Is this an All-Star Game romance? Team K League fans showed the end of romance.
Team K League beat Atletico 3-2 in the "Coupang Play Series" held at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. on the 27th.
The K League, a team that will face Atletico, gathered players representing the K League at this point. The Team K League consists of "Fan Eleven" selected by fan vote and "Pick Eleven" selected by coaching staff, and Lee Seung-woo (Suwon FC), Na Sang-ho (Seoul), Joo Min-kyu (Ulsan), Cesinha (Daegu), Baek Seung-ho (Jeonbuk), Bae Joon-ho (Daejeon), Anton (Daejeon), Seol Young-woo (Ulsan), Kim (Daejeon), and Lee Chang-geun (Daejeon).
"Pick Eleven" consisted of Jesso (Incheon), Jeka (Pohang), Hayes (Jeju), Lee Sun-min (Gwangju), Palosevic (Seoul), Han Young (Gangwon), Grant (Pohang), Lee Ki-je (Suwon), Timo (Gwangju), Hwang Jae-won (Daegu), and Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan), and a total of 22 outstanding players played against Atlético.
When the game started, Atletico showed solid power from the beginning of the first half with tight defensive intervals. Team K-League strikers turned the ball around to find a place to give it to, but Atlético's defenders maintained a certain distance and did not give up space. In the end, Atlético took the lead in the 13th minute of the first half when Tomar Lema scored the opening goal during Atlético's counterattack.
However, Team K-League did not give up. In the second half, Team K-League's performance began to revive. In the 15th minute of the second half, Anton scored an equalizer with a header after receiving a free kick from Cezinha. Atletico ran away again. Atletico took the lead in the 40th minute of the second half when Carlos Martin pushed in after receiving a pass from Angel Correa.
It was a game that seemed likely to end with Atletico's victory, but Team K-League succeeded in reversing. In the 42nd minute of the second half, Palosevich succeeded in the penalty kick obtained by Jerso, followed by Lee Soon-min's right-footed mid-range shot in the second half of extra time, and Team K League won 3-2.
It was a valuable victory for Team K-League. Although it was an all-star game, Team K League players were not overwhelmed by Atletico's skills and did not give up until the end and achieved a come-from-behind victory.
It was a true 'one team'. And coach Hong Myung-bo played a large role in bringing together players from 12 different teams. In a video released on the K-League's official YouTube channel on the 29th, coach Hong Myung-bo motivated 22 players from different teams to unite before the start of the game. Coach Hong Myung-bo told the players in the locker room before the match, “Atletico is the best team in Europe. However, they are now in the pre-season to start building their bodies. A lot of people who came here support you, so be more confident.” And the players eventually became one and made the victory.
Even after the game, more valuable scenes were produced outside the stadium than the results, and all of the team's K-League fans gathered to hold a "joint carnival." Carnival is a cheering culture in which K-League fans usually sing cheering song medley outside when the team wins, and 12 K-League 1 teams wore different uniforms and created a different scene of carnival.
Fans sang the cheering songs of each club together regardless of who it was, Seoul's cheering song "Bamo Champion" and Incheon's "My Love Incheon FC" were also introduced, followed by Ulsan's representative cheering song "Goodbye." All the fans sang to the cheering song.
It transcended the rivalry of cheering. As Suwon Samsung's cheering song, 'In the Heart of the Islands' rang out, all the fans sang along. Even Seoul fans, rivals of Suwon, sang along. On the contrary, when 'FC Seoul Alleale' came out, Suwon fans sang it together. Also, a fan wearing the uniform of Jo Young-wook from Seoul turned a blue-and-white umbrella, the symbol of Suwon.
Everyone wears different uniforms and supports different teams, but on this day, everyone became one. It was a romantic scene where you can see the meaning of the true 'All-Star Game'.
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