"Just a year ago," Gangwon Province won two 7G games. Coach Chung Kyung-ho said, "We are not behind the middle-ranked fight yet."
"Just a year ago," Gangwon Province won two 7G games. Coach Chung Kyung-ho said, "We are not behind the middle-ranked fight yet."
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Kangwon FC of the K-League 1 announced a rough start. Looking back on time, however, the atmosphere was similar a year ago.
Gangwon lost 0-2 in an away match in the seventh round of Hana Bank K League 1 2025 at Anyang Sports Complex on Sunday. The team is now mired in a three-game losing streak. It has posted two wins, one draw and four losses (7 points) in this season, falling to 11th place in the league.
Last year, Gangwon ranked second (64 points), the highest in the team's history. Until the end of the season, the team had fierce competition with Ulsan HD to win the title. Considering then, it is true that the team's performance this year was disappointing. Rather, it is incomparable.
More than anything, the team lost much of its capacity. Last year, Yang Min-hyuk (QPR), a "super rookie" who was the core of Gangwon Province, made his way to the U.K. stage. Hwang Moon-ki (Pyeongchang United), a "national fullback," also left the team for military service. He strengthened his capacity by recruiting new players, but it takes time for the team to become one.
In fact, Gangwon Province didn't have a good start in the 2024 season. At that time, it had only two wins (three draws and two losses) in the first seven games of the Gangwon Provincial League. Even afterwards, the team failed to change the mood easily. It garnered a landslide 4-1 victory against Incheon United in the eighth round, but immediately lost to two consecutive games. It was also at the bottom of the ranking.
Nevertheless, the team made a story of a huge twist. From the 11th to the 17th rounds, the team won six games (one draw) and maintained a good trend to rank second in the league. Gangwon Province has plenty of time to turn the tables this year.
"We lost three games in a row, but the result doesn't change. Future games are important. We are not in a mood where we are losing the mid-tier competition with other teams in the K-League yet. We will talk well with the players and find a direction," Gangwon coach Chung Kyung-ho said after the loss at the Anyang match.
If you look at the rankings, there is not much gap between Gangwon and other teams. Jeju SK and Daegu FC, ranked 10th, have the same seven points as Gangwon. Depending on the performance of a game, they can beat FC Anyang in eighth place and Pohang Steelers in seventh place with nine points, and if they add three more points, they can catch up to Gwangju FC (10 points) in sixth place.
Coach Chung Kyung-ho appeared with his hair cut short on the day. He showed strong determination to change the bad mood somehow. He shaved his head. Chung's last shaved his head when he was managing director of the military service between 2005 and 2006. 메이저사이트 "I shaved my head for the first time in 20 years," Chung said. I looked in the mirror and I felt like I had a slight reflection on that time. "Oh, that's how I felt, I was really desperate. I worked hard to survive," he said, looking back.
Will Gangwon be able to make a big turnaround like last year? Gangwon will face Gwangju at home on the 13th.