Incheon beat Daejeon Hana Citizen 2-0 thanks to Zero So’s one goal and one assist at the fourth round home game of the “Hana Bank K League 1 2024” held at Incheon Football Stadium on Thursday. It was the first home shot in four games.
After losing 0-1 to Suwon FC in the opening match, Incheon continued its robust record of unbeaten three consecutive games (1 win, 2 draws) and jumped to fifth place with five points. With the addition of the win, Incheon also recorded 200 K-League wins (236 draws and 231 losses) overall. It continued its unbeaten streak of nine matches (8 wins and 1 draw) against Daejeon, proving that it is a “natural enemy.”
At the beginning of the game, the two teams played carefully and rarely made a chance to score, but it wasn’t until 15 minutes later that Daejeon had Hosa hitting the left penalty area’s Shoo Team, but Incheon swept its chest as it hit the net.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Incheon counterattacked after Daejeon striker Gutek replaced Mrapa from the German Bundesliga due to an ankle injury.
Incheon finally opened the goal in the 37th minute after Jeong Dong-yoon’s right-footed shot passed through the goalkeeper in the 24th minute, but defender Aaron pulled it out right in front of the goal line, leaving a regret. Gersso, who was rushing through a ground ball cross that Park Seung-ho gave up after breaking through the right side of the penalty area in the midfield, changed his direction with his left foot and connected to his first score of the season.
Incheon, which finished the first half 1-0, put in Hong Si-hoo in the second half and scored an additional goal in the first minute. Hong Si-hoo’s right footed shot from the other side of Gersso’s cross, which was connected from the left side of the penalty area, deflected off the body of Daejeon defender Lee Jung-taek and was sucked into the goal. 안전놀이터
Since then, Incheon’s goalkeeper caught Hosa’s header in the 13th minute of the second half, and Kim In-kyun’s shot over the goalkeeper’s height in the 17th minute of the second half crossed the crossbar and finished the game without a loss.
Meanwhile, in the match between Suwon FC and Gimcheon Sangmu held at Suwon Stadium, Ji Dong-won scored a comeback goal in the 43rd minute of the second half after Suwon FC gave up consecutive goals to Kim Hyun-wook and Jongmin Lee (2 goals) in the first half alone, but two minutes later, Yoo Kang-hyun allowed an additional penalty goal, trailing 1-4 and recording his first loss of the season (1 win and 2 draws).