"0.83 goals per game." Seoul only throws horror bullets
"0.83 goals per game." Seoul only throws horror bullets
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FC Seoul, which was considered the favorite at the beginning of the season, fell to ninth place due to its poor scoring ability to score less than one goal per game.
Seoul has scored 10 goals in 12 K-League 1 matches as of Tuesday, recording the lowest score in the league along with Gangwon FC and Suwon FC. Gangwon FC and Suwon FC have revived their scoring ability as they continue to play, but Seoul has shown no signs of getting out of the scoring difficulties. At the match against FC Anyang on Sunday, they only scored one goal despite shooting twice as many as their opponents (12 times), and were satisfied with earning one point.
Seoul greatly reinforced its power by recruiting a large number of national team players such as Kim Jin-soo, Moon Sun-min, and Jung Seung-won and resources with rich winning experience in the transfer market last winter. Existing main pillars Jesse Lingard, Ki Sung-yueng, Yazan Alarab and Lee Seung-mo were added to the team to be considered the best squad in the league.
The fact that it is the second year under Kim Ki-dong also raised expectations. The team's teamwork and performance improved significantly from the second half of the last season, and the team advanced to the Final A (fourth place) for the first time in five years. Several K-League 1 coaches mentioned Seoul along with Ulsan as the likely winner in Media Day.
However, he is being hamstrung by his poor scoring ability. He has no clear goalscorers. Since last season, the club has recruited foreign strikers, including Ronaldo, Lucas and the most recently acquired Banks, but all failed to adapt or fell short of expectations. In particular, the absence of a target-type striker who holds out in the box, drops a second ball to his teammate or finishes himself is painful. Banks, who has been recruited as a target-type striker, seems to lack even the movement to tie the opponent's defender to himself and provide a space for his teammates to penetrate.
Seoul had difficulty in recruiting foreign strikers ahead of the opening of the 2025 season. The team attempted to recruit Maher Emrelli from Nuremberg, the second division of Germany, but negotiations finally collapsed due to Nuremberg's tough staying policy and transfer fee. Consequently, it started off on shaky ground after losing 0-2 to Jeju SK in the opening match when it played without foreign strikers.
I miss Ilyuchenko, who consistently scored goals and ranked second in scoring even when his performance was poor last season. Ilyuchenko scored directly with a header with a high RBI or made active switching plays with a combination of "Big and Small" with Lingard and Willian, putting pressure on the opponent's defense.
Starting this season, Ilyuchenko moved to Suwon Samsung in the K League 2 and scored six goals, ranking second in the league after Incheon's Mugosa (9 goals). With his addition, Suwon Samsung has been undefeated (4 wins and 3 draws) in seven consecutive games since the match against Asan, Chungnam on March 15 and has raised its ranking to fourth place.
Manager Kim Ki-dong is seeking to find a way out of attack by making various tactical attempts. He is attempting switching play by placing Cho Young-wook, who can pull off wingers and strikers, at the forefront, and using Lingard as a substitute card, but it is not easy.
In the match against Anyang, Cho Young-wook and Jeong Han-min set it as a two-top, but this did not work either. However, winger Moon Sun-min recently scored three goals as a Joker in the second half, serving as a valuable scorer for the team. 메이저놀이터
Unless a clear goal scorer is found and head coach Kim Ki-dong cannot make a breakthrough, Seoul's scoring difficulties are likely to continue until the summer transfer market opens in June.