Ulsan’s homework ahead of the 3rd ACL game… ‘No goals for 4th game+Johor’s bad performance’
Ulsan plays the 3rd ACL home game against Johor on the 23rd… Pohang will play Urawa on the 23rd.
On the 24th, Jeonbuk-Lion City and Incheon-Shandong Taishan will play.
Ulsan Hyundai, the leader in professional soccer K-League 1, “breaks the scoreless chain” and “escapes the Johor bad luck” ahead of the third round of the 2023-2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League (ACL) group stage #39; Challenge.
Ulsan, led by coach Hong Myung-bo, will play the 3rd game of Group I of the ACL group stage at home against Johor Darul Takzim (Malaysia) at Ulsan Munsu Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 24th.
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In the season’s ACL, Ulsan recorded 1 win and 1 loss (3 points, goal difference +1), and is the same as Johor (3 points, goal difference +1) in terms of points and goal difference, but was pushed out in scoring and ranked 3rd.
The leader is Kawasaki Frontale (Japan) with 2 wins.
In the ACL, if the points are the same when calculating rankings, the two teams’ previous records are considered first.
Ulsan and Johor have not faced each other yet, so after considering the number of points, Ulsan finished 3rd.
They were pushed up.
Ulsan has a lot of homework to solve ahead of this match against Johor.
The most urgent thing is ‘goal silence’ It’s an escape.
Ulsan recorded 67 points through the 34th round on the K League 1 stage, leading 2nd place Pohang Steelers (59 points) by 8 points, ‘2 consecutive losses in K League 1’ Running toward #39;
Ulsan will play the remaining games of this season if it wins its home game against Daegu FC on the 29th while Pohang fails to win the 35th round away game against Jeonbuk Hyundai on the 28th.
Regardless, early victory is confirmed.
A pleasant K-League 1 victory scenario awaits, but what is worrisome is that Ulsan’s offensive power has recently hit rock bottom.
Ulsan has won 3 K-League 1 games (2 draws, 1 win). Including 1 loss) and 1 ACL game (1 loss), they have fallen to ‘scoring zero’ in the last 4 consecutive games.
Ulsan has played 3 games on the K-League 1 stage this season.
This is the first time that they have been left scoreless.
Previously, the only consecutive scoreless streak was in the 25th and 26th rounds.
Ulsan, aiming to confirm the championship this weekend, will play Johor on the 24th.
The key to turning things around by winning a multiple-goal victory in the third game of the Champion League group stage is to turn things around.
Coincidentally, Ulsan suffered two losses only to Johor in the ACL group stage last year and was eliminated from the group stage.
There is a bad relationship.
In last year’s competition, the four teams from each group gathered in one country to play the group stage due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and Group I, which Ulsan belonged to, played in Malaysia.
Ulsan was unable to overcome Johor’s home territory, suffering two losses as they were assigned a training ground with poor grass conditions and were unable to train at the stadium where the actual game would be held.
Ulsan, who met Johor again after a year, is only determined to focus on hunting two birds with one stone: “shaking off the bad relationship” and “ending the scoreless streak.”
Meanwhile, in K League 1, along with Ulsan, Pohang, Jeonbuk, and Incheon United will also play the third game of the ACL group stage.
Pohang, who leads Group J with two consecutive wins, will play on the 24th. At 7 p.m. at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Japan, they will face Urawa Reds (Japan, 1 win, 1 draw, 4 points) to maintain first place.
Jeonbuk (1 win, 1 loss), 2nd place in Group F · Points 3) will face Lion City Sailors (Singapore, 1 win, 1 loss, 3 points) at Jeonju World Cup Stadium at 7 p.m. on the 25th.
Incheon (2 wins, 2 wins) is also the leader of Group G. · Points 6) will also challenge to maintain first place by facing Shandong Taishan (China, 1 win, 1 loss, 3 points) at Incheon Stadium at 7 pm on the 25th.