Week listings and previews for our Korean Players Abroad. More goals for our Koreans mid-week. Augsburg striker Ji Dong-Won scored an impressive goal against one of the best goal keepers in the world Manuel Neuer. It was a great goal too. I will provide a link below. Match to watch this week: Augsburg vs Bayern Munich. They face each other again this weekend.Update: Korean FA Cup results in – and the final game = a supermatch! And we have a winner in the WK-League – find out who won…and in another post coming soon -exciting end of season down to the wire finish for K-League stuff, Jae weighing in on all that shortly – stay tuned!!
Day | Time (ET) | Player | Club | Opponent | TV |
Saturday | 9:30 AM | Ji Dong-Won | Augsburg | Bayern Munich | Fox Sports 2 |
Saturday | 9:30 AM | Koo Ja-Cheol | Augsburg | Bayern Munich | Fox Sports 2 |
Saturday | 10:00 AM | Son Heung-Min | Tottenham | Leicester City | CNBC |
Saturday | 12:30 PM | Lee Chung-Yong | Crystal Palace | Liverpool | NBC |
Saturday | 12:30 PM | Park Joo-Ho | Dortmund | Schalke | Fox Sports 2 |
Sunday | 9:00 AM | Suk Hyun-Jun | Trabzonspor | Rizespor | Nil |
Sunday | 10:30 AM | Kim Jin-Su | Hoffenheim | Hertha Berlin | Fox Sports 2 |
Sunday | 4:00 PM | Ki Sung-Yueng | Swansea | @Stoke City | NBCSN |
Augsburg’s first choice striker Caiuby is still out. With the great goal he scored mid-week, Ji Dong-Won should start again this weekend too. Hopefully he can score once more against Bayern Munich.
Koo Ja-Cheol missed a PK this week, Thomas Muller also missed a PK in this game too. So don’t feel too bad Koo. As usual Koo Ja-Cheol should start for Augsburg. They really need a win as they haven’t won a game in ages.
Son Heung-Min has been a vital player for the Spurs these days, he should start against Leicester City. (More goals please Sonny)
Lee Chung-Yong hasn’t been getting playing time these last couple of games. He should make bench again.
Congratulations to Park Joo-Ho for finally starting last week. But he was quite poor so he was eventually subbed off. Borussia Dortmund’s first choice left back Marcel Schmelzer is still out, I expect Park Joo-Ho to make reserves this weekend.
Suk Hyun-Jun’s Trabzonspor finally won last week. Although he didn’t start. I expect Suk Hyun-Jun to either start or make the bench this week against Rizepor.
Kim Jin-Su hasn’t starting any league games and made no bench appearances this season. I expect it to be the same this week too.
Ki Sung-Yueng had a decent game last week against Watford. He should start this week against Stoke City.
EXTRA TIME: Tavern owner intruding on Nicole’s post: Korea FA CUP results in as midweek semifinals wrapped up and here are the Semifinal scorelines in case you missed it:
Ulsan 1 : 3 Suwon
Wild comeback for Suwon Bluewings as they came back from a 1:0 deficit to remarkably score 3 in the final minutes of regulation time! Suwon’s Brazilian player Jonathan equalized in the 81st minute, then into stoppage time, scored a double 2 minutes in -followed by Kwon Chang-hoon putting the game away with Suwon’s 3rd and final goal in the 94th minute. Utter disbelief for Horangi supporters who stormed the team bus post match:
https://twitter.com/taeguk_warrior/status/791292719826165760
I believe Yoon Jung-Hwan’s contract is set to expire without renewal…
FC Seoul 1 : 0 Bucheon 1995
Last July Bucheon turned in a giant killer performance to knock out Jeonbuk 2:3 in the QF to make it to Seoul for the semis. They couldn’t do it again as Dejan notched Seoul the lone goal to proceed to the title match.
So it’s a SUPERMATCH FA CUP FINAL!
The 2 leg title matches will be November 3oth and December 3
BTW, due to K-League team performances throughout the Asian Champions League + National team results, this happened:
https://twitter.com/taeguk_warrior/status/791474683459829760
More from the Tavern’s twitter…
The calculation is based 30% on national team FIFA Rankings and 70% on the domestic league coefficient.
As for other nations, the UAE is ranked 2nd, Saudi Arabia 3rd, Iran 4th, Qatar 5th, Japan 6th, Australia 7th and China 8th.
The #KLeague also remains top of the domestic league coefficient, aided by strong performances by Seoul and Jeonbuk in this year’s #ACL2016.
LAST but not least: Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won the WK League Championship, their 4th title in a row with a 4-0 result in a 2nd leg victory over cross town rivals Incheon Daekyo (first leg 0-0). Congratulations!! Read the KFA’s match report here.
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