slumps since the beginning of the season, suffered a father-in-law injury on the 25th of last month, the day of the game against Suwon FC, but played in the game and scored the winning goal, leading the team to a 2-0 victory. Lee Jeong-hyeop said, “The team is gaining strength. He is Gangwon, whom his father (father-in-law) loved during his lifetime. “As long as I’m here, there will be no relegation,” he said. Gangwon, which is also on a two-game winning streak, could be affected by the fact that coach Yoon Jeong-hwan cannot sit on the bench due to accumulated warnings.

On the 3rd, when the Final A match is held, a 'competition to avoid 5th place' will take place. From the current 3rd place Gwangju (58 points) to 4th place Jeonbuk (57 points) and 5th place Incheon (56 points), all of them could be in the final 5th place. Among these three teams, the team that ranks 5th will not participate in the Asian Football Confederation Champions League (ACL) next season. In Korea, the 1st to 3rd place teams in the first division and the FA Cup winning team participate in the ACL. This year, since second-place Pohang lifted the FA Cup, the ACL qualification is awarded to the fourth-place team. 카지노사이트랭크

The face of the top scorer may also change depending on the final round results. Currently, Ulsan Ju Min-gyu (17 goals) and Daejeon Thiago (16 goals) are competing for the top scorer with a one-goal gap. Ju Min-gyu, who was the top scorer wearing the Jeju uniform in 2021, scored 17 goals last year, the same as Jeonbuk Cho Gyu-seong (Midtjylland). However, the number of games played (37 games) was higher than that of Cho Gyu-seong (31 games), so he had to hand over the title of top scorer. This season, Joo Min-gyu and Thiago played in 35 games together. When the number of games played and the number of points scored are equal, the title of top scorer goes to the player with the least playing time. 고스톱